We Need a Word For...
There are over 1,000 words in the English language, but there's no word for...
(verb) When a guy accidentally knocks hands with another guy while walking next to him, and saying nothing of the event forever after it occurs
(noun) The sinking feeling someone gets when they've been lost in a stare for a little too long and the inadvertent subject of the stare acknowledges it, whether by wave or perplexed look, subtly confirming the starer's creepy/socially offensive tendencies
-submitted by dani parnass
(noun) The embarrassment and anger one feels when they're convinced there's no other way to spell a word, yet the red line underneath it won't go away
(noun) The deep shame a young man experiences when, using both hands, he can't get all of the grocery bags from the car to the kitchen in one trip
(noun) The confusion and discomfort a man feels when he inadvertently stumbles into the womens clothing section of a department store
(adj) When someone accidentally gets spit on during a conversation, the look on their face as they think of nothing else but the spit, yet try to appear as if they're listening.
(noun) The moment when our brief inner dialogue of whether it's worth it to just pee in bed rather than get up is interrupted by our potty-training telling us that it's absolutely not an option.
(noun) The phenomenon whereby all social etiquette regarding staring at another person disappears, when one of those people is in a car and the other is walking by on the street. I'd like to call it "The Windshield Factor." Post your suggestions below!
(verb)To wipe another person's pee off of a toilet seat at a party, for fear of the person behind you in line thinking it was you that peed on the seat
(noun) The not-quite-racist prejudice of white people who momentarily believe that every unusually tall or large black man they see may be famous
(noun) The polite, remaining, part of a conversation between a guy and a girl who's just revealed she has a boyfriend
(noun) After frantically searching for your cell phone for hours, the lonely feeling of seeing you've had no missed calls
(verb) To give someone food is to feed them. to give someone a drink is to _______ them?
-A. Schlussel
(verb) Towards the end of a class, but before the teacher has stopped lecturing, the first person to start packing up their stuff which instantly sparks a chain reaction of students "quietly" packing up their stuff, thus raising the overall volume in the classroom, forcing the teacher to notice this subtle interruption and end class.
-A. Landowne
(noun) The precise tone of shame in a sports announcer's voice, as he tries to sound enthusiastic about a ridiculous show he's reminding you will be coming up after the game
(noun) The empty feeling one gets when a movie they casually started watching on TBS early Saturday night ends, and they''re still wearing the same clothes they were when it began
(verb)The volume at which you hear yourself chewing food so that next time you ask your friend "am I chewing really loud or am I just asking that based on a misread of the internal loudness that I may or may not actually be hearing within the intimate confines of my own head/ jaw area?" it might come out more smoothly like "am I chewing really loudly or am I just _____ing"
-A. Besdin
(adj.)The feeling a high-schooler gets when he sees older guys talking to girls his age
(noun) The gasping sound a crowd makes when an elderly person falls
What do you think we need a word for? Email mharrisweber@gmail.com
