A Is For Ax-Worthy, Aevil And Ayp!
ABEEEEEEEEET [noun]
Pronunciation A bit like the French "J'habite", only without the 'J', and with an extended 'e' sound.
Meaning A bit.
Usage "I know it's been abeeeeeeeeet of a long time since I last updated, but I've spent the last ten days searching non-stop for my computer in the chaos that is my bedroom."
Origin Zed, early 1999. Not particularly common: it has class.
ABRIDGIATION [noun]
Pronunciation A bridge E eh? shun.
Meaning A shortened version.
Usage "This is an abridgiation of a much longer sentence."
Origin Zed, 1997.
ACH WELL [exclamation]
Pronunciation Ack well.
Meaning Oh well.
Usage "I can't think of an example sentence. Ach well."
Origin Zed, mid-1999. Used now and again.
AEVIL [adjective]
Pronunciation "I Evil". Although Will says it "E Ey-vil", Noj says it "I Vil" and most people just say "Ee Vil".
Meaning Evil. Especially if describing someone who "bashes" teenyboppers. If this is the case, then it is Good to be Aevil.
Usage "Will is an aevil geen."
Origin Olde Englishe, of the type that features in fantasye stories concerning faeries. Adopted by Zed in early 1998, it spent a few months being spelt "ævil". Its usage has declined since the end of "Aevilness Unlimited" (an anti-teenybopper website created and destroyed by yours truly).
A-IRCING [noun]
Pronunciation Ah Erk Ing
Meaning On IRC.
Usage "Want to go a-IRCing? Or shall we put up with the aevil 'eh oh' sound of ICQ?"
Origin Zed, mid-1999. Rarely used, since I rarely wish to use IRC.
ALIOS [exclamation]
Pronunciation Ale Ee Oss
Meaning Hello.
Usage "Alios, my name is Doctor Greenthumb!"
Origin Zed, 1993. It was the preferred greeting of the satyrs who live on Saturn in my novel "The Bible (NOT!)"
AMAZINK [adjective]
Pronunciation A May Zinc.
Meaning Amazing, only more so.
Usage "An example sentence! Amazink!"
Origin Zed, 1998. Used now and again.
ANAGRAMISABLENESS [noun]
Oi! C**t In Apron! An A Gram Eyes A Bull Nuss
Mean Gin How easy it is to make anagrams of words or phrases.
Use Ag "Anagramisableness is highly anagramisable: Anna's Miserable Gas."
Rio Gin Zed, May 2000.
ANGEST (1) [noun]
Pronunciation Ang-gust.
Meaning Angst but usually of a ludicrous teenybopper variety. "i am sooooooo fat i weigh twelve whole pounds!!!!!" would be an example.
Usage Preferably in Bad Goth Poems. "my angest refuses 2 flow."
Origin Twi and Zed, late 1998. We were writing joint Bad Goth Poetry, and it was one of many misspellings that emerged. Usage decreased, since Microsoft Word red-underlines it which makes Zed angestful.
ANGEST! (2) [exclamation]
Pronunciation Ang-gust!
Meaning An exclamation of emotional pain, but usually said when the situation is somewhat humorous.
Usage "I can't connect to the Internet! Angest!"
Origin Twi and Zed, early 1999. Derived from ANGEST (1).
ANGESTFUL [adjective]
Pronunciation Ang-gust-full.
Meaning Angstful, but in a teenybopperish way.
Usage Preferably in Bad Bopper Poetry. "o i am so angstful. i weep teh teerz of blud. i slip on rsers in your hart, i'm never understood."
Origin Twi and Zed, late 1998. Derived from ANGEST (1).
ANGST [verb]
Pronunciation Angst.
Meaning To be angstful, act angstful or say or think angstful things.
Usage "In this story, Robert and Simon angst a lot. As usual."
Origin Twi, early 1999, describing the first stage in any Fiction story. (The three stages being "They angst. They have sex. They angst again.")
ANTI-FILING [noun]
Pronunciation An Tee Fy Ling.
Meaning Taking pieces of paper out of filing cabinets.
Usage Making more space in filing cabinets.
Origin Zed, July 2002, when she needed to describe her current employment.
ANYTAY [adverb?]
Pronunciation Enni-tay
Meaning Anyway.
Usage "Anytay. Babbling about my starsongs isn't getting the fish a new helmet."
Origin Zed, early 1999, applying the ending of "otay" to "anyway". I now actively despise this word.
ANYVAGUE [no idea!]
Pronunciation Enni-vaig.
Meaning Anyway.
Usage "Anyvague, what was I saying?"
Origin Zed, late 1998. Zed stopped using with invention of ANYTAY, but others (namely Sarah Yoj and Twi) continue to use it.
ARR! [exclamation]
Pronunciation Arr! in a piratey tone.
Meaning Very little; it's just a more enthusiastic version of "Ah!"
Usage It's just a good thing to say in a time of satisfaction or discovery. Compare ORRH!
Origin Pirates, they'd have you believe. I started saying it in July 2003, despite not having yet seen "Pirates Of The Carribean" at that point in time, nor having much intention of doing so.
ARUBA! [exclamation]
Pronunciation A Roob Arr!
Meaning Apart from being a West Indian island, none.
Usage Good for saying before, during or after a stretching in tiredness session. Compare ISOBAR! and SCUBUDDABUBUDDABUBUDDABUB!
Origin Zed, July 2003.
ASHTRAY [adjective & adverb]
Pronunciation Ash-tray.
Meaning Astray.
Usage Apart from stubbing out cigarettes? "Good consternoon afterble. I'm not as think as you drunk. I jusht don't know where I am: I've been led ashtray."
Origin Zed, mid 1999. Still used whenever opportunity arises.
AT THE GAY BAR, GAY BAR, GAY BAR! [phrase]
Pronunciation Over-enthusiastically.
Meaning (None.)
Usage For answering questions in an amusing fashion. For example: "My girl, my girl, don't liiiiie to me, tell me where! Did you sleep! Last night!" "At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar!"
Origin Electric Six, 2003; introduced to Zed's vocabulary by Bethany, courtesy of Keynes College Video Jukebox, and Tim, courtesy of The Download Festival.
AVEC [preposition]
Pronunciation A Veck.
Meaning With.
Usage "Spome lives in my garage avec his friend Spam."
Origin French. Entered Zobo Creat in late 1997 and still used now and again.
AX-MAIL [noun]
Pronunciation Ax Male
Meaning E-mail.
Usage A quick and efficient way of keeping in touch with people.
Origin Some computer boffin.
AX-WORTHY [adjective]
Pronunciation Ax-werthee.
Meaning Bad and bammy and pants. Literally, "If I had an ax, I would use it on this thing."
Usage "The weather has been really ax-worthy today."
Origin Zed (and Noj?), early 1997. Sounds somewhat dated, but still a good box-worthy word.
AYE [apparently an adverb]
Pronunciation I.
Meaning Yes.
Usage "Aye, I'd say this was a pretty poor example sentence."
Origin Scottish. Entered Creat in mid 1999, shortly after Zed read "Trainspotting". Still used now and again.
AYE, IT'S KNACKERED MIND
Pronunciation I Itz Nack Urd Mined
Meaning Yes, it is broken, though.
Usage "Can we watch television?" "Aye. It's knackered, mind."
Origin Noj, mid-1999. It became my catchphrase, in spite its total lack of practical use, because apparently I couldn't stop saying "aye", "knackered" and "mind".
AYK! [exclamation]
Pronunciation Eye-k.
Meaning Eek!
Usage "Ayk! I'm writing angest again!"
Origin Zed, mid-1998. Oddly enough, did not come from "Eek!" but in attempting to type AYP and getting a 'k' instead of a 'p', Disappeared into oblivion a few months later.
AYP! [exclamation]
Pronunciation Eye-p.
Meaning Eek!
Usage "Ayp! AevilSteve's online!"
Origin Flink, early 1998. Still in use, although not as common as it once was.
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