Andy's Blog
Let's be honest. I am grammatically retarded. This should not be a shock to anyone who reads this blog. I write like I talk. Spelling doesn't matter. And as long as it communicates the point, what difference does grammar make, right?
For the most part though it hasn't really cost me anything in life. Other than not winning the highest Yearbook award in the country for a beautifully designed and photographed, but very poorly worded and edited yearbook - <sarcasm>which I obviously am still very upset about</sarcasm> - I seem to do just fine being grammatically retarded (despite what my English teachers said would happen).
But being grammatically retarded has an upside. I make up words. This is both hilarious and awesome. But not only do these words get made up spontaneously in conversations, they also come with definitions.
In honor of "unfriend" being Oxford's 2009 word of the year, let's take a look at my words.
Ban•chee - the word that started it all. I think CJ might have actually said it first. But I came up with the definition: an expression of great amount in noun form. For example: That hurt like a banchee. Or: I am driving faster than a banchee.
Scu•ba Steve - sure I didn't make this word up. It comes to us from Big Daddy. But in my vernacular, it is used to describe an non-named person. If there is anything I am worse at than grammar, it is remembering names. Thus, people's name I can't remember are named Scuba-Steve.
Womb Dad•dy - now this one is completley an Andy original. It defines a man who has kids, but who's mother (and to a lesser extent father) still does things for him that he should do on his own. Thus, he is a dad who never left the womb. Get it? This is the most popular word I have made up, and has entered some of my friend's vocabulary. This may be the thing I am most proud of in life.
But then there is Deb•en•oir - another Andy original. It defines the atmosphere and/or feeling in a area or group, but can't be outdoors. For example: the debenoir of that church wasn't very Baptist before, but it is now.
And frankly Debenoir should be the 2009 word of the year and I need your help. Allen and I discussed this on the air and I got made fun of pretty bad. Feelings were hurt. I cried myself to sleep. I am pretty sure someone, somewhere at the same time was clubbing baby seals.
Anyone can use words everyone else uses. It takes a genius to make their own words. I mean, I can use a light bulb, but Edison was the genius who created it, right?
So what I need you to do is go to www.allenhuntshow.com and vote in the poll for Debenoir as the 2009 word of the year.
Andy Borgmann Makes Up Words
(PS The strange pause in the middle of the conversation is me trying to answer
calls and argue with Allen at the same time)
- I'm proud of you too, for making up that word. I REALLY hope i don't ever use that word in front of the kids hahah!
"But then there is Deb•en•oir - another Andy original. It defines the atmosphere and/or feeling in a area or group, but can't be outdoors. For example: the debenoir of that church wasn't very Baptist before, but it is now.
- Andy, this is most retarded word you've made up lol! First of all, why doesn't it include the outdoors?? Second of all, atmosphere describe the feeling/mood of a particular place, so debenoir isn't a useful word. This is why I need to be your press secretary when you run for office. And it's also why I'll be on coke.
I thought "womb daddy" was your invention, probably because it applies to your employer ...
As far as debenoir, I do not get the etymology of that word (unlike "scuba Steve" or "womb daddy"). Andy, how did you come up with it? It sounds like "debonair", which means suave, urbane or nonchalant.
You know his opponent would be all over this blog if he ever ran for office, right? I mean one of his recent (and most popular) blog post was on the fake boob Carrie Prejean and her sex tape. He'd need a damn good press secreatary to overcome that. :)
Hopefully just the liquid kind. He can't afford any more scandals in his as-of-yet nonexistent campaign!
It just sounds like what I am trying to communicate for some reason. That's all the etymology that I need.
Which is why when I go for it, I will be taking it down. And DON'T you dare think about archiving all this :)
She does not mean the liquid kind.
PUH-lease...you have already almost used it in front of the inspiration behind Womb Daddy (aka the Official Womb Daddy).
Because I said so. That's why. Do you make up words? No you do not. When you make up words, you can make the definitions too.
Yes, BUT I am not talking about the physical atmosphere with debenoir. Debenoir is more about the non-tangiable moods/feelings. Don't worry, it's a common mistake :)