Absurd: "Don't you hate it when you hear arrogant liars' lying lies? Don't you wish you had some lexical bombshell to blow the ignorance to smithereens? Absurd is the boom you've been searching for!"
Pony: "Sounds just like what it is: an awkward fat adorable little animal. It's perfect in every way."
Strumpet: "It's an insult, but at least you sound super classy and intelligent when calling someone that!"
Squat: "One of the funniest words in English."
Chuff: "It's even better to use instead of swearing ... It takes the harshness out of the situation!"
Perpendicular: "Just say it out loud. ... It doesn't sound like two lines."
Idiosyncratic: "No other word sounds like it, which makes it a perfect example of its own definition."
Stoic: "This is what I want to be! To be indifferent to pain and pleasure is to rise above the petty. This state can be achieved by taking Prozac."
Supermarket sardines
"You know what really irritates me?" asks a reader from Sandringham. "When you are at the 12-items-or-fewer checkout, at the end of your transaction, and you are exchanging pleasantries with the checkout operator while putting your card back into your wallet and the next imbecile in the queue is right hard up against you emptying her basket of groceries on to the small counter. Get out of my space; it'll be yours in a matter of seconds, lady."
Right idea, wrong country
Adidas has placed punching bags at several subway stations in Shanghai and is promoting them as "the first advertisement in history that you can kick, punch, and trample at will". Commuters are encouraged to de-stress and keep fit with a quick workout. "Maybe they need one at adidas NZ HQ?" says John Buckley. (Via http://www.psfk.com)
