WORD OF THE MONTH
Looking to freshen up your vocab? Here’s some brand new words we’ve totally made up. Because, why not?
MARCH: ‘CONNEDTENT’
VERB/CONNED-TENT
When content catfishes you into clicking, without delivering on what it promised.
E.g. "I thought i’d found something super cool on LinkedIn. Nah - another piece of connedtent.”
SEPTEMBER: ‘GIVOT’
VERB/GIV-OT
When a new thought or idea is the gift that changes the way we see or do something.
E.g. "Had a thought in the shower this morning. I reckon we should change the way we do things. Givooooot”
AUGUST: ‘VOLUNTOLD’
VERB/VOL-UN-TOL-D
When you’re volunteered to do something without the option to opt out.
E.g. "I’ve been voluntold to bake my famous Rocky Road for morning tea. Best get to the shops."
JULY: ‘NONVERSATION’
NOUN/NON-VA-SAY-SHUN
A completely worthless conversation, usually about the weather or other boring stuff.
E.g. “Just had a total nonversation with Carol about how much it’s rained this month. Snore.”
JUNE: ‘BYEJACK’
VERB/BI-JAKK
When you take control of a never-ending meeting to get it done and dusted.
E.g. “Thank god Dave byejacked that meeting or we’d still be in there now.”
APRIL: ‘ORANGE-INATION’
adj / OR-INJ-A-NATION
When you do something ‘totally normal’ after months under red lights and it feels like you’re doing it for the very first time.
E.g. “Beersies at the pub again. Feels like an orange-ination moment.”
JANUARY: ‘TRAFFIC-FLIGHT’
noun / TRAH-FIK-FLITE
That urgent trip to the supermarket to stock up on Panadol and toilet paper.
E.g. “I took no prisoners on my traffic-flight after the red light announcement.”
DECEMBER: ‘UNKEYBOARDINATED’
adjective/ un-kee-board-i-nay-ted
When you’re physically incapable of typing without making repeated mistakes.
E.g. “Debora can blame it on the Christmastime rush. But she's always been unkeyboardinated.”
OCTOBER: ‘CHOC-BLOCK’
NOUN/CHOCK-BLOK
When someone's judgy side-eye stops you from grabbing that tempting treat.
E.g. "That last piece of brownie was all mine until I felt Peter's energy. What a choc-block"
SEPTEMBER: ‘PROCAFFEINATE’
verb/proh-kaf-en-ate
The act of adding an extra coffee pod to your morning Nespresso to get set to get sh*t done.
E.g. “I’m on a real procaffeination buzz right now – I reckon I’ll get six things done before before 8:32 am.”
AUGUST: ‘EPIPHANOT’
noun/ i-pif-uh-nah-t
An idea that seems like an amazing insight when you have it, but is in fact pointless, mundane, stupid, or incorrect.
E.g. “Oh yeah, Sally messaged the team at 2am saying she ‘totally had an epiphany’ for the big pitch meeting… but I think that was just the wines talking – totally an epiphanot.”
JULY: ‘INTERNEST’
noun/ in-ter-nest
The cocoon of blankets and pillows you gather around yourself whilst spending long periods of time on the internet.
E.g. “Shelly put a lot of work into her internest – no wonder she always wants to work from home.”
JUNE: ‘SHOWER-TRIPPING’
noun/ SHAH-WAH-TRIP-ING
The irritating act of skiting brilliant ideas that ‘just came to you’ while having a shower.
E.g: “Don’t listen to Ben, he’s shower-tripping.”
MAY: ‘OHMBRELLA’
noun/ OWE-M-BRELL-AH
An impeccably woven shroud of Facebook-scraped wellness tools used to shield oneself from ‘bad vibes.’
E.g: “Don’t worry about Jimmy rocking right now, he’s just wearing his Ohmbrella”.
APRIL: ‘FINTUITION’
noun/ fin-tue-ish-un
That overwhelming frenzy of activity as you click into the tick of the nearest clock, ready to hit the road on time.
E.g: “I managed to escape bang on time by following my Fintuition”
MARCH: ‘SCROLLFIE’
NOUN/ SK-ROLL-FEE
The zoned-out zombie-face of someone staring deep into their screen as they scroll through socials on autopilot.
E.g: “It’s okay, there’s nothing wrong with Sarah – that’s just her scrollfie face.”
FEBRUARY: ‘Procrastidator’
noun/ pro-krah-stee-day-tur
Someone who appears interested but strings you along on multiple dates because they don't know how to commit.
E.g: “I always knew Paul had baggage, but it’s more than that, he’s a procrastidator”.
JANUARY: ‘Gymtimidation’
noun / Jim-tim-ih-day-shun
The uneasy feeling of paralysing self-consciousness as you step into a gym for the first time in the new year.
E.g: “I went all the way to the Gym and left. Way too gymtimidating today.”
