Tag Archives: Abbreviations
The Totes Ridictionary: The Book Is Coming
Like so many finger-on-the-pulse blogs before it, The Totes Ridictionary has become a book. A perfect gift for the discerning Totes Ridichead in your life, it features a comprehensive glossary of slang that’ll help you sort the “jel” from the … Continue reading
Imports
Nothing to do with goods and produce – including pillars of civilization like iPhones, condoms and red wine – being imported from one country to another, imports is tweetable shorthand for important. Imports decisions you encounter on a daily basis … Continue reading
Impresh
As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impresh – whether you’re at a job interview, on a first date, or encountering new neighbours. Common advice given regarding the making of a first impression is … Continue reading
Diffs
Morrissey and his generation-defining quiff once pertinently enquired, “What difference does it make?” Had Twitter existed in 1984, the Mozfather might’ve sung, “What diffs does it make?” (FYI: the short answer is either “none”, “some”, or “lots”, depending on how … Continue reading
Excluse
Things that can be described as excluse (née exclusive) include: Places you want to get into but can’t – like a de rigueur club gakked-up slebs are forever tumbling out of. Or that hot Starbucks barista’s underpants. Monogamous relationships – … Continue reading
Suspish
Your spouse is acting suspish – that is to say, suspiciously, which means they’re probably having an affair. WTF! What do you do? Sure, you could confront him/her, and have a frank, mature discussion about your apparently doomed relationship, addressing … Continue reading
Obsesh
If you’ve ever experienced the terrible joy of becoming unhealthily fixated on a song, food, film, book, app or person, you know what it is to revel in the throes of an obsesh – which is how overenthusiastic smartphone-fingerers say … Continue reading
Fash
If the fash industry were a person, she would be an heiress with zero-percent body fat and fabulous shoes, her eyes radiating ravishing haute couture deadness. Always on the guestlist at the best parties and visibly uninterested in anything you … Continue reading
Partics
If you’re the fussy type, you may spend a lot of time looking for particular things – a perfectly mixed Bloody Mary; an item of clothing that conveys the true depths of your individuality and free spiritedness; friends whose dinner-table … Continue reading