noun. A quality found in precious few supervillains, sewer rats, or Girl Scouts.
Real citation: "Vacations, money, guilt and Boy Scout-edness
So the annual vacation is approaching fast and furious. This time in two weeks we'll be sitting in Newark airport waiting for a flight to Shannon, Ireland."
(Dec. 30, 2008, Kinderpunk Musings, http://maladrin.blogspot.com/2008/12/vacations-money-guilt-and-boy-scout.html)
Made-up citations: "For a death cult, I think our organization has plenty of Boy Scout-edness. We are always prepared, and we make the tightest knots in town. The uniforms are also nifty."
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
buttmunchily
adv. When the buttmunches inherit the earth, this word will be popular. Wait, that already happened? Never mind.
Real citation: "This guy is hilarious!!! I'm so happy I have him. His class will be buttmunchily hard but I'm hoping his humor will ease the pain."
(Aug. 6, 2008, Listen to the Beat, http://welcometocorruption.blogspot.com/2006_08_06_archive.html)
Made-up citation: "A ballet dancer who buttmunchily bounces and bobbles is a buffoon, according to the handbook."
Real citation: "This guy is hilarious!!! I'm so happy I have him. His class will be buttmunchily hard but I'm hoping his humor will ease the pain."
(Aug. 6, 2008, Listen to the Beat, http://welcometocorruption.blogspot.com/2006_08_06_archive.html)
Made-up citation: "A ballet dancer who buttmunchily bounces and bobbles is a buffoon, according to the handbook."
beswirlied
adj. Like bepancaked, but that's toilet water, not maple syrup, bucko.
Real citation: "vegans are impossible to take seriously
they do not eat enough meat so their arguments are all puny and easily beswirlied"
(Jan. 17, 2009, Fur Affinity Forums, http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=34991&page=3)
Made-up citation: "According to my doctor, only morbidly beswirlied people are at risk for post-traumatic swirly disorder. Man, I need a new doctor."
Real citation: "vegans are impossible to take seriously
they do not eat enough meat so their arguments are all puny and easily beswirlied"
(Jan. 17, 2009, Fur Affinity Forums, http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=34991&page=3)
Made-up citation: "According to my doctor, only morbidly beswirlied people are at risk for post-traumatic swirly disorder. Man, I need a new doctor."
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Vic Mackey-esque
adj. This is the way I do everything, from shooting coworkers in the face to baking cupcakes.
Real citation: Vic Mackey-ish, Vic Mackey-ness.
Real citation: "There's exactly one dancer jittering to 'Kickstart My Heart,' and exactly one dude in attendance, sitting on a folding chair so far from the stage that we have to walk in between them to hit the bathroom. Turns out, Mons (and every other strip club in Tampa) had been violating the 'no dancing within six feet of the patrons' rule for, oh, EVER, and they just happened to decide to enforce it on this particular night, setting up a Vic Mackey-esque raid on every adult establishment in the entire county. The only upside was that the bust went down while we were in transit, so we weren't hauled away like the rest of the pathetic cubicle-dwellers. Still, the night ended at a Hooters with a bad taste in our mouths...and not the good kind of bad, either. Thanks ever so much, Tampa PD. Jackholes."
(Oct. 21, 2008, Deadspin, http://deadspin.com/5066606/no-more-cowbell-the-wretchedness-of-tampa-bays-fledgling-fanbase)
Made-up citation: "Is this the temp agency? Please send me the most Vic Mackey-esque nun you got. We are having issues."
Real citation: Vic Mackey-ish, Vic Mackey-ness.
Real citation: "There's exactly one dancer jittering to 'Kickstart My Heart,' and exactly one dude in attendance, sitting on a folding chair so far from the stage that we have to walk in between them to hit the bathroom. Turns out, Mons (and every other strip club in Tampa) had been violating the 'no dancing within six feet of the patrons' rule for, oh, EVER, and they just happened to decide to enforce it on this particular night, setting up a Vic Mackey-esque raid on every adult establishment in the entire county. The only upside was that the bust went down while we were in transit, so we weren't hauled away like the rest of the pathetic cubicle-dwellers. Still, the night ended at a Hooters with a bad taste in our mouths...and not the good kind of bad, either. Thanks ever so much, Tampa PD. Jackholes."
(Oct. 21, 2008, Deadspin, http://deadspin.com/5066606/no-more-cowbell-the-wretchedness-of-tampa-bays-fledgling-fanbase)
Made-up citation: "Is this the temp agency? Please send me the most Vic Mackey-esque nun you got. We are having issues."
Saturday, March 28, 2009
hench-lady-men-partners
noun. Henchfolk of various genders, as mandated by the evil-minion equal-rights act of 1995.
Real citation: "Our new Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and hench-lady-men-partners Shiela Bair of FDIC, and Benny (Chopper Ben) Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman are scrambling to overcome nasty TARP I press as bankers get more than a free ride."
(Feb. 16, 2009, Christian Financial Radio Network, http://cfrnpod.blogspot.com/2009/02/prosperity-for-gods-people-emini_16.html)
Made-up citation: "I'm hiring new hench-lady-men-partners... I need lackeys who can swing a mop, shave a squirrel, eat a planet, and put brains in jars--gently, people!--all before lunch, when we will dine on the hopes and dreams of innocent people. Yum."
Real citation: "Our new Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and hench-lady-men-partners Shiela Bair of FDIC, and Benny (Chopper Ben) Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman are scrambling to overcome nasty TARP I press as bankers get more than a free ride."
(Feb. 16, 2009, Christian Financial Radio Network, http://cfrnpod.blogspot.com/2009/02/prosperity-for-gods-people-emini_16.html)
Made-up citation: "I'm hiring new hench-lady-men-partners... I need lackeys who can swing a mop, shave a squirrel, eat a planet, and put brains in jars--gently, people!--all before lunch, when we will dine on the hopes and dreams of innocent people. Yum."
Friday, March 27, 2009
sudden onset Stevie Nicks syndrome
noun phrase. A serious disability that may be accompanied by Lindsey Buckingham.
Real citation: "Do I hear a tambourine? Watch out for Sudden Onset Stevie Nicks Syndrome."
(March 29, 2007, I Blame the Patriarchy, http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/03/29/patriarchy-blamer-makes-straw-secondwaver-joke/)
Made-up citation: "What disease is known as The Silent Killer? Hint: It's not sudden onset Stevie Nicks syndrome or yodeling fever."
Real citation: "Do I hear a tambourine? Watch out for Sudden Onset Stevie Nicks Syndrome."
(March 29, 2007, I Blame the Patriarchy, http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/03/29/patriarchy-blamer-makes-straw-secondwaver-joke/)
Made-up citation: "What disease is known as The Silent Killer? Hint: It's not sudden onset Stevie Nicks syndrome or yodeling fever."
bat-nanigans
noun. The kind of shenanigans that probably involve a utility belt and some spandex.
Real citation: "Mamma Mia! continues to make my roommate sing ABBA songs (thanks for that, by the way) as it had a low decline in it's second week. In all the craziness with last week's bat-nannigans, it should be noted that Mamma Mia! has the biggest opening for a musical. (Non-animated, I believe). I don't know, they made up some record last week to make the movie feel better about itself for opening up against Batman."
(July 27, 2008, There's Always Mini-golf, http://formerdudespeak.blogspot.com/2008/07/box-office-report-bat-attack-week-2.html)
Made-up citation: "The neighbors have been whining about my bat-nanigans again... But the fight against evil is noisy! And squishy! And so delicious."
Real citation: "Mamma Mia! continues to make my roommate sing ABBA songs (thanks for that, by the way) as it had a low decline in it's second week. In all the craziness with last week's bat-nannigans, it should be noted that Mamma Mia! has the biggest opening for a musical. (Non-animated, I believe). I don't know, they made up some record last week to make the movie feel better about itself for opening up against Batman."
(July 27, 2008, There's Always Mini-golf, http://formerdudespeak.blogspot.com/2008/07/box-office-report-bat-attack-week-2.html)
Made-up citation: "The neighbors have been whining about my bat-nanigans again... But the fight against evil is noisy! And squishy! And so delicious."
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Amish-sploitation
noun. A film genre that ranks somewhere behind porn and the adventures of lint in popularity.
Real citation: "I don’t know what to call this other than Amish-sploitation. On the full infomercial, there are even more references to the brilliant craftsmanship of the Amish, including a testimonial from one satisfied customer who bought it because he knows 'the Amish make great products.' The whole thing is hilarious on too many levels."
(Feb. 9, 2009, Bread & Magic, http://benfrancisco.net/2009/02/09/amish-sploitation/)
Made-up citation: "Oh, ye Amish-sploitation directors! When will you abandon your turpitude? Your films really churn my butter, and not in a sexy way."
Real citation: "I don’t know what to call this other than Amish-sploitation. On the full infomercial, there are even more references to the brilliant craftsmanship of the Amish, including a testimonial from one satisfied customer who bought it because he knows 'the Amish make great products.' The whole thing is hilarious on too many levels."
(Feb. 9, 2009, Bread & Magic, http://benfrancisco.net/2009/02/09/amish-sploitation/)
Made-up citation: "Oh, ye Amish-sploitation directors! When will you abandon your turpitude? Your films really churn my butter, and not in a sexy way."
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
blah blah-ologist
noun. A smart specialist in zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Real citation: "blah blah-ologist
It interests me nearly that van gogh could know the potato eaters for a masterpiece. (because everything i hear, see, read, taste, smell or touch--everything i experience, in fact, except for pain--gets processed through me at an alarming rate--i'm not bragging; it is alarming; i continuously have to go back for obscure pieces of my comprehensions that i didn't realize i'd absorbed in order to get to where i've got, consequentially my ratiocination is not so much full of holes as just soaked, you know? jumbled? doing something quickly doesn't entail doing it well. anyway, because of this, finding out about van gogh means something to me, and i recognize that it's something not necessarily intrinsic to van gogh. like janie with her meshes, i'm checking it out.)
(June 18, 2007, Water in the Fields, http://waterinthefields.blogspot.com/2007/06/blah-blah-ologist.html)
Made-up citation: "It's not easy to become a blah blah-ologist. It takes years of whatever, a summer of something-or-other, more than one yada yada, and a daily regimen of frequent foozie-whatsits."
Real citation: "blah blah-ologist
It interests me nearly that van gogh could know the potato eaters for a masterpiece. (because everything i hear, see, read, taste, smell or touch--everything i experience, in fact, except for pain--gets processed through me at an alarming rate--i'm not bragging; it is alarming; i continuously have to go back for obscure pieces of my comprehensions that i didn't realize i'd absorbed in order to get to where i've got, consequentially my ratiocination is not so much full of holes as just soaked, you know? jumbled? doing something quickly doesn't entail doing it well. anyway, because of this, finding out about van gogh means something to me, and i recognize that it's something not necessarily intrinsic to van gogh. like janie with her meshes, i'm checking it out.)
(June 18, 2007, Water in the Fields, http://waterinthefields.blogspot.com/2007/06/blah-blah-ologist.html)
Made-up citation: "It's not easy to become a blah blah-ologist. It takes years of whatever, a summer of something-or-other, more than one yada yada, and a daily regimen of frequent foozie-whatsits."
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
super-fantastic-nerdcore-tacular
adj. Sounds nerdy to me, but what do I know? I'm too busy writing fan fiction about wookies who fall in love with Cylons. They make the sweetest, hairiest toaster-babies...
Real citation: "As I thought about this again, there was another one that stood out in my mind -- now I'm sure there's a billion -- but this one is super-fantastic-nerdcore-tacular."
(Sept. 24, 2008, Livejournal, http://tenel-ka.livejournal.com/tag/boys+are+icky+love)
Made-up citation: "It sure wasn't perfect, but I did have a super-fantastic-nerdcore-tacular reaction to the BSG finale... I just hope I can get a network interested in my spinoff. It will be set in a distant time--could be the past, could be the future--when spaceships have eliminated all humans and Cylons. The spaceships hate each other and fight every week. This should appeal to viewers who are weary of pointless dialogue and actors, plus the spaceships can team up to destroy planets during sweeps."
Real citation: "As I thought about this again, there was another one that stood out in my mind -- now I'm sure there's a billion -- but this one is super-fantastic-nerdcore-tacular."
(Sept. 24, 2008, Livejournal, http://tenel-ka.livejournal.com/tag/boys+are+icky+love)
Made-up citation: "It sure wasn't perfect, but I did have a super-fantastic-nerdcore-tacular reaction to the BSG finale... I just hope I can get a network interested in my spinoff. It will be set in a distant time--could be the past, could be the future--when spaceships have eliminated all humans and Cylons. The spaceships hate each other and fight every week. This should appeal to viewers who are weary of pointless dialogue and actors, plus the spaceships can team up to destroy planets during sweeps."
Monday, March 23, 2009
nano-destructo-gun
noun. An important new weapon in the war on amoebas.
Real citation: nano-destructo-mat.
Real citation: "What made no sense... why is Brainiac so hot for Amazo's Body, if it can be destroyed easily with the nano destructo gun???"
(July 10, 2005, "Justice League," Television Without Pity, http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=2615400&view=findpost&p=3218743)
Made-up citation: "Is that your nano-destructo-gun or are you just unhappy to see me?"
Real citation: nano-destructo-mat.
Real citation: "What made no sense... why is Brainiac so hot for Amazo's Body, if it can be destroyed easily with the nano destructo gun???"
(July 10, 2005, "Justice League," Television Without Pity, http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=2615400&view=findpost&p=3218743)
Made-up citation: "Is that your nano-destructo-gun or are you just unhappy to see me?"
Sunday, March 22, 2009
poopy-ridden
adj. Not the way I want my pants or plates to be.
Related terms: poo-ridden, poop-ridden, poopoo-ridden.
Real citation: "I plunked him in the tub fully dressed and wrenched the hot and cold faucets around to their limits until water belched its way out at high velocity. As the water jetted into the tub and as Cougar endeavored to drown our bathroom by sticking his finger beneath the faucet and spraying the walls, myself included, I proceeded to peel off the poopy-ridden onesie that was now beginning to smell like my little brown and squishy 'cracker'."
(July 25, 2008, Clint and Lissy Bell, http://clintlisbell.blogspot.com/2008/07/crackers.html)
Made-up citation: "What is this poopy-ridden poppycock? I prefer titillating twaddle. That's just how I was raised."
Related terms: poo-ridden, poop-ridden, poopoo-ridden.
Real citation: "I plunked him in the tub fully dressed and wrenched the hot and cold faucets around to their limits until water belched its way out at high velocity. As the water jetted into the tub and as Cougar endeavored to drown our bathroom by sticking his finger beneath the faucet and spraying the walls, myself included, I proceeded to peel off the poopy-ridden onesie that was now beginning to smell like my little brown and squishy 'cracker'."
(July 25, 2008, Clint and Lissy Bell, http://clintlisbell.blogspot.com/2008/07/crackers.html)
Made-up citation: "What is this poopy-ridden poppycock? I prefer titillating twaddle. That's just how I was raised."
Saturday, March 21, 2009
domestic-terrorist-turned-housewife
noun. A career path I hope to follow, if you replace "domestic terrorist" with "language columnist" and "housewife" with "Playgirl Playdude of the Year".
Real citation: "Jon Opsahl said he doesn't think domestic-terrorist-turned-housewife Sara Jane Olson served nearly enough time for his mother's murder, but he'll be relieved when the saga is over Tuesday."
(March 17, 2009, Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN.com, http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/17/olson.release/)
Made-up citation: "Every girl I date turns out to be a domestic-terrorist-turned-housewife... Where can a fella find a nice nun or nurse these days, besides nunneries and hospitals, where love-loitering is prohibited?"
Real citation: "Jon Opsahl said he doesn't think domestic-terrorist-turned-housewife Sara Jane Olson served nearly enough time for his mother's murder, but he'll be relieved when the saga is over Tuesday."
(March 17, 2009, Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN.com, http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/17/olson.release/)
Made-up citation: "Every girl I date turns out to be a domestic-terrorist-turned-housewife... Where can a fella find a nice nun or nurse these days, besides nunneries and hospitals, where love-loitering is prohibited?"
Friday, March 20, 2009
non-banjo-istic
adj. Lacking all banjosity.
Real citation: "Here's a video from a recent show we did. It's a 'non-banjo-istic' song but thought I'd share it with ya"
(Feb 23, 2009, Banjo Hangout, http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=140860)
Made-up citation: "Of all the non-banjo-istic movies, Deliverance is not one. That is all the banjology I know."
Real citation: "Here's a video from a recent show we did. It's a 'non-banjo-istic' song but thought I'd share it with ya"
(Feb 23, 2009, Banjo Hangout, http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=140860)
Made-up citation: "Of all the non-banjo-istic movies, Deliverance is not one. That is all the banjology I know."
Thursday, March 19, 2009
someone-crapped-in-my-cereal face
noun phrase. Remarkably similar to the dreaded someone-yoinked-in-my-salad face.
Real citation: "Per usual, Kate had her someone-crapped-in-my-cereal face all show long. I don't trust her and her eternal mopiness at all."
(March 18, 2009, "5-9: "Namaste" 2009.03.18," Television Without Pity, http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3183339&view=findpost&p=11505375)
Made-up citation: "I hate posing for sexy photos, a task I must endure often, because of my fame. Half my sexy pouts look like a someone-crapped-in-my-cereal face, and the other half scare woodland critters, who comprise over half my fan base."
Real citation: "Per usual, Kate had her someone-crapped-in-my-cereal face all show long. I don't trust her and her eternal mopiness at all."
(March 18, 2009, "5-9: "Namaste" 2009.03.18," Television Without Pity, http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3183339&view=findpost&p=11505375)
Made-up citation: "I hate posing for sexy photos, a task I must endure often, because of my fame. Half my sexy pouts look like a someone-crapped-in-my-cereal face, and the other half scare woodland critters, who comprise over half my fan base."
exploitation-tastic-ish
adj. May not arise from saintly and pure motivations that benefit lost orphans and wayward bunnies.
Real citation: "GRINDHOUSE - exploitation-tastic-ish"
(April 13, 2007, Movie Reviews For Greedy Capitalist Bastards, http://bina007.blogspot.com/2007/04/grindhouse-exploitation-tastic-ish.html)
Made-up citation: "I would be an excellent exploitation-tastic-ish film-maker... I'd start with gore, add some boobs, and top it off with serial killers, killer fembots, female zombies, and zombie babies. I'd also make a good farmer."
Real citation: "GRINDHOUSE - exploitation-tastic-ish"
(April 13, 2007, Movie Reviews For Greedy Capitalist Bastards, http://bina007.blogspot.com/2007/04/grindhouse-exploitation-tastic-ish.html)
Made-up citation: "I would be an excellent exploitation-tastic-ish film-maker... I'd start with gore, add some boobs, and top it off with serial killers, killer fembots, female zombies, and zombie babies. I'd also make a good farmer."
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
celebu-seed
noun. Celebusperm.
Real citation: "The other night I was at Barney's Beanery where I met Kathy Lee and Frank Gifford's son, Cody Gifford. The celebu-spawn wedged his digits into the back of my control top panty hoes. At first I didn't notice—I just thought it was the crinkling of my trusty Depends. The devil inside me says, 'Let this little bastard impregnate you so you can siphon cash from his obnoxious celebrity dynasty.' But the other, pure side says, 'Leave the little nugget alone, he's only 18, and he's got several seasons of Celebrity Rehab in his future.' Fugly, the bank is about to foreclose on my house, should I receive his celebu-seed?"
(March 12, 2009, Points in Case, http://www.pointsincase.com/columns/fugly-slut/sperminated-santa-monica)
Made-up citation: "In LA, there are more options than whole, skim, 2%, and soy milk at Starbucks. For just one extra buck, you can get your chai tea made with pure, precious, pristine celebu-seed that may or may not represent the future reproductive success of Ben Stiller."
Real citation: "The other night I was at Barney's Beanery where I met Kathy Lee and Frank Gifford's son, Cody Gifford. The celebu-spawn wedged his digits into the back of my control top panty hoes. At first I didn't notice—I just thought it was the crinkling of my trusty Depends. The devil inside me says, 'Let this little bastard impregnate you so you can siphon cash from his obnoxious celebrity dynasty.' But the other, pure side says, 'Leave the little nugget alone, he's only 18, and he's got several seasons of Celebrity Rehab in his future.' Fugly, the bank is about to foreclose on my house, should I receive his celebu-seed?"
(March 12, 2009, Points in Case, http://www.pointsincase.com/columns/fugly-slut/sperminated-santa-monica)
Made-up citation: "In LA, there are more options than whole, skim, 2%, and soy milk at Starbucks. For just one extra buck, you can get your chai tea made with pure, precious, pristine celebu-seed that may or may not represent the future reproductive success of Ben Stiller."
arch-nutjob
noun. 1. An arch-bishop. 2. A nutjob above other nutjobs, for nutjobby reasons I prefer not to discuss.
Real citation: "Arch-nutjob being nutty again."
(Feb. 7, 2008, The Julie Blog, http://julianstirling.co.uk/2008/02/arch-nutjob-being-nutty-again.html)
Made-up citation: "Someday I'll make it to arch-nutjob... I don't care if I have to spend 20 years as a wacky arch-altar boy to get there!"
Real citation: "Arch-nutjob being nutty again."
(Feb. 7, 2008, The Julie Blog, http://julianstirling.co.uk/2008/02/arch-nutjob-being-nutty-again.html)
Made-up citation: "Someday I'll make it to arch-nutjob... I don't care if I have to spend 20 years as a wacky arch-altar boy to get there!"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
whatever-doodle-mutt
noun. Well, we think it's a dog... It's moderately poodle-y. Still, I'm not ruling out "polar bear/lizard crossbreed".
Related term: Australian schnauzer-doodle-whatever-poo.
Real citation: "and of course ppl can be stupid, and buy into this fad. i just hate that these ppl don't even care that they are getting scammed. they will defend their precious whatever-doodle-mutt to the very end. it's sick."
(2008, Yahoo Answers, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080228111149AAsWg86)
Made-up citations: "My dog loooooooves whatever-doodle-mutts. He likes 'em white and fluffy; he likes 'em almost as much as turtles like shoes."
Related term: Australian schnauzer-doodle-whatever-poo.
Real citation: "and of course ppl can be stupid, and buy into this fad. i just hate that these ppl don't even care that they are getting scammed. they will defend their precious whatever-doodle-mutt to the very end. it's sick."
(2008, Yahoo Answers, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080228111149AAsWg86)
Made-up citations: "My dog loooooooves whatever-doodle-mutts. He likes 'em white and fluffy; he likes 'em almost as much as turtles like shoes."
cluster-nookie
noun. A true cluster-naughty word, I reckon, though naughtier.
Real citation: "I thought long and hard about how best to deal with winning playoff games, or not making the playoffs due to tie-breakers, or weighting wins deeper in the playoffs, and how to assign a point value for a first round bye versus the value for the actual win to face that team with a bye, and how I was ever going to get to the end of this sentence, and I finally gave up. The playoff structure has changed from the championship going to the team with the best record, then to a game with just the two division winners (with play-in games for ties), and all the way up to our current 12-team 11-game formula, not even mentioning the cluster-nookie that was the 1982 strike season."
(May 11, 2004, Mark Hutson, Football Outsiders, http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings/2004/guest-column-and-loser)
Made-up citation: "I like when things are orderly and clean, with lots of napkins available. Cluster-nookies make me nervous, though the nookie part is rather relaxing, so I guess I have mixed feelings on this subject."
Real citation: "I thought long and hard about how best to deal with winning playoff games, or not making the playoffs due to tie-breakers, or weighting wins deeper in the playoffs, and how to assign a point value for a first round bye versus the value for the actual win to face that team with a bye, and how I was ever going to get to the end of this sentence, and I finally gave up. The playoff structure has changed from the championship going to the team with the best record, then to a game with just the two division winners (with play-in games for ties), and all the way up to our current 12-team 11-game formula, not even mentioning the cluster-nookie that was the 1982 strike season."
(May 11, 2004, Mark Hutson, Football Outsiders, http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings/2004/guest-column-and-loser)
Made-up citation: "I like when things are orderly and clean, with lots of napkins available. Cluster-nookies make me nervous, though the nookie part is rather relaxing, so I guess I have mixed feelings on this subject."
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