The first phrase to make the list was time optimist. I first heard this phrase during a conversation with a friend in which we were lamenting our mutual inability to manage time. I had stated that I am the queen of the last minute task (like throwing in a load of laundry at the exact moment that we should be heading out the door), to which she replied, "I, too, am a time optimist!", and I fell in love--deeply, instantly, irrevocably in love!
The second phrase to make the lexicon was rage accumulation. This phrase was stumbled upon as a result of Favorite Uncle's attempt to construct a comment to one of my blog posts using Google Translator. Upon receiving his comment (in German), I plugged it into Babel Fish for deciphering. (I do not speak German--a little Spanish, a little Amharic, a little Japanese, but no German). Babel Fish spit out a poorly constructed sentence that made absolutely NO sense, but it did contained the precious gem of a phrase "rage accumulation". Apparently, Favorite Uncle had been trying to incorporate the German equivalent of the word "tantrum" into his comment, but upon translation from German back to English, "tantrum" evolved into "rage accumulation". AMAZING!
The third phrase of note actually came from a blog that I follow (OMSH) and identifies a concept that I had not been able to get my family to grasp...until now. The author was writing about a particularly lovely Saturday morning which included sit-and-stare time. Sit-and-stare time...YES...YES, YES, YES! Finally, someone who understands me! I NEED sit-and-stare time. It is crucial to my sanity as as a stay-at-home mother of seven! I need it! Do you hear me? NEED IT! Please, if you love me, just let me sit and stare!
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I love your new words! I have never heard of any of those before. ;-) They all make perfect sense.
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