occupational haggard n:
1. the appearance a person gets depending
upon his or her occupation. <The mechanical repetition of the
copy shop and working the graveyard shift turned Lloyd into an
~. >
Ovalteen n:
a chubby teenager <Johnny was a slender child, but an ~.>
—Bob Arbogast, Mariposa, Ca.
peripathetic adj: an
inability to travel by foot <Mildred and Henry were simply
addicted to their cars in a ~ sort of way.>
pesticidal maniac n: one
who uses pesticides liberally <Armed with a can of Raid in
one hand and Weed Killer in the other, Ned was a real ~.>
phoney n: someone obsessed with telephonic
behavior <Daisy hadn't been in Hollywood more than three
weeks before she broke down and bought a cellphone. She felt
like such a ~.>
penal reform n: Viagra
<In a last desperate attempt at ~, Don filled the prescription.>
—Carole Easton, Venice, Ca.
penile dementia n: When
a man can't remember a particular sexual encounter. <Faced
with articles detailing alleged sexual encounters, Arnold was
suddenly struck with ~.>
Placentia n: a
California town named for its tradition of planting post-natal
placentas beneath new trees <~ is an historic town steeped
in curious rituals.>
politicotrichotillomania n:
the impulse to pullout one's own hair due to the political process
<Every time the Democratic activist heard the term "flip-flop,"
he was struck by a bad case of the ubiquitous malady known as
~.>
premature evaporation n:
the untimely evaporation of a body of liquid
<Big though it is, the Salton Sea is a victim of ~.>
pre-traumatic stress disorder n:
a neurotic disease brought about by potentially impending catastrophic
events <After hearing reports of possible domestic terrorism
come Fall, Melinda tore up her voter registration card. Her therapist
diagnosed her with ~.>
psychoanalytic converter n: a therapist
who practices Freudian psychoanalysis on the road <Rhonda
fought off bad drivers and tears as her ~ really put some tough
questions to her.>