You know that frustrating feeling you get when you are trying to think of the word for something, but you can’t think of it or come up with one? Sometimes words just slip our minds, but other times it’s frustrating because we are trying to describe something, but the words we’re using aren’t exactly what we’re going for. Yet there are many scenarios, types of people, and feelings that most millennials can relate to– that feeling of shame when Netflix asks you if you want to “continue watching,” the person in class who always has a question and has to challenge the teacher at every opportunity, knowing it’s rude to text at dinner but telling yourself it’s okay because everyone else is too. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had words to actually term these types of things? Introducing 22 new words every twenty-something needs to start incorporating into their conversations. Although these words aren’t officially recognized by Webster (yet), they definitely need to be. They perfectly describe, most using a pun or play on words, so many of the feelings and experiences we have during our college years. Bedgasm (n): feeling of euphoria experienced when climbing into bed at the end of a very long day Anecdoche (n): a conversation in which everyone is talking but nobody is listening Vemodalen (n): the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist Nonversation (n) a completely pointless conversation; small talk Textpectation (n): the anticipation felt when waiting for a response to a text
Mondaze (n): the spaced-out state particular to Monday mornings Textrovert (n): a person who feels more comfortable talking over text than to your face Cellfish (n): an individual who continues talking on their phone so as to be rude or inconsiderate of other people Ambitchous (adj): striving to be more of a bitch than the average bitch Masturdating (n): going out alone to a movie or restaurant DejaBrew (v): slowly remembering things you did while drunk