Fugato » Coinage http://fugato.net Gunnlaugur Þór Briem Tue, 01 May 2012 13:18:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Thermal bewilderment http://fugato.net/2007/04/25/thermal-bewilderment/ http://fugato.net/2007/04/25/thermal-bewilderment/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:07:35 +0000 GÞB http://fugato.net/2007/04/25/thermal-bewilderment/ Kuldakast
Thermal bewilderment

n.

The inability, after bathing in icy water, to distinguish hot and cold.

Try it, it’s cool!

(The terms ‘thermal confusion‘ and ‘thermal conflation‘ were both taken.)

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In·shaʾ·Allah·tion (ĭn’shä-lä’shən)

n.

A software installation/upgrade performed as a leap of faith in the irrational hope that it might make things less terrible.

[From Arabic in šaʾ Allāh (إن شاء الله), “God willing”]

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