Shwallowing
In light of the incredible success in introducing loaft to the English language, I’m pleased to bring you shwallowing. It’s a portmanteau of the common phrase “to wallow shallowly”. In other words, to take explicit delight in your lack of depth (presumably in one particular subject).
For example, instead of being justifiably ashamed of my idiocy with regards to geography, I can wave my hands and say “oh, I just don’t have a head for names and places.” One step further, and I’m refusing to learn where Burma is in comparison to Thailand. It’s not going to dent my ignorance. It’s not going to matter. Worse, I don’t care and I’ll let you know it!
That’s just an example; I certainly do not shwallow in my ignorance of geography. I’m embarrassed, so I tend to either avoid the subject or use evasive phrases. I’m not going to reveal my disingenuous techniques here. They’re all I have.
A brand baby might shwallow in their fashion sense. For all my fashionista reporting, I’m pretty average here. From bottom to top: Docs, Celio, Hanes, Wayne Gretzy, Celio again, Esprit. All right, those are names, but not name-y enough to be shwallowing. In fact, I keep on unconsciously covering the logo on my man bag. It’s my new black one, for formal man-bag events.
Crap, I forgot my point.
In conclusion, it’s not bad to shwallow a bit here and there, but don’t make a habit of it. Sometimes when you think you aren’t shwallowing because you have “a very good justification”, well, think again. Also, I make up new words sometimes, but it’s because I’m very interesting and important. Thank you.
GKarlsen
Holy Smokes!!!
Hmm. Googling shwallow always seems to come up with perversions and typos based on one particular definition of “swallow”. The viscid definition.
You have been warned.
Shwallowing…
First off I’ll say that I thought that a portmanteau was a big suitcase. Turns out that it is a suitcase but it is also merging two words and combining their meanings…who knew (besides you and the dictionary folks I mean).
And, as mentioned by your unnamed commentator, shwallowing sounds unwholesome. I’m afraid that it won’t be making it into my vocabulary the same way that loaft has. Though, whenever I say that I’m considering loafting Lisa recommends I go to the WC to do it.
I have a suggestion for a new word though. Watching the coverage of the upcoming American election I’ve observed that there are a lot of retards with strong opinions. People who will get up and say the most ridiculously, idiotic things, with whole-hearted conviction. They are opinionated retards, or to do the portmanteau thing: retinionated.
Retinionated.
I’m sure you can think of a few people who are retinionated. You’ve seen them on T.V. and you’ve encountered them at work and on the street. The retinionated are a everywhere. They haven’t a clue but they have an opinion. They believe that the mere fact that they have a thought, regardless of how stupid, means that they need to share it with the world. To them, being dumb is no reason to be quiet. Rationality is optional.
That’s retinionated.
Retinionated.
Retinionated? I think that applies nicely to all those vocal Bush supporters.
As for shwallowing, I never take delight in my lack of knowledge. I’m always embarrased, especially when it comes to math. Numbers don’t like me and the feeling is mutual.
I am going to have to agree with the other commenters…shwalling is not doing it for me…hahaha
I do, however, like retionated…particularly in light of the NEVER ENDING election campaign…thank God there are only four more days until it is over with. And, may I say, I have voted in my very first election (by absentee ballot). woohoo!:)
Oh my…that should be shwallowing and retinionated in my last comment….what is wrong with my fingers? LOL