e o w Y C n: excuse me, are you a technosexual mouse potato?

today i'm just as bored as miss ene is.

it's one those those days when i would love to just chill alone at my haven @ arif, watching some senseless TV or flipping between cartoon network, n ickelodeon, playhouse disney and MTV.

i love some time-out to do absolutely nothing.

but nooooooooooooooooo...i'm stuck at work.

while 'researching' for new updated material to include in my lesson plans, i decided to look for new-fangled vocabulary and clicked onto to the word spy site.

here're my top 20 favourites:-

BlackBerry thumb n. A repetitive stress injury characterized by swelling and pain at the base of the thumb and caused by prolonged use of the thumb while operating a BlackBerry or other personal digital assistant.

thumb culture (THUM kul.chur; th as in thin) n. People who are skilled at using their thumbs to manipulate objects such as cell phone keys, small joysticks, and notebook computer pointers.

bitcom n. A short, sitcom-style video available over the Internet.

carnography (kar.NOG.ruh.fee) n. Writings, films, images, or other materials that contain scenes of carnage or other types of violence. [Blend of carnage and pornography.] Also: carno (cf. porno).

cinematherapy (sin.uh.muh.THAYR.uh.pee; TH as in thin) noun. A form of therapy or self-help that uses movies, particularly videos, as therapeutic tools.

cot potato n. An infant or toddler who spends a great deal of time watching television.

mouse potato (MOWS poh.tay.toh) n. A person who spends a lot of time at the computer (cf. couch potato).

retrophilia (ret.troh.FEE.lee.uh) n. An intense attraction for things of the past.

emo (EE-moh) n. A music genre that features a heavy, guitar-based sound and melodic, emotional tunes. —emo adj.

generation lap n. The tendency for young people to be increasingly more technically savvy than their parents or elders.

leisure sickness (LEE.zhur sik.nis) n. Ill health that occurs during leisure time, especially on weekends and vacations.

gaydar (GAY.dar) n. An intuitive sense that enables someone to identify whether another person is gay.

hasbian (HAZ.bee.un) n. A former lesbian who is now in a heterosexual relationship.

man cave n. An area of a house, such as a basement, workshop, or garage, where a man can be alone with his power tools and projects.

photolurker n. A person who obsessively and anonymously browses strangers' photos posted to online photo-sharing sites.

toxic bachelor (TAWKS.ik bach.uh.lur) n. An unmarried man who is selfish, insensitive, and afraid of commitment.

retrosexual (ret.roh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A man with an undeveloped aesthetic sense who spends as little time and money as possible on his appearance and lifestyle.