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Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 07, 2014
February 03, 2014
February 10, 2014
Transcript:
the official dictionary of the games of the winter olympiad oop: stop doing that! fauxlympian, n. a viewer who exhibits sudden & unearned expertise in a sport he or she had barely even heard of a week ago. oop: hey! he 540'd that 1080! you suck! boo! orff, v. (fr. c. orff, ger. composer, carmina burana, etc.) to skate to bom-bastic music. see also orffamongous, orffic, orffulagenous, etc. oop: she's really orffing. she's orffal. orff! exvictorate, v. to mock a winner's nationality and/or national anthem. oop: andorra?! where's that?! this sounds like a pepsi jingle. boo!
Ida No about 11 years ago
Watching sports on TV is just a way to kill time between beers.
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
The more empty bottles on the TV, the more rococo the neologisms. Are those two facts related?
puddlesplatt about 11 years ago
love non sports…or whatever!
PoodleGroomer about 11 years ago
Fauxlympian: a group that decides to go on a bender with world tv coverage using an uncontested, defaulted entry i.e. Eddie the Eagle, The Jamaican Bobsled Team.
ChessPirate about 11 years ago
Usanonolympicidealists: Country that ruins the ideals of the Olympics by sending professional athletes just because other countries did it.