Tuesday 28 July 2009

Nothing new under the sun

I thought I'd discovered a new word to describe an ongoing problem in the Crampton household. Turns out, someone else was there three years before me. It's still a good word though. Narcokleptic. Pertains especially to theft of blankets, leaving a cold Eric.

The word deserves wider usage. Enjoy!

7 comments:

  1. Don't see a problem. If Sue is warm where is the issue?!! :-)

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  2. I am unapologetic about my blanket thieving.

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  3. Sue, you have no reason to be apologetic. Eric should harden up and stop complaining and stop using big words just to sound educated!!!

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  4. "Narcokleptic" would be an appropriate term for most students methinks - if being drunk to near unconsciousness is comparable to sleeping.

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  5. @Paul: narcokleptic is a perfectly cromulent word.

    @Sue: I know...

    @Matt: Wouldn't they need to be stealing at the same time though?

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  6. @Crampton: when its not Shakespeare, its the Simpsons.

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