PSEUDOdictionaryhttp://www.pseudodictionary.com
Despite being tortured by hacks such as myself, the written (and spoken) word continues to evolve. As new phrases continually pop into our collective consciousness, certain terms succumb to a horribly painful death as the verb herd is culled. (When was the last time you heard somebody use "NOT!" as an entire sentence?) Yet others, often starting as slang, become an accepted, even integral part of daily communication. So to help y'all keep track, the Internet has once again provided a savior in the form of Pseudodictionary.com. An amalgamation of both colloquial speech and utter nonsense (think Sniglets, but not quite), PSEUDOdictionary is the Frankenstein monster of prose. It takes a bit here, a bit there, mashes it together and suddenly you've got — something. Creatively shirking any work that actually needed to be accomplished, I spent about three hours cruising the entries (submitted by various net denizens and Webmasters) in order to learn new expressions with which to pepper my speech. Among the truly nifty were using "Jesus" as a verb (used to describe the act of doing something so effortlessly that it seems to be a miracle). Most effective when the jesuser has no idea how it worked so well) and the phrase "Mental Goalie" ("the part of your brain that keeps you from saying out loud the evil/stupid thoughts that are sometimes your first response to questions or situations"). As a bonus, you are invited to add your own idioms to the dictionary. Be advised that this site is decidedly PG-13, so no profane, obscene slurs, or otherwise tasteless/stupid terms will be listed. Which means you'll have to look else where for the definition of "Dragonslap".
—Patrick J. Graney
This article appears in Apr 12-18, 2001.