An Ode to Thom (and a nerdasm)

Not as outrageously nerdy and literary as Carmen, but definitely just as amusing. Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with all of the funny stuff for nearly as long as I should've been, so the list is rather short. Here are a few of his catch phrases...


awesome and a half.
bombdiggity (one of favorites)
the platypus face- :x
coolbeans
trollin some nubs
"I'm gravy" (which is approximately a 9 on a how-I'm-doing scale of 10)
sucks donkey balls


Wow, the list is even shorter than I thought.


nerdasm: an orgasmic sort of euphoria set off by a particularly nerdy subject such as comic books, physics, obscure movies, or literature.

So I am a complete and utter nerd- I know, I know, big surprise. Anyways, as I am sure you all know, Dictionary.com has a word of the day. I recently discovered that this has been going on since the Y2K scare (yeah, I know! long. time.) Anyways, I thought it might be neat to look up the word of the day for one day of each year, like a holiday or something. And since I had a cup of narcissism after dinner, I figured my birthday would work just as well as Christmas or Valentine's Day. So here ya go.

1999: panoply: a splendid or impressive array

2000: execrable: detestable; extremely bad.

2001: surly: ill-humored; sullen and gruff.

2002: wayworn: wearied by traveling.

2003: arcane: understood or known by only a few.

2004: empyrean: the highest heaven; the heavens; the sky.

2005: redivivus: living again; revived; restored.

2006: machination: a crafty scheme intended to accomplish some usually evil end.

2007: vicissitude: a change in condition or fortune.

2008: bulwark: a protective structure

2009: myrmidon: a loyal follower.

2010: tristful: full of sadness; sorrowful.