A conversation a work today made me realize that, half the time, you guys don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Why didn't someone say something sooner?!
Yes, I take nonsense words, usually from movies, and use them in everyday language. Click below for a smattering of the James Language:
Degradetation: Feelings of helplessness, or depressed frustration, usually surfacing after events have transpired that I feel I've had little control over. Verb forms are also highly utilized.
Fubar: Nope, not "F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition." Instead, I've twisted it into a state of depression; nothing severe or suicidal... just a persistent feeling of the "downs."
Esculvalor: While the first two entries were, no doubt, stolen from movies, this one is definately my own brainchild. Picture fat, little Jim combining the words for "Escalator" and "Elevator," because, in his puny mind, the two MUST be the same; after all, they both get you upstairs or downstairs without moving your legs! Idiot.
Rejartables: I've a sinking feeling I stole this from Absolutely Fabulous; I can almost hear Edina saying it. Rejartables is a general term for "things which much be purchased at the store I recently said I was going to." Bonus if it's a grocery store, farmer's market, or supermarket, since "rejartables" sounds to me like something that should be eaten.
Yao Labbery: This does NOT refer to the Yao Lab itself. In such a case, I would obviously say "Yao Lab" (as we do when we answer the phone). Yao Labbery is an all-encompassing term for the comaraderie, good will, and general insanity that spills over our lab benches, in between the floor tiles, and even seeps into the air. It invades our cells; it clings to our clothes. It's the way we make fun of one another, while also helping each other. Laughing at, and with each other... getting sidetracked so easily at lab meeting... going to lunch at the drop of a hat. Discussing Harry Potter, the war on terrorism, songs of the 1980s, Israeli politics (you can bet I brought that one up)and Strong Bad e-mails all while running gels, blotting, and setting up PCRs and restriction enzyme digests.
There you have it. Five words, and ways in which I rape them.
That is all.