December 24, 2008

Fanblogs' College Football Sniglets

On the open thread, someone harkened back to the old Sniglets that used to be on the 1980s HBO series, Not Necessarily the News. If you recall, a Sniglet is a word that isn't found in the dictionary, but should be. You create the Sniglet by slightly changing the spelling of an existing word and then supplying a new definition. I thought it might be fun to create some about college football and even some about our site. Here are the few that I came up with. Since this is somewhat of an open-sourced blog, please, PLEASE try to come up with some of your own, or you might as well hijack it now...

Seatmoflage Using quick camera shots to cover up all the empty seating at most bowls and the ACC championship game...

Aubdition: Act of applying for a job as a coordinator only to turn around and seek a HC position elsewhere or get fired after one year...

Stoopsified: being bewildered at winning your conference, challenging for the national crown, but failing to show up for your bowl game...

Notre Damned: The verdict on all coaches assuming the mantle of the Golden Dome ever since Lou Holtz, of all people...

Okla-homa-in-come-free: child's expression for a 'do-over' with the conference tie-breaker rules...

BigTension: Using an incorrect numerical identifier in the name of your conference...

SoCal Grapes: Post-season complaining that the overall strength of your conference and it's lack of a title game failed to advance you into the BCS CG....

Floribuster: the act of postponing debate on who's deserving of BCS consideration by insisting the SEC champ should always get a shot...

MAC Attack: having a 8-5 team knock off your undefeated glory boy to end any hopes of a BCS shot...

Mack Attack: air assault usually involving tie-breaker rules changes...

Self Bamaflagellation: what you do to your 13-1 coach if he drops back to another 7-6 season again...

Yellow Line Fever: Illness causing momentary confusion when the ball carrier crosses the blue 'spot' line and you think it's the yellow 'first down' line, resulting in premature cheering...

Utahoria: What Mormons experience when both the Utes and Cougars are ranked coming into the Holy War...

Southecate: how the rest of your conference slowly asphyxiates when all it's strong teams are in one division...

Auburnese Fire Drill: when the cars stop, all coaches get out and try to get in another car.

And some about Fanblogs here:

Blogurgitate: the act of cutting and pasting a whole passage from another blog rather than merely providing a link... Also: Tomblogurgitate: Cutting and pasting the exact quote of comments you wish to respond to directly into the body of your post...

Benediction: any diction coming from Ben Prather, usually involving stats no one else understands. Must also include the phrase, automatic-qualifier...

Collinsialism: any folksy phrase popularized by bloggers, such as Was it something I said, or Crimson and Cream True or even What do you mean by 'buddies'?

Babeophile: standard gender identifier in the moniker of all females coming to our fair site. Not considered sexist...

Homerphobia: fear of coming across too partisan in defending one's team. Not seen in years...

WEAther report: snide, clever posts coming from yours truly, who makes it up on the spot, I swear...

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Fanblogs' College Football Sniglets
On the open thread, someone harkened back to the old Sniglets that used to be on the 1980s HBO series, Not Necessarily the News. If you recall, a Sniglet is a word that isn't found in the dictionary, but should be. You create the Sniglet by slightly changing the spelling of an existing word and then supplying a new definition. I thought it might be fun to create some about college football and even some about our site. Here are the few that I came up with. Since this is somewhat of an open-sourced blog, please, PLEASE try to come up with some of your own, or you might as well hijack it now... Seatmoflage Using quick camera shots to cover up all the empty seating at most bowls and the ACC championship game... Aubdition: Act of applying for a job as a coordinator only to turn around and seek a HC position elsewhere or get fired after one year... Stoopsified: being bewildered at winning your conference, challenging for the national crown, but failing to show up for your bowl game... Notre Damned: The verdict on all coaches assuming the mantle of the Golden Dome ever since Lou Holtz, of all people... Okla-homa-in-come-free: child's expression for a 'do-over' with the conference tie-breaker rules... BigTension: Using an incorrect numerical identifier in the name of your conference... SoCal Grapes: Post-season complaining that the overall strength of your conference and it's lack of a title game failed to advance you into the BCS CG.... Floribuster: the act of postponing debate on who's deserving of BCS consideration by insisting the SEC champ should always get a shot... MAC Attack: having a 8-5 team knock off your undefeated glory boy to end any hopes of a BCS shot... Mack Attack: air assault usually involving tie-breaker rules changes... Self Bamaflagellation: what you do to your 13-1 coach if he drops back to another 7-6 season again... Yellow Line Fever: Illness causing momentary confusion when the ball carrier crosses the blue 'spot' line and you think it's the yellow 'first down' line, resulting in premature cheering... Utahoria: What Mormons experience when both the Utes and Cougars are ranked coming into the Holy War... Southecate: how the rest of your conference slowly asphyxiates when all it's strong teams are in one division... Auburnese Fire Drill: when the cars stop, all coaches get out and try to get in another car. And some about Fanblogs here: Blogurgitate: the act of cutting and pasting a whole passage from another blog rather than merely providing a link... Also: Tomblogurgitate: Cutting and pasting the exact quote of comments you wish to respond to directly into the body of your post... Benediction: any diction coming from Ben Prather, usually involving stats no one else understands. Must also include the phrase, automatic-qualifier... Collinsialism: any folksy phrase popularized by bloggers, such as Was it something I said, or Crimson and Cream True or even What do you mean by 'buddies'? Babeophile: standard gender identifier in the moniker of all females coming to our fair site. Not considered sexist... Homerphobia: fear of coming across too partisan in defending one's team. Not seen in years... WEAther report: snide, clever posts coming from yours truly, who makes it up on the spot, I swear...