Baldage-The proportion of hair that collects in your brush, after you cross the age of 40. No hair oil or tonic in this world can cure this condition - sigh!!
Chocostasy-The delight of discovering an extra layer of chocolate, under your hot fudge sundae. Dig in, delightedly.
Tirestats- The calculation of the ratio of calories consumed and converted to tires around the midriff, or on the butt.
Emoticonia- The act of using only emoticons to scrap/post a response to someone who wonders what you are trying to say and sends back another emoticon. Now everyone's happily confused.
Orkicol... the new gen fevicol that makes net-addicts stick to their pc/chairs
Owlitis - a syndrome that makes net-addicts stay awake into the wee hours of the night
Windowjugglers : Experts who can juggle-chat simultaneously on 3 or more chat windows and still make sense.
Nobb-mania - the major anger that netties experience when their broadband connection fails
GlobalWarming: A deep warming caused by constant friction between the rear end of a net-addict and the chair
Ohnokeyboardanto- the act of having to clean ants coming out of your keyboard, since you took your lunch break while blogging/orkutting
Teddyhangover- those still sleeping with stuffed toys after the age of 30.
Hairotechnics- the hairstyles adopted by some men to hide fast fading glories of a full head of luxuriant hair.
Doodledoo-The art of being able to doodle and still manage to keep trackof what your boss/senior is saying.
Owleyetechnique - The art of sleeping with your eyes wide open in a boring meeting. Proponents of this art have also mastered the technique of looking alert and interested while practising this.
Cellophrania- act of shifiting your cell phone from one ear to the other in the hope that you will be able to hear better above the loud music emanating from someone else's cell phone.
Silencezonia-the sudden silence that falls at a workshop/meeting while you are telling your neighbour how boring the workshop is and you plan to escape during the second half.
Phonesia-Never knowing anyone's phone numbers now, since they are all stored on your cell phone.
Txtng - Yeah that messaging lingo full of abbreviations that irritates me.
Keypal-So what do you call a pen pal if you never use a pen to write him (or her)? Well, if you use a keyboard, this one should work.
Subcutaneosis: getting under the skin, like the sleazy fransip requests one gets on Orkut.
Net-o-factor: This is an exponential factor....every 5 minutes of your net time seems like 60 minutes to the family
Netohungry-ism: The moment you settle down to some net-surfing, the family yells' Is there anything to eat???...I'm hungry'!
Nostalgiatis: Frequent bouts of nostalgia...especially hits after the age of forty...., Beatles songs, Carpenters, Niel Diamond and Elvis Presley induce it a lot.
Pigstayoramia: The state of teens to keep their rooms looking like pig-sties, no matter how much you clean up after them....
Instantfixation: The current trend to find instant fixes for everything...from food to fitness et al....
Wheres-my-thingamajig-mommy-stygmatism: The inability of family to find their own stuff
(usually right in front of their face!), normally comes along with net-o-factor
Daddykinsiloveyou-ology/Mommykinsiloveyou-ology: Erupts occasionally (frequenc varies!)...when funds are required
Gizmofixation: The fear that life will cease without a cell phone/ipod/latest gizmo
Googlitremedy: The answer to all of life's questions.....answered in a jiffy.....
Foot-in-mouthitis ... a chronic failing of mine, when I blurt out the most embarassing things without thinking.
Metabolicstagnationitis: A fearsome and deadly affliction usually hits after 40. The complete cessation of metabolism, causing fat accumulation. Aggressive measures like exercise and dieting can barely keep it at bay
Multizophrenics- various net identities created by some flirts in the hope that they get more victims
Break-o-mania - Occurs in most homes when the Mommy figure is watching her favorite soap and will attend to the needs of the other family members only during the commercial break.
Sixpackphobic - Condition of all men after watching Vin Diesel/any other gorgeous hunk
Calorificspooking : When following a rigid diet, one is confronted by delicious visions of pizza slices or chunky slices of chocolate cake dancing tantalisingly in front of your mouth. I swear I have actually smelt them while being haunted
Convenientinesic - Occurs when I happily forget my diet when confronted by a Hot Chocolate Fudge Sundae
Gastrosnobbism : When people will talk knowlegeably about cordon bleu cooking and even know how to cook these dishes, but not be able to fix a simple sandwich
Fitnessmafia : Most of these people are slim, fit and live for the sweat and feel so virtuous about it, and love to poke fun about other peoples lack of fitness.
The above leads to related syndromes like
Buttsizephobia : Fairly obvious, frequently occurs when said person cant fit into his skinny-fit jeans
Ihateumania : When confronted by a rival's slim look after a succesful slimming programme
Can you suggest any?
Published by Ritu Lalit
Single parent and compulsive writer ( I have found it safer that chattering away and being asked to shut up), chief cook, principle bill payer, currently swamped with bills of two college going kids. Well I... View profile
- Headaches from Cell Phone Towers?Cell phone towers may be causing headaches, cancer, tumors, fatigue, and sleep problems.
- ICE Your Cell Phone: In Case of Emergency Phone Contacts Programmed into Your Cell...This article reviews the ICE concept by inputting all emergency phone numbers into ones' cell phone under the acronym ICE ( In Case of Emergency).
Cell Phone Tricks You Just Gotta Learn!I've used my cell-phone for many things, swatting flies and cracking open walnuts, but nothing compares to the what I know Now.
Never Have People Call You Rude Again While Using Your Cell PhoneCell phone etiquette during the workday
Boost Mobile Cell Phone the benefits of having a pre paid cell phone vs having a huge costly cell phone bill each month
- Must-Have Cell Phone Accessories
- We Can All Hear You Now! Cell Phone Etiquette
- Buyers Guide to Family Cell Phone Plan
- Laws Regulating Cell Phone Use While Driving Will Help Prevent Car Accidents, Deaths
- Cell Phone Accessories
- Make Your Own Cell Phone Cover
- MetroPCS - $40 Unlimited Cell Phone Service?

4 Comments
Post a Commentlol this is great .. I guess I missed out on this one
This was a good article! Really nice. I would simplify a bit, though. The words should be of reasonable length. Thank you for the idea of adding to this!
I can relate to some of those!
I love these. Very inventive.