Tag Archives: Philadelphia

Teaching a Phone to Talk (Part 3)

I have a smartphone. The auto-correct feature for typing is pretty good and allows you to add words to the dictionary it might not otherwise have. As it would be, I have 217 words that I’ve added to my dictionary and most of them are pretty silly/unnecessary. Here is the third part (check out the first and second parts, if you missed them), letters P-Z, with commentary:

  • Palpatine – Senator/Chancellor/Emperor from Star Wars
  • peacing – How else would you leave someplace?
  • peeps – My people, my people made of marshmallows
  • penguins -Wait, plural for “penguin” isn’t “penguins?”
  • Phillies – Philadelphia, The
  • Philly – Philadelphia
  • podcasts – I agree with my phone on this one, I hate this word
  • probs – probably
  • punkass – I can’t remember using this word but I’m happy I did
  • Quaid – Was I talking about Dennis or Randy? Probs both.
  • Quincy – “City of Presidents
  • rafting – Taking a flimsy boat down a river
  • rapperPaRappa?
  • refreshes – Typical internet browser lingo
  • retweeted – Tell me you like what I have to say
  • rhinos – Careful when they charge
  • RI – Rhode Island
  • rizzle – real
  • Rodriques – Did I spell it wrong? I still don’t know
  • Roggie’s – A bar in Brighton, MA
  • RSVP – short for ReSerVPation
  • RT – see, retweeted
  • screwy – Not quite right, maybe a kind of OJ/vodka drink
  • scrobbleLast.fm does this with your music
  • Sealab – 2012
  • sext – Sexting, sex texting
  • sexting – see, sext
  • Shawn – a name
  • Shins – a band
  • shit – excrement
  • shittiest – the most excrement
  • sho – see, fo
  • sign-up – Get on the list!
  • slackers – People who don’t do much
  • smartphones – They can’t be too self-aware…yet
  • spinners – Do people still put these on their cars?
  • stank – Fill a place with a smell
  • steakhouse – a house, for steaks
  • Stoughton – The one place I’ve appeared on television as a comedian
  • sunblock – Safety first
  • t-shirts – opposed to v-necks
  • taco – a taco
  • TBS – Turner Broadcasting Station?
  • Thursdays – More than one day of thirst
  • tix – Tickets…for the show
  • tofu – Made up food, made up word
  • told – Wait, what? I taught my phone the word “told”
  • trending – …and another word I’m confident in
  • TriggsAnthony
  • tripods – More than one midget…
  • trippy – “cool, freaky, groovy, amazing
  • trollsVillains of the internet
  • ttyl – Talk to you later!
  • Tuesdays – More than one Tuesday
  • Tweetdeck – The Twitter app I use
  • tweeted – The thing I did with Tweetdeck
  • tweeting – The thing I do with Tweetdeck
  • UCB – Upright Citizens Brigade
  • UCBeast – Upright Citizens Brigade Theater East
  • ur – your (for the simple minded)
  • v-neck – opposed to t-shirts
  • videogames – My all time favorite past time
  • w/e – whatever
  • WAAF – “The only station that really rocks!
  • week’s – owned by the week
  • weirdo – Weirdo Al
  • WFST – A radio station I (thought) made up, where “Everything is Fast!”
  • whitener – For your teeth, certainly not mine
  • whooped – ‘cuz Stone Cold said so!
  • wildebeest – That herd of animals from The Lion King
  • Wolverine – Hugh Jackman’s secret identity
  • WorcesterMy home town!
  • WTF – What the Fun?
  • WUT – WHAT?!?
  • wut – what?!?
  • xylophone – I had to check, but this is the correct spelling
  • za – and finally, my arch nemesis.

Justin Bieber on the Subway?

An ad on the subway in Philadelphia:What an unfortunate coincidence. I’m sure this guy worked hard to get where he is today and some 14-year-old teen heartthrob has to come along and make a mockery out of the name. Though, if the singer’s paternity suit wasn’t already withdrawn, I would have loved to see some Bieber on Bieber legal representation. That only sounds dirty, if you read it again, you’ll realize it isn’t and maybe discover something about your subconscious.