I have a smartphone (more specifically an HTC Aria running Android Froyo). The auto-correct feature for typing is pretty good and it allows you to add words to its dictionary that it might not otherwise have. It turns out, as of this morning, I have 217 words that I added to my dictionary and most of them are pretty silly. Here is the second part (check out the first part, if you missed it), letters E-O, with commentary:
- emi – My (non-comedy, non-blogging) day job, a.k.a. the only one that pays
- emo – Makes me sad I needed to type this into my phone, get’s me emotional
- Ew – Something was gross
- facewash – Keeping clean and talking about it for some reason
- FB – Shorthand for Facebook
- Firefox – My favorite browser
- fireproof – Seems like a solid word
- fo – Needed for typing “fo sho,” as in, “She was a ho… for sho“
- foursquare – Probably the stalker app, not the game
- Fridays – Am I not supposed to use the plural for days of the week? Ice Cube knows what I’m talking about
- FTW – For The Win!
- fuck – see ass
- fucking – see fuck
- Gino’s – Papa Gino’s!
- goddamn – see ass, again
- gritting – To clamp (the teeth) together
- Gumps – A nickname for my friend Peter, no real explanation here
- Hah – Laughing!
- Hahah – Laughing harder!
- Han – Solo, I’m sure
- Harpoon – My favorite brewery
- hashtag – #hashtag
- hater – haters gonna hate
- hbo – Premium television channel
- HD – Premium television technology
- Hell – Where sinners go
- Hipster – People who are hip
- Hoagies – I agree with my phone on this one, what a gross, made-up word
- Hula-hooping – The original toy, if I’m not mistaken
- Hutt – Jabba the
- IE6 – My least favorite browser
- IM – Instant Messaging
- improv – Short for improvisational comedy, both sound nerdy
- IRL – In. Real. Life. (I hate myself for ever tying this)
- j/k – Just kidding!
- Jabba – the Hutt
- Jared – From Subway?
- Jarrod – Friend’s name
- Jeanine – Friend’s name
- Jenna – Friend’s name (the phone isn’t so much into common, proper names)
- jp – Jamaica Plain?
- Juli – To be fair, it should probably be Julie
- Kebab – Delicious Mediterranean food, I was probably talking about Garlic & Lemons (who have a sweet, read: not sweet, web site right now)
- Kenmore – An area of Boston
- KL -Short, for Kevin Lyons
- Knighted – To become a knight
- Kona – Comedian Matt Kona
- krystal – I might have been talking about Krystal Burger, my least favorite fast food joint
- Lager – Beer!
- Landry – Comedian Jeff Landry
- LARP – Live Action Role Playing, I probably had a good joke to type that
- Lenny’s – I have no idea, Lenny and Carl maybe?
- mashups – Like Reese’s Cups
- MassArt – A college
- mbta – Boston’s public transit system, I’m sure I was complaining about it
- mc – Probably referring to mc chris
- meh – so-so
- metrosexual – A lifestyle, borderline acceptable
- miz – The Miz
- mojito – Fancy mixed drink, best made while listening to the Black Eyed Peas (note: the only acceptable time to do so)
- Mulligan –Rob Mulligan (or just a do-over)
- nam – Back when I was in the war
- Napster – Even smartphones have forgotten about it
- NU – Northeastern University, my alma mater
- nuanced – Totally a real word
- Octoberfest – (Official) time to drink beer, perhaps spelled Oktoberfest
- OJ – My favorite J, orange juice
- Osama – Bin Laden, dead to the world, dead to my phone
