Jblend journal - my day-to-day thoughts (started in late April, '00).
Jeffreycam journal - get a glimpse of the cam life (3 public entries).
Occidental Tourist - sample my writings on Japan (2 public entries).
Shingon - check my translation of a Buddhist site.
Information frappe - learn more about me than you care to.
interact - help me improve my homepage.
search Jblend - forget where you found something on this site?
links - see where some of my favorite words are located.
kawaii - learn about this sicko Japanese concept.
It's a well-known fact that languages that cannot soon fall by the linguistic wayside. Thank God that English has an amazing ability to develop and grow. That is why I am a whole-hearted proponent of neologisms. I use them all the time. If I can't find a word that fits, I simply come up with a new one. Of course, many of these are not words I thought up myself, just under-utilized expressions that I'd like to share.
aks - Variant pronunciation of "ask." Used in the rural American South.
biyotch /bee-'yotch/ - Variant pronunciation of "bitch." Used in rap music.
buttered - inebriated. (Also, buttered up - extremely inebriated.)
Calista - A person that's so skinny it hurts just to look at them. (A reference to that Ally McBeal actress.)
cammed ham - Person who, liking attention, acts ridiculously or exaggerates too much for the entertainment of his webcam viewers.
cammiseration - For cam operaters to sympathize with each other's troubles or experiences.
choice! - Great. A New Zealand friend's expression.
crescent fresh - good or cool. Also, (rarely) a feeling of home-baked goodness which leads to the uncontrollable urge to spread butter all over oneself.
dirt road - Excruciatingly sluggish web connection.
dopeler effect - the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Elm Street - something really horrible. (A reference to the Freddy Krueger movies.)
espressoly - Variant of "especially." Often used in conjunction with coffee.
e-lationship - Friendship or acquaintanceship formed and/or maintained online.
fabu-kitch - Combination of "fabulous" and "kitch." Used at flee markets when something is definitely worth pointing out but definitely not worth purchasing.
finna - Charming ebonics contraction for "about to" or, as we Southerners like to say, "fixing to" do something. Example: "I'm finna slap you silly if you don't stop callin' my mama a crack-ho!"
flustrated - Combination of "flustered" and "frustrated." Describes the combination of resignation and impatience that I sometimes feel at the world.
foreploy - Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
Franglais - Describes broken French/English used by American tourists in France.
genki - Japanese for happy, healthy, in a good mood or doing okay.
girlcott - Boycott made up of women only.
giraffiti - Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
glibido - all talk and no action (ed. note: I have a healthy glibido!).
hand salsa - Icky human build-up on your computer mouse. (See keyboard plaque.)
hactivist - A person so moved by his political beliefs that he will leave no link unclicked and no system unhacked to get his message across.
hourglass mode - Seemingly endless wait for something to happen.
ignoranus - A guy who's not only stupid, but an a**hole.
Inoculatte - to take coffee intravenously, to drink copious amounts of it..
Jeffreyverse - the sphere of creative invention in which I live. Also known as "his own little world" where I can revert back to my mental age of 4 or 5.
Janglish - Humorous and often nonsensical brand of English used on Japanese consumer goods.
keyboard plaque - Grungy stuff that dirties up your input device.
keypal - Modern equivalent of the penpal.
mouse potato - Person who spends freetime on the computer.
natch - Short form of "naturally," used in response to a question which asks the obvious.
osteopornosis - a degenerate disease, often afflicting netizens.
pagejack - To hijack a person's web browser by routing them to another site, which is usually pornographic.
reintarnation - Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
sarchasm - The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.
sketchy - shabby, undesirable, suspicious. (From my friend Erika.)
sweet as! - New Zealand friend's expression for "That's cool!"
voice-jail system - Typically poorly designed voice-mail system with complex choices and no "back to previous menu" options. (Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.)
Youwongraveewidat? - Entire phrase contained within a single word. Used in Picadilly restaurant food service line by the servers when they ask about condiments for mashed potatoes.
