Wednesday, December 31, 2008

St. George vs. Specificity-less-ness

I will be submitting these words to Websters for inclusion in their upcoming dictionary. I will also be very careful to use them often and correctly in written and verbal corrispondence.

Presbymergency - noun. often attributive c. 2007 first coined by Seminarian George Tatro 1. what we have when the Presbymergent movement begins to take itself too seriously.
"The church is facing a major Presbymergency when people begin to discuss the theological implications of Twittering."

Presbymermaid - noun (f) c. 2008 first coined by Seminarian George Tatro 1.a. Female emergent in Presbyterian church who cleans up after Wednesday Night Suds, Sushi, and Saviour. b. Any female Presbyterian emergent who cleans up after an emergent event.
2. Female emergent in Presbyterian church who lives in Copenhagen.
3. Female emergent in Presbyterian church who dips Copenhagen.
4. Presbyterian mermaid. (Calvin reportedly fell overboard while sailing from from Calles to Geneva and was saved by a Mermaid named Areil. As she swam him to shore he converted her to Calvinism from her pagan worship of Neptune. Her descendants have migrated to Scotland and are reportedly often seen around Loch McLaughlin.)
"The faded 4 inch ring in the back of her blue jeans was formed by her Copenhagen tin and as she emerged from the Reform school gates, with tobacco spittle running down her left cheek, I saw my Presbymermaid for who she really was."

Presbymermaiden - n.(f) c. 2008 first coined by Seminarian George Tatro 1. Female emergent in Presbyterian church.
"Tired of the blatent sexism and gender exclusion of the Presbymer-gent movement the girls got together to form the Presbymermaiden Movement."

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