Subject: Time again for Roy's wacky words
Date: Mon, Jan 7 2002 00:00:16 -0500

Roy Atkinson says that (to the best of his knowledge) these are all originals...

Municimall - a town which has no reason to exist other than as retail space. Examples: Colonie, NY; Paramus, NJ.

Illiteroot - Unable to use UNIX.

Behaviorist - One who can pull a habit out of a rat.

Piker - One who drives at 80 in the left lane across Massachusetts.

Hatter - One who pays Abercrombie & Fitch to wear hats out before purchase.

Mad hatter - One who finds that this trend is "sooo 2001" after the allowance has been spent.

Baggies - 10-year-old boys in enormous pants, usually carrying skateboards.

Oxymoron - One who buys OxyClean 45 minutes after viewing the infomercial, even though he could have gotten *double the order* if he'd called "in the next 10 minutes."

Publitizing - 1. Using press releases to blatantly push products, rather than buying ad space. 2. Product placement in books, e.g., "He drove his Infiniti up to the Applebee's with aplomb, leaving his Starbuck's Frapuccino in the cup holder. Grabbing his Banana Republic jacket, he set the LoJack system and headed for the bar to order a Guinness."