Friday, June 27, 2008

terabi

This one really isn't rocket surgery, but it warrants explaining. "Terabi" is another word for something terrible, but slightly amusing, ironic, etc.

Etymology: When Kate and I shared a cave at our previous job, we had a terrible client who had, fortuitously, been named "terabi." Henceforth, terabi became the preferred moniker of awful and hilarious things.

Post Script:
I was looking up correct spelling of "moniker" and found this:
moniker
1849, said to be originally a hobo term (but attested in London underclass from 1851), of uncertain origin; perhaps from monk (monks and nuns take new names with their vows, and early 19c. British tramps referred to themselves as "in the monkery").

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