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A phone was in a pants pocket for a while. Having been sat on, that phone got butt dialed!

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Z.F. Thrimej

Could this call confuse? It might. Did this lead to laughter? That’s right. Humor became this situation’s highlight (and more so when considered with hindsight).

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A basketball player chooses to slam dunk. What happens next amuses like a skunk.

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Z.F. Thrimej

The basket is where the ball should have gone in (but that player’s shot got blocked by hoop’s rim). Almost there yet rejected, so far off. Audience is giggling; it’s hard for them to stop. As a result, that player … Continue reading →

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Cringespire: to motivate or inspire someone after or while making someone cringe.

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Z.F. Thrimej

Cringespiration: motivation or inspiration that may take the form of something cringeworthy, awkward, embarrassing and/or discomforting. Especially during a game of Truth or Dare, a dare has the ability to cringespire someone to confront and overcome something that is feared. … Continue reading →

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A birthday could be the worst date

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Z.F. Thrimej

(when expectations are raised or disappointments are made). To prepare for the worst is psychological first aid. Despite the risk, I hope celebrations work great.

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Something that is supposed to be pivotal but turns out to be boring (or underwhelming) is pivotdull.

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Z.F. Thrimej

Pivotal + dull = pivotdull. To be pivotdull is embarrassing and perhaps pitiful. It’s like something that’s revealed to be less than minimal…

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Getting dislikes on YouTube might not necessarily be so bad;

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Z.F. Thrimej

maybe getting no reaction might be worse than that…?

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The sight and sound of a family member slowly clipping his or her own toenails sometimes sound like the drip…drip…drip that is water torture

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Z.F. Thrimej

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“…As soon as she found out, things went downhill for him. DOOOWWWWNHIIIIIILLLLLL…”

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Z.F. Thrimej

That’s what i overheard from one random passerby as she talked to her friend. The latter way she said downhill really echoed deeply. Steep, ow-sounding painful; that stretched ill within downhill hinting continual sickness. Colorful in the sense that it … Continue reading →

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Some restroom stalls seem too narrow, almost LIKE A CASKET;

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Z.F. Thrimej

fighting my claustrophobia when all i want is to unload my ass/sh*t !

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