Word de jour
I came across an excellent term on the interweb the other day: ‘geekgasm’. The definition was unavailable but it was in reference to the making of your own TARDIS birthday cake. Surely, the perfect term for geekiness (Dr Who) and ‘gasming’ generally (cake).
‘gasm’, unlike ‘ism’ is just not applied to enough words. The only previous adaptation I could think of was ‘wargasm’, a 1990s computer game but these days probably better a description of the mental state of the sort of person who spent most of 2003 glued to the shock and awe invasion of Iraq and mouthed the words ‘oh yea’ whenever there was a geen-tinged shot of a Bagdad building going up in smoke.
Less sinister adaptations could be ‘foregasm’: a really good driving shot at golf, ‘moregasm’: multiple ‘gasms’ of any type or indeed ‘Oargasm’: the sensation of ecstasy occasioned by being pleasured by the movement of the seat on the rowing machine at the gym.
As ‘geekgasm’ makes clear, the ‘gasm’ does not have to be preceded by something that rhymes with ‘or’. ‘Teagasm’ can be the expression of satisfaction of a really good cuppa, ‘beergasm’ normally happens around the ninth pint and ‘garmentgasm’ is the occasion of the little shriek of joy given by somebody who has found an outfit that makes them look young, thin and desirable.
As for ‘blogasm’ - I suspect it’s a word in search of a definition.
‘gasm’, unlike ‘ism’ is just not applied to enough words. The only previous adaptation I could think of was ‘wargasm’, a 1990s computer game but these days probably better a description of the mental state of the sort of person who spent most of 2003 glued to the shock and awe invasion of Iraq and mouthed the words ‘oh yea’ whenever there was a geen-tinged shot of a Bagdad building going up in smoke.
Less sinister adaptations could be ‘foregasm’: a really good driving shot at golf, ‘moregasm’: multiple ‘gasms’ of any type or indeed ‘Oargasm’: the sensation of ecstasy occasioned by being pleasured by the movement of the seat on the rowing machine at the gym.
As ‘geekgasm’ makes clear, the ‘gasm’ does not have to be preceded by something that rhymes with ‘or’. ‘Teagasm’ can be the expression of satisfaction of a really good cuppa, ‘beergasm’ normally happens around the ninth pint and ‘garmentgasm’ is the occasion of the little shriek of joy given by somebody who has found an outfit that makes them look young, thin and desirable.
As for ‘blogasm’ - I suspect it’s a word in search of a definition.
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