| The Sniglet | The Pronunciation | The Definition |
| AETS | ehtz | Greek Symbols on water fountain handles. |
| AGONOSIS | ag uh no' sis | The syndrome of tuning into "Wide World of Sports" every Saturday just to watch the skier rack himself. |
| AIRDIRT | ayr' dirt | A hanging plant that's been ignored for three weeks or more. |
| ANCHORITY | an chor' ih tee | A group's final, hard-fought decision on what toppings to order on a pizza. |
| ARG (AUDIO RETINAL GYRATION) | ay ahr' gee | To move the head in a circular fashion while attempting to read a rotating record label. |
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| B+ STAMPEDE | bee' plus stam peed | The attempt by half the classroom to claim the paper with no name on it. |
| BACKSPACKLE | bak' spak uhl | Markings on the back of one's shirt from riding a fenderless bicycle. |
| BACKSPUBBLE | bak' spuh bul | Dishwater that disappears down one drain of a double sink and comes up the other. |
| BALDAGE | bald' aj | The accumulation of hair in the drain after showering. |
| BANECTOMY | bah nek' to mee | The removal of bruises on a banana. |
| BARGUS | bar' jus | The area on the windshield that the wipers can't reach. |
| BAZOOKACIDAL TENDENCIES | bah zew' kuh sy dal ten' den seez | The overwhelming desire of most individuals to reach out and pop the gigantic bubble billowing from someone's mouth. |
| BEAVO | bee' vo | A pencil wih teeth marks all over it. |
| BIMP | bimp | A blurry or "double-edged" felt-tip marker. |
| BIZOOS | bih zews' | The millions of tiny individual bumps that make up a basketball. |
| BLOOAGE | blew' ij | The residue left on fingers after using an S.O.S. pad. |
| BLURFLE | bler' ful | To be caught talking at the top of one's lungs when the music at the bar or disco suddenly stops. |
| BOMCA | bahm' ka | A lubricant derived from the salivary gland used for turning book pages. |
| BOWLIKINETICS | boh lih kih neh' tiks | The act of trying to control a released bowling ball by twisting one's body in the direction one wants it to go. |
| BRAZEL | brah' zul | The scratch plate on a matchbook. |
| BUBBLIC | buh' blik | Addicted to the systematic popping of the bubbles in packing material. |
| BUGPEDAL | bug' ped uhl | To accelerate or decelerate rapidly in an attempt to remove a clinging insect from the car's windshield. |
| BURGACIDE | burg' uh side | When a hamburger can't take any more torture and hurls itself through the grill into the coals. |
| BUZZACKS | buz' aks | People in phone marts who walk around picking up display phones and listening for dial tones even when they know the phones are not connected. |
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| CAFFIDGET | ka fij' it | To break up a Styrofoam coffee cup into several hundred pieces after consuming its contents. |
| CALTITUDE | kal' tih tood | The height to whick a cat's rear end can rise to meet the hand stroking it. |
| CARPERIMETER | kar pur ihm' ih tur | The zone between the wall and the end of the vacuum cleaner where dirt is "safe". |
| CATLAPSE | kat' laps | The amount of time a cat sleeping on his owner's lap has to awake and prepare to hit the floor before the owner stands up. |
| CELLOSTATIC | sel oh stat' ik | The electrical property of cracker wrappers that causes them to stick to your hand. |
| CHAIN GANG WALK | chayn gang wok | Activity observed in the footwear sections of cheap department stores where the shoes are wired together "for your convenience." |
| CHECKUARY | chek' yew air ee | The thirteenth month of the year. Begins New Year's Day and end when a person stops absentmindedly writing the old year on his checks. |
| CHEERIOMAGNETIZATION | cheer ee oh mag net i zay' shun | The tendency of the last four or five Cheerios in the bowl to cling together for survival. |
| CHICLEXODUS | chik ul eks' oh dus | Any attempt by a gum ball to sneak out of the chute and roll past the buyer. |
| CHIPFAULT | chip' fawlt | The stress point on a potato chip where it breaks off and stays behind in the dip. |
| CHUBBLE | chuh' bul | The aerobic movement combining deep-knee bends and sidewards hops used when trying to fit into panty hose. |
| CIRCUMPOPULATE | sur kum pop' yew layt | To finish off a popsicle "laterally" because the "frontal" approach causes one to gag. |
| COMBILOOPS | kom' bih lewps | The two or three unsuccessful passes before finally opening a combination locker. |
| CORNICLE | kor' nih kul | Breaded "washer" left on the stick after eating a corndog. |
| COUNTERSAURUS | kown tur sawr' us | Any person who orders two pieces of chessecake and a Tab. |
| THE CRANIAL STOMP | the kray' nee uhl stomp | A somewhat primitive dance performed by youngsters trying to step on the heads of their shadows. |
| CRAYOLLIA | kray oh' lee uh | The area on the refrigerator where kindergarten drawings are displayed. |
| CRINKS | krinks | Crevices and junctions where car wax gets in but doesn't get out. |
| CRUMBPLUMB | krum' plum | To attack a cereal box in an attempt to retrieve the prize. |
| CUBELO | kyew' beh lo | The one cube left by the person too lazy to refill the ice tray. |
| CUSHUP | kush' up | To sit down on a couch somehow causing the cusion next to you to rise. |
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| DARF | darf | The least attractive side of a Christmas tree that ends up facing the wall. |
| DASHBLAST | dash' blast | The headsplitting change in decibel levels when a car tape is removed and the radio comes on. |
| DIGITRITUS | dij ih tree' tus | Deposits found between the links of a watchband. |
| DILLRELICT | dil rel' ikt | The last pickle in the jar that avoids all attempts to be captured. |
| DIMP | dimp | A person who insults you in a cheap department store by asking, "Do you work here?" |
| DIPWAVERS | dip' way vurz | People who raiser their hands when riding on roller coasters. |
| DOGNUT | dawg' nut | The giant nut on the side of a fire hydrant. |
| DOORK | dawrk | A person who always pushes on a door marked "Pull" or vice versa. |
| DOWNPAUSE | down' pawz | The split second of dry weather experienced when driving under an overpass during a storm. |
| DROOT | drewt | A Dorito with an unnatural fold in it. |
| DRYLOWGRAPHS | dry' loh grafs | Strange, unintelligible symbols that accompany the washing instructions on clothing labels. |
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| EASTROTURF | ee' stroh terf | The artificial grass in Easter baskets |
| EIFFELITES | eye' ful eyetz | Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter what direction you lean in, follow suit. |
| ELEVERTIGO | el uh vur' tig oh | The snesation one experiences when an elevator stops or takes off too suddenly. |
| ELMERDERMIS | el mur durm' is | The white sheath that surround the nozzle of a glue dispenser. |
| ESCALOS | es' kah lohz | People who always end up taking the long way around from escalator to escalator when moving from floor to floor in shopping malls. |
| EUFIRSTICS | yew fur' stiks | Two people waiting on the phone for the other to hang up first. |
| EXASPIRIN | eks as' prin | Any bottle of pain reliever with an impossible to remove cotton wad at the top. |
| EXECUGLIDE | eks ek' yew glyd | To propel oneself about an office without getting up from the chair. |
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| FERROLES | fer' olz | The holes in the bottom of a steam iron. |
| FETCHPLEX | fech' pleks | State of momentary confusion in a dog whose owner has faked throwing the ball and palmed it behind his back. |
| FICTATE | fik' tayt | To inform a television or screen character of impending danger under the assumption they can hear you. |
| FINNAGE | fin' aj | The act of watching your money swallowed up as your groceries ride the conveyor blet at the supermarket. |
| FLARPSWITCH | flarp' swich | The one light switch in every house with no function whatsoever. |
| FLIMPS | flimps | People (usually observed in waiting rooms) who have advanced the Evelyn Wood technique to the point where they can flip through a magazine without ever looking down from the clock. |
| FLINTSTEP | flint' step | To wind up one's feet before running away in fear. Common amoung cartoon characters. |
| FLURRANT | fluhr' uhnt | The one leaf that always clings to the end of the rake. |
| FAMAMAGE | fa mam' aj | To eliminate any annoying engine noise by simply turning up the volume of the radio. |
| FODS | fahdz | Couples at amusement parks who wear identical T-shirts, presumably to keep from getting lost. |
| FOYS | foyz | Missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that you later find stuck to the underside of your arm. |
| FRANKFLUID | frank flew' id | The liquid at the bottom of hot dog packages. |
| FRUSTRA | frus' trah | The special plastic used in the manufacture of fast-food kechup packets. |
| FUFFLE | fuh' ful | To assume, when dining out, that you are making things easier on the waitress by using the phrase, "when you get a chance..." |
| FURBULA | fer' byew luh | The designated chewing area on a dog's back. |
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| GANGLOOT | gan' glewt | Person who leaves all his ski passes on his jacket just to impress people. |
| GAPIANA | ga pe ah' nah | The unclaimed strip of land between the "you are now leaving" and "welcome to" signs when crossing state lines. |
| GAZINTA | gah zin' tuh | Mathematical symbol for division; also the sound uttered when dividing out loud. (Example: "Four gazinta eight twice.") |
| GIBBLE | jih' buhl | The sliding keyhole cover on a car trunk. |
| GIZZLEDIPPLERS | gih' zul dip lurz | Those annoying waving hands seen on the backs of Winnebagos (placed there by people too lazy to by friendly on their own). |
| GLAMP | glamp | The telescopic device used to retrieve golf balls from ponds. |
| GLUTE | glewt | To shake a sugar packet vigorously so as to move the contents to the bottom before tearing open. |
| GRANTNAP | grant' nap | The extra five minutes of sleep you allow yourself that somehow makes all the difference in the world. |
| GREEDLING | gree' dling | Pretending to read the inscription on the birthday card when you really just want to know how much the check is for. |
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| HALVENT | hav' ent | A style of auto window, found in later models, that only rolls down halfway. |
| HOUNDWOUNDING | hownd' wown ding | Canine act of circling a spot three or four times before settling on it. |
| HUDNUT | hud' nuht | The leftover bolt or screw in any "some assembly required" project. |
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| ICISION | ih sih' zhun | Delicate operation performed on Neapolitan-flavored ice cream in which one entire flavor is precisely and systematically removed. (See KNUCK) |
| INKSLICK | ink' slik | A greasy spot on a piece of stationery or test paper. |
| IRANT | eye' rant | A seamless pistachio nut; a pistachio nut afaid to come out in public. |
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| JAVA-VU | yah' vah voo | Phenomenon of constantly adjusting the sugar/cream level of your coffee to your liking, only to have a waitress come along and ruin it again. |
| JOES OF ARC | johz' uhv ark | Tiny drops of Mr. Coffee that die on the burner after the pot is removed. |
| JUKEJITTERS | jook' jit erz | Fear that everyone thinks you picked the awful tune emanating from the jukebox when it was actually the person before you. |
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| KAWASHOCK | kah wah shahk' | Pulling into the last remaining parking spot only to discover a motorcycle there. |
| KEYFRUIT | kee' froot | The one apple, grapefruit or tomato in the stand that when removed, causes all the others to tumble forward. |
| KNUCK | nuk | Ice cream collected on the back of the hand when scraping the last portions from the box. |
| KROGLING | kroh' gling | The nibbling of small items of fruit and produce at the supermarket, which the customer considers "free sampling" and the owner considers "shoplifting." |
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| LIMALOPE | ly' muh lohp | The disgusting foreskin on a lima bean. |
| LINENEE | lih nen ee' | The member of a two folding team at the Laundromat who takes the sheet and completes the fold. |
| LODGECOMBING | loj' coh ming | Final reconnaissance before vacating a motel room. |
| LOGGIUM | log' yum | Water that drips from one's nose hours after swimming. |
| LOOMLIES | lewm' leez | Jockey shorts that have lost their elasticity. |
| LORP | lawrp | The part of the shoe that collapses when you try to pull it on without a shoehorn. |
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| MAGNAGRAM | mag' nuh gram | Any sign that takes on a new meaning when a magnetic letter falls off. |
| MALIBUGALOO | mal ih boo' guh lew | A dance that affects barefoot beachgoers on hot summer days. |
| MALTIAN | mal' shun | The alien beside you with concave cheeks, bulging forehead veins, and clearly outlined skull who is sucking on a too thick milk shake. |
| MANILLIUM | mah nil' ee yum | The lifespan of the clasp on a manila envelope before it breaks off and dies. |
| MICROTREK | my' kro trek | Any nervous trip to the microwave oven to make sure the food hasn't incinerated. |
| MICROTS | my' krotz | The tow thumbnail-sized pieces you end up with when trying to remove a paper towel in a public washroom. |
| MIMOIDS | mim' oydz | People addicted to the smell of newly mimeographed test papers. |
| MISCORDANCE | mis kawr' dans | The principle that staes: when reaching for drape cords, you will always tug on the wrong one first, practically tearing down the whole contraption. |
| MOPEEPS | moh' peeps | People compelled to look through the curtain opening of your motel room as they pass by. |
| MOTMESHS | maht' mesh ez | A pair of inseparable shopping carts. |
| MOTODRIFT | moh' toh drift | The mistaken belief at a stoplight that your car is moving backward when, actually, the car beside you is moving forward. |
| MOZZALASTICS | maht suh las' tiks | Large deposits of cheese that stick to the top of the pizza box. |
| MULTIPOCHOHOLES | mul ti po' cho holz | Wounds left in test papers from overerasing. |
| MUMMABOLIC CHORUS | mum uh bah' lik ko' rus | When three or more people are singing along to a tune and suddenly discover they are all faking their way through the unintellibible lyrics. |
| MUMMELOT | muh' muh laht | The bottomless repository where theatre tickets are dropped. |
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| NEGATILE | neh' guh tyl | An area of the bathroom floor where, somehow, the scale registers you five pounds lighter. |
| NEOICE | nee oh ice' | Any ice cube removed before its time that, upon close examination, resembles a carpenter's level. |
| NEUTRON PEAS | new' tron peez | Tiny green objects in TV dinners that remain frozen even when the rest of the food has been microwaved beyond recognition. |
| NEWTON | new' tin | The cookie shell surrounding the fig in a Fig Newton. |
| NIFLECK | nih' flek | The unmarked domino in the set. |
| NIZZLEBRILL | nih' zuhl bril | The "night-day" switch on a rearview mirror. |
| NOCTURNUGGETS | nok' ter nuh gitz | Deposits found in one's eye upon awakening in the morning, also called: GOZZAGAREENA, OPTIGOOK, EYEHOCKEY, etc. |
| NOFLET | nahf' lit | The upward swirl of hair found on certain individuals such as Ronald Reagan and Big Boy. |
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