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Preparing for his departure from the online game in which we met, a friend of mine announced his plans for a dramatic “exitbang” which had me rolling on the floor in fits of laughter.

While he quite innocently was trying to sum up the act of slamming a door on one’s way out a room in a single appropriate English word, the use of exitbang in relation to a female player named Marge took my not-so-innocent mind to some very interesting PG-rated places indeed.

As a result I have added this smile-inducing word to my vocabulary: exitbang – the act of making a dramatic exit OR a quick farewell of a more physical and intimate nature just before parting.

Douglas Adams and John Lloyd in their book “The Meaning of Liff” have come up with a few new words of their own.  Here are three of my favourites:

  • duntish (adj.) - mentally incapacitated by a severe hangover.
  • fring (n.) – the noise made by a light bulb which has just shone its last.
  • wike (vb.) - to rip a piece of sticky plaster off your skin as fast as possible in the hope that it will (a) show how brave you are, and (b) not hurt.