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2008 Tartu Ülikool Edition
airanian adj to inexplicably be able to tolerate
luksanic people
"Priit is so luksanic, he is lucky he has an airanian girlfriend."
blõuk
v to put an end to a drawn-out wisecrack with a poisonous remark
centrethicum n
collection of brilliant dilemmas and typologies listed in alphabetical
order, available from 10am to 6pm
cohnition n innovation in the structures and
bureaucracy of an organization
"His cohnition was to make all the meetings start exactly on time."
cohnitopian, n member of a Teutonic cult committed to
the formal reconstruction of Van Halen lyrics and the reduction of Sammy
Hagar to absurdity.
cohnitz, n a disagreement that cannot be solved by
using the relevant terms in the same sense
"What looked like a minor squabble in the beginning turned into a real
quarrel between us and ended up in an unresolvable cohnitz."
dacohnic, n not merely a carnivore, but actively
anti-vegetarian
"Do not serve that broccoli to Daniel, he is dacohnic!"
eestype n a stereotype everyone repeats, but everyone
also knows is not true
"What do you mean that Estonians are so reserved that they would never
participate in a lexicon party? That is such an eestype."
freudschade n sublimated mix of joy and sadness,
stabilized in patterns of mass consumption
hegelp v 1. to chop, split in the middle
2. to suffer from a fatal disease of Reason
3. voluntary act of blocking the visual, auditory, and olfactory beauty
of a flower
high voltage adj doing a Ph.D. dissertation in eight
years
see also low voltage
hightocracy, n neo-Platonic political system in which
society is governed by ontologist-kings
hightway n overwhelming enthusiasm about pretty much
everything
Holy Triinity n the sacred triune path between
Ülikooli 7, Lossi 3, and Väike-Kaar 15.
impaaverished, n state of being unable to see non-white
colors in wines
"This merlot is good, too bad Triin is impaaverished and cannot taste
it."
inhightful, adj would be insightful if one could read
the handwriting, but one cannot.
"The comments were numerous, but most of them were inhightful."
jak v to make odd noises while thinking it is music
"Tarmo! Quit jakking and go to bed. It is after midnight."
jakaapi, n a small irrational animal that exists only
because God accidentally conceived it.
"This specimen cannot be a product of evolution. It belongs to the
mysterious jakaapi genus."
kangilasque, adj 1. opposite to minimalism
"Since he introduced this logical operator, his theory of truth has
become rather kangilasque."
2. a well punctuated and edited text
"After strenuous effort, my paper is fairly kangilasque now. It should be
ready for submission."
kohnits (arc. koonits, koomits, contemp. cohnitz)
1. n (southern Estonian dialect, see Asekmsi
[Andrus Saareste Eesti keele mõistelise
sõnaraamatu indeks]) latrine, toliet, shed, barn, cot, cote,
place where tools are kept (koomidsa all saisvaq riiq-rattaq -
"sledges and carts lying under the koomidsa)
2. v (southern and middle Estonian dialect) to fumble
3. n (contemp) well-lighted room with glass walls and
sliding doors, usually decorated with Apple™
brand computers and 1980s Van Halen decor
4. v (contemp) to garner books and articles into a
specific establishment and prepare them for different uses, including
oral renderings with extensive use of PowerPoint presentations
5. v (tech. philosophical) to rattle off a technical
argument based on some system of pluralistic logic which splashing
through PowerPoint slides, such that getting the point is beyond human
ability
6. n (tech. philosophical - southern Estonian slang,
vulgar) small portable device of Apple™ brand used to pass
quickly to the next PowerPoint slide
low voltage adj planning
to do a Ph.D. dissertation after four years of study, one academic
vacation year, and another three years
see also high voltage
luksanic adj always
relating topics of conversation to sex-related themes
"We were talking about bowling, but Ken is so luksanic he thought we were
making a pass at him."
lõukish n the tendency to
laugh at virtually anything, especially things that are not particularly
funny
"Tell that horrible joke to Kristi. She is lõukish enough to laugh at
it."
marcing, n an ethical feature imprinted by evolution on
our actions
"The fact that we tend not to torture our mothers is just a marcing.
Mothers feed us, so we let them live. Of course, no mother has an
absolute right not to be tortured."
marcsism n the study of the subtle differences in
pronunciation of the letters 'c' and 'k'
"He is rather bad at marcsism - when he says vitamin C it sounds like
vitamin K.
marconomics, n socio-economic philosophy advocating the
redistribution of ideas by a hightocratic regime in accordance with the
principle, from each according to his existence, to each according to
her familiarity with early modern philosophy.
markosisch adj to speak slowly in an unfailingly
friendly way
"I cannot understand a word of his English, but his Estonian is so
markosisch."
mclaugh v to wander half-deliberately from one's
original plans
"He totally mclaughed at this course. We started with Socrates and ended
up discussing poverty in Africa."
mclaughless n wearing only black as both a fashion
statement and silent tribute to anarachical principles - except on
Liverpool game days
"I did not know Paul owned a colored shirt until yesterday, I thought he
was mclaughless."
palgionism n obsession with white boards
"Have you heard the news? Our lecturer was diagnosed with palgionism! He
need rehab."
reilable adj unable to be refuted by functional
self-defense
ringo n well-informed contact person able to give
information over the phone
"If you have further questions, please call our ringo Mr. Smith."
room n small place at the back of the throat that, when
over-used, can only be healed by imbibing cognac.
"After Heiko strained his room during choir practice, he headed straight
for the bar."
sutroopia n the fusion of utopia and entropy, can be
applied to objects, events and persons
"The party yesterday was full of sutroopia - the fireplace in the living
room was in total bliss, but the guys in the kitchen trashed the whole
place."
"My classmate represents all the sutroopia there ever was - he's doing
like ten things at the same time, gets almost nothing done, but still
manages to achieve perfection."
sutropia n a perfect society in which infinite funding
is provided for philosophy departments, the days each have 48 hours, the
hours each have 120 minutes, and no one ever comes late to a meeting
since everyone is living in the past with respect to absolutely every
frame of reference (so they still have some time to make it on time)
sutropic adj organized according to a system of piles
"Here at the library we use a sutropic cataloging system. Just start
looking through that pile of index cards."
üloinimene n (eesti keel)
super-duper human being
Term originates from a fragment of a manuscript by an unknown
Estonian author. The manuscript is entitled Nõnda kõneles
Zarathrustra veel and tells the story of Zarathrustra, continuing
exactly from the point where Nietzsche ended his famous Also sprach
Zarathrustra. After leaveing the cave, Zarathrustra decides to go on
holiday in the Baltics. Experiences with Estonian restaurants convince
him to totally revise his former philosophical conceptions and to return
to the cities to preach the necessary corrections to the masses.
According to the revised doctrine, the üloinimene overcomes the
üleinimene by noticing that, despite the Ewige Wiederkehr of
almost everything else, chefs in Estonian restaurants manage to break
the cycle of the eternal return by not cooking anything in the exact
same way twice.
"Ma õpetan teile üloinimest. Üleinimene on miski, mida peab ülotama. Mis
olete teinud ta ülotamiseks?
Kõik olendid seni on loonud midage kõrgemat endast: ja teie tahate siis
olla mõõnaks sellele suurele tõusule ning pigemini tagasi minna looma
juurde kui ülotada üleinimest [...]
Üloinimene on maa mõte. Teie tahe ütelgu: üloinimene olgu maa mõte!"
volberith 1. num (arch.)
second-order ordinal used in ancient times for denoting certain
fortune-bringing dragons from the 3rd to 14th dynasties.
2. adj a kind of lexicon entry that only the author (allegedly)
understands
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