Chickspeak: How Sexy Women Talk

Many of these words started with “Sex and the City.” Others can be found on DailyCandy.com, a fashion and style newsletter Web site founded and edited by Dany Lavey. Make sure you’re not left out in the cold! Learn and memorize these chickspeak words, courtesy of Ms. Lavey:

Baby blue: Viagra
Biphonal: Holding multiple phones to your ears or in front of you at the same time.
Blamestorming: A meeting whose sole purpose is to discuss why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.
Drailing: E-mailing when drunk; drunk e-mailing.
E-mauling: Stalking someone via e-mail.
Fatkins: Disciples of Atkins who have taken the “all the fat you can eat” idea to lunatic extremes.
GU (pronounced “goo”): Acronym for geographically undesirable.
Guyatus: A hiatus from guys.
Helicopter: A significant other who finds it necessary to hover around his or her mate at all times.
Intie: The intimacy flu. Usually occurs two to three weeks into a budding dating relationship. Symptoms include unreturned phone calls, “mistakenly” deleted e-mail messages, and sleeping on the far edge of the bed.
Karat dangler: A woman who finds it of utmost importance to flaunt her engagement/wedding ring at all times.
Lush flush: The rosy hue you get in your cheeks after a few too many glasses of wine.
Mitin (pronounced “mitten”): Acronym/codespeak for “more information than I needed.”
Mouse potato: The wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
Mousewife: A male housewife.
Phone zit: The recurring chin zit that results from spending too much time on the phone.
Reverse evolution princes: Men who at first seem to be princes but turn out to be frogs.
Single woman’s sports pages: The New York Times’ wedding announcements.
Spenny: Pricey; short for expensive.
Stray: A heterosexual male who everyone secretly thinks is gay.
Teenile: Used to describe someone who is way
ourwords2004: Teenile: Used to describe someone who is way too old for what she is wearing.
Yellular: The loudness you adopt in response to a bad cell phone connection, in the misguided hope that talking louder will improve the connection.

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10 Tips for Taming Your Tongue

ourwords2004: O’Connor has devised the cure for the common curse:

Recognize that swearing does damage.
Start by eliminating casual swearing.
Think positively.
Practice patience.
Cope, don’t cuss.
Stop complaining.
Seek alternative words.
Make your point politely.
Think of what you should have said instead.
Work at it.
And it never hurts to hear Mom’s voice in your head telling you to mind your mouth.

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Bill of Rights

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791.

AMENDMENT I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

AMENDMENT II

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

AMENDMENT III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

AMENDMENT IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

AMENDMENT V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

AMENDMENT VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

AMENDMENT VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

AMENDMENT VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

AMENDMENT IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be con- strued to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

AMENDMENT X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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