Who knows where words come from? Here's one that's been getting a lot of usage around Fringe HQ lately.
BORNTRAGER
born-TRAY-ger
(verb, -ed, -ing)
from the Latin "duggles borntraegorus"
def:To call the box office and trick Alex into thinking you're a 90-year-old woman with a very long list of highly involved questions about Fringe; to possess a phone voice that is very believably that of a 90-year-old woman; to be a righteous production manager that everybody loves to have around.
Origin:
Last Saturday, when Doug pulled a very successful crank call on Alex.
Synonyms:
Prank, punk, trick, chain-yank, tom-fool.
Antonyms:
Be boring, not be an awesome guy, have stupid facial hair that does NOT look cool, be a terrible production manager that nobody likes to have around.
Ex.
"Ah man Alex, you totally thought that call was from an old lady--you just got BORNTRAGER'D!"
Tomorrow's word of the day: KALAGAYAN
