pornish hen

A pornish hen is a woman (or girl) who posts risqué pictures of herself on Facebook or other personal pages; or who does so in internet communities. This is a play on the term Cornish hen.

Vickie posted that picture of herself losing her bikini top; she's become a real pornish hen.

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cagoo

Used locally in New Orleans by French- or Louisiana Creole-speaking people to describe being sick. Sometimes also spelled cagu.

I was cagoo last week due to the flu.

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white rabbit syndrome

This is a condition in which the person often or always has the feeling of being late. From the White Rabbit in Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

While the life of a psychology graduate student is not often solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, there is always more to do than there is time to do it in, and the white rabbit syndrome emerges.

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Professor

Professor is a term of respect given to pinao players in New Orleans. Originally, the term might have been bestowed ironically on the piano players playing in brothels, but has more general and nonironic use nowadays to refer to any type of soloist musician.

Tip the professor at least a five before you go. Doing this is good form, Dawlin'.

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Transylvania effect

The Transylvania effect is the folk belief that more craziness in behavior occurs when the moon is full. This belief is not supported by evidence, yet is widespread.

It's the full moon night; the mental patients will be acting up due to the Transylvania effect

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Parkinson's law

Parkinson's law is an administrative principle that states that work tends to expand in relation to the time available for its completion. From C. Northcote Parkinson, a professor of the University of Malaysia, who first wrote of this law. While Parkinson, like Laurence J. Peter, apparently wrote his book as a satire on administration, unfortunately it turned out to be true.

It's a sad rule of corporations, and universities are not exempt, that the administrative apparatus tends to expand with time. Unfortunately, this is accompanied by stasis in what is accomplished. Parkinson's law holds true.

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Duke of Marlborough effect

The “Duke of Marlborough Effect” was mentioned by Richard Dawkins to refer to the increase in masculine libido that results from experiencing a victory, whether directly or vicariously. This was so-named from an entry in the Duchess of Marlborough’s diary, “His Grace returned from the wars today and pleasured me twice in his top-boots.” Male athletes tend to experience elevated testosterone levels before a contest; those who win tend to maintain afterwards those elevated testosterone levels, but the testosterone levels of losers drops dramatically afterwards.

There will likely be a lot of canoodling in Old Boston now that the Red Sox have won the Series due to the Duke of Marlborough effect and the subsequent release of proper Bostonian inhibitions.

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