catenza

A piece of music created when a feline steps on your keyboard during a performance or arrangement.

"Once my cat stepped onto the MIDI keyboard and played a catenza in an arrangement I was writing because I had a note seleced for playback."

Thymos flask

A device used by classical scholars to contain their emotions.

Justin managed to bottle up all the way through his Ancient Greek exam, but afterwards his thymos flask exploded and he broke down in tears.

serpendipity

The joy of an unexpected and pleasant encounter with a snake.

“Calloo, callay!” exclaimed Celia, as her long-lost pet python slitherd nonchalantly from behind the tumble-dryer. “I do declare: now I know the true meaning of serpendipity!”

criptic

A person with an invisible disability.

Derivation: a combination of the word crip (originally a derogatory epithet now used by some disabled people to describe themselves) and cryptic (hidden or concealed).

Overheard conversation between two wheelchair users: "Don't criticise that guy for taking a handicrap - he's probably a criptic."

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