Words for Next Year's Dictionary

Af·ghan·i·stan [af-GYAN-is-tan]
-noun

1. A landlocked country of southwest-central Asia. Since ancient times the region has been crisscrossed by invaders, including Persians, Macedonians, Arabs, Turks, and Mongols. Afghan tribes united in the 18th century under a single leadership, but a fully independent state did not emerge until 1919. Kabul is the capital and the largest city. Population: 0. Major Feature: Only country on Earth, without electricity, whose glow can be seen from the moon. See under bin laden.

Ar·a·bic [A-rah-bic]
-adjective

1. Of or relating to Arabia, the Arabs, their language, or their culture.

-noun

1. (Dead Language) A Semitic language consisting of numerous dialects that was the principal language of Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and parts of northern Africa. Fell out of usage after September 2001. Being replaced by Hebrew and English. See under bin laden, U.S. Marine Corps, Shiite.

bin' lad·en [bin LAW-din]
-past tense of lade { v. intr.To ladle a liquid. }

1. Introduced into US Southern slang, as in "bin' fish'in", and "bin' hunt'in"; To squash something so completely that only an oily stain remains. Usage: "That poor critter sure got bin laden by those trucks as it tried to cross the interstate." Brought into common usage by the returning elements of the US Marine Corp. See under Shiite, Trident Mark 47 Thermonuclear Warhead, IRATE, AFGHANISTAN.

ji·had also je·had [GEE-hawd]
-noun

1. A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels. Origin: Most likely came into language, through repetition of usage, as a corruption of the English slang term Yea-Ha [YEE-ha]
2. Used to express surprise, wonder, triumph, puzzlement, or pique.
3. An affirmative statement or vote and as overheard used by numerous American Fighter Bomber Pilots and Tank Crews, or as a crossover term when real-life mimics art and the movies, sic. As uttered by Slim Pickens, in the final scenes of Doctor Strangelove.

hi·jab [hi-JAB]
-noun

1. The headscarf worn by Muslim women, sometimes including a veil that covers the face except for the eyes. Mainly used today to mask the morning of the loss of fathers, brothers, husbands and children, and to hide flash and radiation burns, or to act a a filter for low levels of fallout.

IR·ATE [eye-RATE]
-noun

1. The new country formed out of 95% of the land mass of Iran and Iraq. The remaining 5% can be found settling as a fine white ash downwind over the Himalayan Mountain Range. See under U.S. Marine Corp, Trident Mark 47 Thermonuclear Warhead, Shiite, bin laden, Yea-Ha.

Shi·ite also Shi·‘ite [SHEE-ite]
-noun

1. A member of the extinct branch of Islam that regarded Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.

-adjective

1. Associative name; A mispronouncing of a Southern version of an American expletive { shit (shit) Vulgar Slang interj. Used to express surprise, anger, or extreme displeasure}, often spoken as the last word of members of this extinct sect as they saw the Trident Mark 47 Warhead re-entry contrails overhead. Origin: Lost in the past. See under bin laden, Yea-Ha.