Monday, March 13, 2006

vacation (or How I Would Rewrite the Dictionary)

Main Entry: 1va·ca·tion
Pronunciation: vA-'kA-sh&n, indolence, wooooo!
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English vacacioun, from Middle French vacation, from Latin vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare
1 : a time spent sleeping, eating, and then sleeping some more
2 a : a scheduled period during which activity is suspended in favor of driving around town with the windows down, stopping only for ice cream and attractive members of the opposite sex b : a period of exemption from work granted for watching television and eating Cheetos
3 : a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation, so you can eat your Cheetos on the beach
4 : an act or an instance of surfing the internet for hours, and honestly having nothing better to do

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