Friday, February 11, 2011

New Words: Evangelically

1. evanhellical: adj. any event, gathering or product, etc., that conjures up an atmosphere in which evangelicalism and beliefs associated with it are painfully inescapable.

2. exangelical: n. a person who used to ascribe to evangelical beliefs but now does not.

3. evangelican't: n. a person who wishes she or he could continue to ascribe to evangelical beliefs, but is no longer capable of doing so.

4. evangelicant: n. the dogma associated with evangelicalism, specifically as it is recited by true believers.

5. evangelicool: adj. any object or person that, despite being evangelical, remains sensible and able to be reasoned with, i.e., does not dismiss theories of evolution out of hand or offer to "pray the gay away" when confronting a homosexual person. *Note: extremely rare

6. evangelicall: n. the process by which a person suddenly becomes a conservative Christian; the compulsion to adhere to fundamentalist or conservative Christian doctrines, despite disbelief or misgivings.

7. emangelical: adj. a satirical twist on the word "evangelical" intended to draw attention to long historical inequalities between men and women in fundamentalist Christian doctrines.

1 comment:

jenny d said...

Wow. What's the word for "awesome person who creates crazy-accurate, much-needed terminology?" Cause that's totally you.