Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Neologisms V

What I Meant to Say
Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamin C

What I Said
Recommended Daily Violence

Definition

  1. A level of violence that at once relieves the day's stress without inflicting pain or harm on either oneself or others.
  2. A value to be issued by the MPAA and/or the FDA at some point in the future. Will likely denote the amount of violence "safe" for kids from day-to-day, as in two episodes of Tom & Jerry and one Spongebob.
Sample Sentence
After a marathon of saccharine Hollywood romances, Drake took his young bride to see Saw III in hopes of achieving Daily Recommended Violence levels.


1 comment:

michele said...

Is there a separate recommendation for sci-fi violence? ;)