XANGAPEDIA © : collected and edited by Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool (Xangaversary Date:5/2004). Image of John and modified Xanga logo used without permission.
This is a compendium of two entries, each one was a featured top blog. The “first edition” was posted on March 27th, 2008. The second edition on November 23rd, 2009. I posted some thoughts about the possible demise of the Xanga service, and included a link to the “kickstarter” style campaign site on my Facebook page HERE. Throughout the next month, I plan on presenting some of my Xangacentric entries from over my nearly decade long association with the Xanga site. MFN/ppf/true/lifetime
This is the first edition of the Xangapedia, a compendium of all words Xanga. Extensive research has gone into this effort to identify, list, and define the many real and unreal “Xangisms”. Hours of websearching, copy/pasting, research (whoops, I already said that) and typing has gone into this particular entry in hopes that it gets lots of stars, recommends, eprops, comments, referrals, rereadings, and chuckles, and eventually ends up in the top five on the main page of Xanga in order to increase my readership and make me lots of new friends. (No, that’s not it. This is an academic exercise engineered to help Xangans utilize proper speech.) The Xangapedia doesn’t recognize AnY weiRd TyPiNg whiCH alTeRNateS caPital LettErs and LoWer CAse in OrdEr to driVe thE rEaDer BlinD. Entries are listed alphabetically. (In case any one is wondering, I couldn’t figure out a good way of writing “Xangdictionary” and “Xangapedia” rolls off the tongue a bit better. (For those old enough to remember, just picture Jiminy Cricket singing “X-a-n-g-a-pedia”)
Xanga / xang·a [ZANG-uh] {colloq. zan-GUH}
– proper noun, plural: s
1. blogging website at www.xanga.com
xanga / xang·a [ZANG-uh] {colloq. zan-GUH}
– noun, plural: s
2. one of the 40 million blogs on the service.
3. (etym.) Xceptionally Awesome Ninja GangstA
–verb
4. to write or post an entry on Xanga
“Real life keeps getting in the way of my xangaing.”
xangadocious / xan·ga·do·cious [zang-guh-DOH-shuhs]
–adjective South Midland and Southern U.S. rel. xan-ga-do·cious·ly
1. thorough; blatant; unmistakable: a xangadocious gossip.
2. remarkable; outstanding: a xangadocious entry.
3. audacious; bold or brazen.
xangaholic / xan·ga·hol·ic [zang-uh-HAW-lik, -HOL-ik]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of Xanga.
2. one whose online status on Xanga never dims.
3. a blogger obsessed with blogging or leaving comments on Xanga.
4. suffering from xangaholism
5. pickled in Xanga.
–noun
6. Pathology. a person suffering from xangaholism.
7. a person addicted to blogging on Xanga.
8. someone with no real friends.
xangalebrity /xan·ga·leb·ri·ty [zang-uh-LEB-ri-tee]
–noun, plural: ies
1. a blogger on Xanga who has gained noteriety, fame, and lots of comments, eprops, credits, minis, etc.
2. having fame or renown on Xanga.
“Fame is sometimes fleeting for most xangalebrities except for Dan (The Theologian’s Cafe)”
xangalicious / xan·ga·li·cious [zang-guh-LISH-shuhs]
–adjective
1. highly pleasing to the senses, esp. to sight and sound: a xangalicious blog post.
2. very pleasing; delightful: a xangalicious sense of humor.
3. sacastically disgusting, but still funny.
“Daniel (Drakonskyr) has a xangalicious sense of humor.’
ant. xangawful
–noun
3. (initial capital letter) a red or yellow variety of xapple, cultivated in the U.S.
xangasphere / xang·as·phere [zang-UHS-feer]
–noun, plural:s
1. the gaseous envelope surrounding the Xanga website.
2. the social networking substructure of the blogging site Xanga.
3. Astronomy. the gaseous envelope surrounding Xanga.
4. Chemistry. any gaseous envelope around Xanga.
5. a conventional unit of pressure on websites, the normal pressure of the air at sea level, about 14.7 pounds per square inch (101.3 kilopascals), equal to the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 29.92 in. (760 mm) high. Abbreviation: xangsph.
6. a surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence: “a xangasphere of impending rants”; “a junior high type xangasphere”, “a euphoric xangasphere.”
xangaversary / xang·a·vers·a·ry [zang-uh-VUR-suh-ree]
–noun, plural: ies
1. the yearly recurrence of the date a blogger on Xanga first opened one’s blog.
2. the celebration or commemoration of such a date.
“Before my fourth xangaversary arrives, I hope to make the top five spot at least once more.”
–adjective
3. pertaining to a xangaversary: a xangaversary gift. Abbreviation: xangav.
xangawful / xan-gaw·ful [zang-AW-fuhl]
–adjective
1. extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: xangawful profile pic.
“I can’t understand why some bloggers remain popular when they have such xangawful blogs!”
2. inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible: a xangawful cacophany of youtube vids and audio jukeboxes.
ant. xangalicious
3. solemnly impressive; inspiring awe: the xangawful majesty of Michael Nyiri’s (baldmike2004) blogs and websites.
4. inspiring great reverence.: “John might not know it, but he has a xangawful responsibility to millions of Xangans.”
–adverb
5. Informal. very; extremely: “He did a xangawful good job of commenting.”
colloq: xangawdawful
xangduh! / xang-duh! [zang-DUH!]
–interjection
1. used to express annoyance at banality, obviousness, or stupidity.
“No wonder I can’t connect with anyone. I never comment and I have friends lock on all the time. XangDUH!”
2. an utterance at a blog entry so obvious it writes itself, filled with self-evident remarks.
xangism / xang·ism [ZANG-iz-uhm]
–noun
1. words having to do with the website Xanga.
2. any word or part of a word utilizing the term “xanga” or “Xanga” or parts thereof.
xangpost / xang-post [ZANG-pohst]
–noun, plural:s
1.a post on xanga.
2. xanduh!
–verb (used with object)
3. to enter text, graphics, video, or audio in a Xanga blog.
“Some of my favorite bloggers haven’t been xangposting that much lately.”
xangsta / xang·sta [ZANG-sta]
–noun, plural: z
1. an organized group of bloggers and blogring created by Spidey(theblackspiderman) and Steff (Steffs_Confessions)
2. a member of an organized group of xangstaz
–adjective
3. pertaining to the xangsta lifestyle
“Some of us homies were kickin it listening to xangsta rap.”
xangtimonious / xang·ti·mo·ni·ous [zangk-tuh-MOH-nee-uhs]
–adjective
1. making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc., either in posts or in comments on Xanga.
“The Xanga community in toto resented his long bible passage ridden xangtimonious comments.”
xangule / xang·ule [ZANG-yool]
noun, plural:s
1.a movable module in themes
2. a separable component, frequently one that is interchangeable with others, for assembly into units of differing size, complexity, or function.
xanquil / xang·quil [ZANG-kwil]
–noun, plural:s
1. a pill that can be taken when a Xangan is thinking about one’s blog day and night to help one get to sleep.
“I couldn’t sleep so I popped a couple of xanquils.”
–adjective
2. when it seems that the xanga community is “quiet” for some bloggers.
3. free from commotion or tumult, peaceful; quiet; calm, dead
“It sure is xanquil in the xangasphere today.”
xattoo / xat·too [ZA-too]
–noun, plural:s, verb, -tooed, -too·ing.
1. the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible images of the Xanga logo by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.
2. an image of the Xanga logo, so made.
–verb (used with object)
3. to mark (the skin) with xattoos.
4. to put (xattoos) on the skin.
“Remy (porcupinesol) xattoed her wrist in order to show her allegiance to Xanga.”
xanger / xan·ger [ZANG-ger]
noun
1. a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong committed on the Xanga service.
2. Chiefly British Dialect. pain or smart, as of a sore.
“I got a bad xanger when I dropped the computer on my foot.”
–verb (used with object)
3. to arouse xanger or wrath in: a xangry blogsite filled with vitriol.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become xangry: “He xangers whenever he visits that site.”
xangratiating / xang-ra-ti-a-ting [xan-GREY-shee-ey-ting]
–adjective
1. charming; agreeable; pleasing.
2. deliberately meant to gain favor.
“Baldmike2004 has reached xangratiating heights with the Xangapedia blog entry.”
XANGAPEDIA © 2nd EDITION : collected and edited by Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool (Xangaversary Date:5/2004). Image of John and modified Xanga logo used without permission.
I can’t believe (come on, repeat after me) it’s been over a year and a half since I created The Xangapedia, by far the most popular entry I’ve ever posted on this service. It was March 27, 2008. A lot of folks thought that my “dictionary” of all words Xanga was a real list of terms, and not some stupid idea I had while stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway on my way home from work. (which it was). Some people began quarreling about etymology in the comments section. Whoa. It’s a joke, son. Well, it’s been a long enough time, I surmise, since I posted the first one, and I promised a second edition, so here goes. If I used a word that someone suggested from the first edition, I do attempt to give credit. So what are we waiting for? Oh, and have a Happy Xangksgiving!
Xangan / xang·an [ZANG-uhn] {colloq. zan-GUHN}
– proper noun, plural: s
1. person who blogs on www.xanga.com
xangan / xang·an [ZANG-uhn] {colloq. zan-GUHN}
– noun, plural: s
2.blogger for the Xanga service
xangalegend / xang-a-leg-end [ZANG·guh·lej-uhnd]
–noun
1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from xangearlier times and popularly accepted as historical because it’s in the wikipedia.
2. an inscription, esp. on a logo, or profile picture, under a jpeg as a caption, or the like.
“With ease, he whipped multiple xangalegends for his photoblog.”
4. a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining xangology.
5. a collection of blog entries written by an admirable blogger.
7. the person who is the writer of such blogs.
“Lord Pineapple was a xangalegend in these parts.”, “When the fact become xangalegend, blog the xangalegend.”
xangapoo / xang-a-poo [ZANG-uh-poo]
–noun Informal.
1. the crap some people put on their blogs
2. excremental content on Xanga blogs
3. uninteresting copy/pasted junk from the web inserted into a Xanga blog entry
–inransitive verb: pooed, poo·ing, poos
4. the act of putting crap on one’s blog “I didn’t have anything to write so I xangapooed.”
suggested by Cynthia (http://closethippie.xanga.com/)
xangellish / xang-el-ish [zang-EL-ish]
–verb (used with object)
1. to decorate one’s blog with blogthings, graphics, jukeboxes, animated gifs, etc.
2. to lie about a fact while blogging on Xanga. “Some Xangans cannot help but xangellish their entries.”
Related forms:
xang-el-lish-er, noun
xangarelic / xang-a-rel-ic [zang-uh-REL-ik]
–noun
1. a longtime blogger on the Xanga service
2. a blogger having interest simply because of their age or association with the past, not current: “He’s such a xangarelic that he doesn’t even know what an ish site ish,er, is.”
3. a surviving trace of something in the xangasphere
4. xangarelics,
a. remaining wit of an old and in the way Xangan
b. the remains of a dead blogger on Xanga
5. something kept in remembrance, a souvenir, “My Lifetime premium status may soon become a xangarelic.”
Related forms:
xang-a-rel-ic-like, adjective
suggested by nfp (http://notforprophet.xanga.com/)
xangabilly / xang-a-bil-ly [zang-uh-BIL-ee]
noun, plural -lies, adjective
–noun
1. often disparaging and offensive: a backwoods Xanga blogger who uses bad language and grammar, and usually isn’t well read nor understood
2. a Xangan who likes country music
3. a type of country music performed by backwoods Xangans
–adjective
4. of, like, or pertaining to xangabillies
Synonyms: xankin, xangyokel, country xangan, xick
xangicide / xang-i-cide [ZANG-uh-sahyd]
– noun, verb, -cided, -ciding.
1. the act of shutting down one’s Xanga blog
2. destruction of one’s own interests regarding blogging.
“He was so upset he nearly committed xangacide, but privatized his Xanga instead.”
3. a blogger who shuts down one’s Xanga blog.
Synonym: xanga-kiri
– verb (used without object)
4. to delete one’s Xanga blog.
– verb (used with object)
5. to kill (one’s blog)
suggested by nfp (http://notforprophet.xanga.com/)
xangicide note / xang-i-cide note [ZANG-uh-sahyd noht]
– noun
1. a mass message sent to subscribers and friends right before one shuts down one’s blog.
xangify / xang-i-fy [ZANG-uh-fahy]
– verb, -fied, -fy-ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to make an idea clear or intelligible while blogging, to free up from ambiguity
2. to put a Xanga blog in a blender and hit the puree button
3 to free the mind from confusion in one’s Xanga posts. “He knew he didn’t have to write a novel in order to xangify his thoughts on the matter.”
–verb (used without object)
4. to become clear in an entry. “That bloggers political stance xangified.”
Related forms:
xang-i-fi-ca-tion, noun
xang-i-fi-er, noun
Synonyms:
xangucidate, xangilluminate
xangitude / xang-i-tude [ZANG-i-tood, -tyood]
–noun
1. the quality of feeling grateful for having a blog on Xanga
2. the quality of feeling grateful for getting comments and friends on Xanga
3. the act of blogging about other Xangans, leaving links to their sites, and giving thanks that their blogs are so insightful and fun
Synonyms: xangappretiation, xangfulness
–noun
4. the quality of having a snide or obnoxious manner
5. manner, disposition, feeling, postion, etc. with regard to a person or thing: “a negative xangitude”
5. an attitude of superiority: see : xmartalek
6. Ballet: a pose in which the dancer stands on one leg, the other bent behind, while posting a blog entry on Xanga.
Related forms:
xang-i-tu-di-nal, adjective
Synonyms: xangaspect, xangpose
xangophile / xang-o-phile [ZANG-uh-fahyl, -fil]
–noun
1. a person who loves or worships Xanga
2. a person who collects content they copy/paste from Xanga blogs.
xang-oph-i·lism n., xang·oph-i·lis-tic adj.
suggested by Katie: (http://ktandie.xanga.com/)
xanimal / xan-i-mal [ZAN-uh-muhl]
–noun
1. any member of Xanga who walks about on all fours and snarls
2. a Xangan who is a living thing but not human
3. the physical, sensual, sexual, or carnal pleasure of human beings who blog on Xanga; xanimality: the xanimal inside the typical blogger.
–adjective
7. of, or pertaining to, or derived from xanimals: xanimal instincts, xanimal farts.
xoo / xoo [ZOO]
–noun
1. where most xanimals should be locked up
Xangksgiving / xangks-giv-ing [ZANGKS-giv-ing]
–noun
1. the act of giving thanks for the Xanga service
2. an expression of thanks to the Xanga Gods
3. a public celebration in acknowledgement of xangdivine favor
4. a day set aside for worshipping Xanga
5. (initial capital letter) Xangksgiving Day
6. a day set aside for eating xurkey
xangtitute / xang-ti-tute [ZANG-ti-toot, -tyoot]
– noun, verb, -tut-ed, -tut-ing.
– noun, plural: s
1. a Xangan who ingratiates themselves in order to get visits and comments.
2. a person who uses their blogging talents in a base or unworthy way, usually in order to get visits and comments.
– verb (used with object)
3. to offer oneself up as a xangtitute
4. to put to any base or unworthy use. “She xangtituted her natural talents by posing naked on XTV.”
Synonyms:
xangcommentwhore, xangesan; xangollop, xumpet.
xanxiety / xangx-i-e-ty [zang-ZAHY-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. distress or uneasiness caused by a shutdown of the Xanga service
2. A feeling of dread caused by not connecting to one’s blog for an extended period of time
3. Psychiatry: a state of apprehension and psychic tension occurring when not blogging on Xanga, sometimes causing mental disorder
4. A Xanga comic by baldmike2004
Synonyms:
xfear, xforeboding, xworry, xisquiet
Antonyms:
xertainty, xerentity, xangquility
suggested by Jurgens (http://zeal4living.xanga.com/)
xmartalek / xmart-alek [ZMAHRT-al-ik]
–noun
1. one who blogs with sardonic or sarcastic humor
2. a liar or iconoclast in the xangasphere
3. an obnoxious or throroughly conceited xanga blogger
Related forms:
xmart-al-eck-y, xmart-aleck, adjective
Synonym:
xangass
xangexhaustion / xang-ex-haus-tion [zang-ig-ZAWS-chun]
–noun
1. the act of getting tired after composing a rigorous Xanga blog entry like this one.
2. extreme weakness or fatigue, resulting in blurry vision, and the inability to type correctly
–verb (used without object)
3. the total consumption of something in the xangasphere: “I’ve xangexhausted my supply of xangawords for today.”
suggested by Jason (http://jandjinjapan.xanga.com/)
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