The watchaholic's alternative dictionary
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The watchaholic's alternative dictionary
As someone of puerile and simple mind and having spent many a minute thumbing through such noble and celebrated tomes as 'The Meaning of Liff' and 'Roger's Profanisaurus', I thought it might be useful to begin a list of words and associated definitions to which only the poor Watch Savant might recognise and relate to. I've made a start-
Newbling Shuffle- The practised art of deception to ensure a spouse is not alerted to a new watch purchase by precise coordination of spatial or temporal redirection of the delivery (or the spouse) while simultaneously announcing news of the incoming to the whole Internet.
Glowcheck- To involuntarily glance, sometimes repeatedly, at one's watch when moving from bright daylight into a dark environment to verify that the luminous material on the watch face is still there.
Sourstrap grimace- The facial expression adopted on realisation that the perfect sized strap or bracelet lies impossibly and exactly between two buckle holes or links.
Dunnyfidget- The inexplicable urge to rotate a dive watch bezel, fiddle with the clasp or admire the movement through a clear caseback while conducting seated bathroom ablutions.
Lederhoarding- The practice of accumulating over many years huge masses of watch straps, the oldest of which are rumoured to have been cut from Ben Hur's undercrackers.
Stucco Carpi- A layering of treasured and valuable biological matter grown experimentally over several years and on which a proud owner will concentrate when taking photographs for sale.
Listsnicker- The noise emitted by an Ebay user when they suddenly recognise that their 'Watch List' is indeed a list of watches.
I'm sure you can think of more....
Newbling Shuffle- The practised art of deception to ensure a spouse is not alerted to a new watch purchase by precise coordination of spatial or temporal redirection of the delivery (or the spouse) while simultaneously announcing news of the incoming to the whole Internet.
Glowcheck- To involuntarily glance, sometimes repeatedly, at one's watch when moving from bright daylight into a dark environment to verify that the luminous material on the watch face is still there.
Sourstrap grimace- The facial expression adopted on realisation that the perfect sized strap or bracelet lies impossibly and exactly between two buckle holes or links.
Dunnyfidget- The inexplicable urge to rotate a dive watch bezel, fiddle with the clasp or admire the movement through a clear caseback while conducting seated bathroom ablutions.
Lederhoarding- The practice of accumulating over many years huge masses of watch straps, the oldest of which are rumoured to have been cut from Ben Hur's undercrackers.
Stucco Carpi- A layering of treasured and valuable biological matter grown experimentally over several years and on which a proud owner will concentrate when taking photographs for sale.
Listsnicker- The noise emitted by an Ebay user when they suddenly recognise that their 'Watch List' is indeed a list of watches.
I'm sure you can think of more....
Rich
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Défromagement / Desquesamiento / Sformaggiamento / Ungekäserung - The process of removing Stucco Carpi
Waitrose Peek - A sly glance at the Submariners and little gold Cartiers between looking for the lobster and the Puy lentils.
Steve
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Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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^^ Brilliant!
Watch Roll - The almost audible upwards eye-swivel of bystanders as you line up another watch photo for Facebook.
Watch Roll - The almost audible upwards eye-swivel of bystanders as you line up another watch photo for Facebook.
Rich
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^^
I can see it!
Submarination - The art of achieving the impossible by sourcing unobtainable items for incalculable sums.
Deployment [sic] Clasp - A swift hug given to military personnel before they depart on a mission.

I can see it!
Submarination - The art of achieving the impossible by sourcing unobtainable items for incalculable sums.
Deployment [sic] Clasp - A swift hug given to military personnel before they depart on a mission.
Steve
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Pictura nasus - the triangular mark left by one's nose getting too close to the window while trying to read a watch's price tag which has been rudely hidden around the back of the bracelet.
Rich
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Wookey Hole - a supposedly secret location where a married man attempts to cache undeclared horological paraphernalia away from the all-seeing Eye of Sauron.
My Precioussss!
My Precioussss!
Steve
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Spring Bar- Medical term for the near hypothermic condition of post-lockdown outside drinkers
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^^^
Dumbo-dore - someone who buys a watch on eBay for twice what the seller paid for it in a sale last week.

Dumbo-dore - someone who buys a watch on eBay for twice what the seller paid for it in a sale last week.
Steve
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Jambophobia - the irrational fear of door frames that afflicts those wearing new watches
ding - the sound that goes off in the mind of a jambophobic watch owner when they realise that it's not just door frames that can damage their watch
ding - the sound that goes off in the mind of a jambophobic watch owner when they realise that it's not just door frames that can damage their watch
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
Thomcat00
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
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We can't produce enough steel sports watches - yeah sure we can't produce enough steel sports watches.....
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
Thomcat00
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
Thomcat00
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Gibbonswing- the barely perceptable exaggerated movement delivered by the left arm throughout the day to be doubly certain your automatic watch gets wound sufficiently.
Rich
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Due diligence - the confluence of wine, eBay, willingness to throw your maximum bid out the window, and a stone cold certainty that this watch is the one you need to complete your collection
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
Thomcat00
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
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Perpetual Calendar Complication - the Pope, the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Patriarch of Moscow trying to work out when Easter is.
Greubel-Forsey That item on the menu where you had to ask the waiter what it was, and rather wished you hadn't.
Night-watchman The geeky guy in the corner of the bar staring intently at his watch to see whether the date changes at exactly midnight.
Greubel-Forsey That item on the menu where you had to ask the waiter what it was, and rather wished you hadn't.
Night-watchman The geeky guy in the corner of the bar staring intently at his watch to see whether the date changes at exactly midnight.
Steve
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Bezel anxiety - the closest you'll come to a horological emergency. Causes eye squints, nightmares and outbursts.
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
Thomcat00
Watchaholic
‘Imprudently spendy’
Thomcat00
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