New Meanings for old words

Drasticks          noun         When camping in the forest, these are the final two pieces of wood that you are prepared to rub together to try and start a fire.

Use in a sentence = Be careful – those are the drasticks – if they don’t work it’s going to be a cold night.

Sober               verb          To weep out loud because it is early in the morning and you haven’t had an alcoholic drink in over 8 hours. You aren’t an alcoholic though, you just enjoy a drink, don’t you?

Stereostype      noun          One of those people to whom it is really important to have the least  up-to-date and most out-of-fashion electrical gadgets.

Use in a sentence = Dennis is a stereostype – he uses Morse code to order his breakfast in advance.

Portfolios          noun          Books that are suitable for reading only on the left-hand side of ships.

Starboardfolios noun          Books that are suitable for reading only on the right-hand side of ships.

Use in a sentence = I’m going to read my starboardfolios before we arrive in Barbados.

Mambutterfly  noun          A previously unknown cousin of the mammoth that had a multi-coloured coat and black and white tusks.

Use in a sentence = The remains of the Mambutterfly were recently discovered in a glacier in Siberia.