resistentialism
July 4th 2006 00:00
(ri-zis-TEN-shul-iz-um) noun
1. seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects. eg. - If your jacket pocket gets hooked on a door knob as you pass, both the door knob and the jacket pocket and showing resistentialism.
Resistentialism is a theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings. For example, objects that cause problems (like lost keys or a fleeing bouncy ball) exhibit a high degree of resistentialism. In other words, a war is being fought between humans and inanimate objects, and all the little annoyances objects give people throughout the day are battles between the two. The term was coined by humorist Paul Jennings in a piece titled "Report on Resistentialism" published in The Spectator in 1948.
* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Resistentialism.
1. seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects. eg. - If your jacket pocket gets hooked on a door knob as you pass, both the door knob and the jacket pocket and showing resistentialism.
Inanimate Object 1, Human 0
* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Resistentialism.
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