The Dahlia Dictionary

Blog: Totally self-indulgent form of rambling which convinces other people that they are interested in your life when really they just want another excuse to procrastinate

Happy Hour: A classy way of making it OK to show up drunk to dinner

Ta'am China Complex: Buying a lot more from a place than you would ever need simply because the merchandise is so much cheaper than you're used to that you've convinced yourself it's free. See Target; TJ Maxx, and any other place I might have spent way too long in at Lake George.

Princess: Daniel Strauss

Xando: Alexandra "Ali" Rosenbaum

Dahlia's Haj: The weekly pilgrimage to Sephora.

Scurvaceous: Disgusting, gross. E.g. Your face is scurvaceous or Hot dress - it's totally not scurvaceous. Origin: Random night in room 4ES1.

Museum: A place not to be attended with art history majors and/or people who have just taken ArtHum at Columbia University. See Yoni; Sasha; Hannah; Amitai.

Anthraxvelopes: Envelopes disguised to look like wedding invitations but actually full of anthrax to be sent to those who piss me off between now and my actual wedding, whenever that may be.

Stay tuned for more.