Oh, Daily Candy, how right you are...

This was sitting in my inbox, from the day I left for Vietnam. Some of this terminology would have been helpful...

October 8, 2005 Travel Lexicon

Many words come to mind while traveling. Funny, but they all seem to have four letters. DailyCandy feels your pain. Here are a few to replace the ones you just can’t say out loud. business ass n. The dude who shows up at the airport in his best suit thinking it will help get him an upgrade. deflydrated adj. Used to describe the dried-up, greenish appearance of post-flight skin. frequent liar n. Someone who boasts incessantly about traveling to places he/she has never been. heirport n. On-the-spot airport created in a remote location to accommodate a private jet carrying passengers en route to seasonal home. (Our new island is days away from the nearest commercial landing strip, so we’ll have to use daddy’s heirport to land.) jet hag n. The overly dressed, overly perfumed woman in desperate search of an on-flight date. scary-on n. An piece of luggage that’s clearly too big to fit into a plane’s overhead compartment. Screamese n. The loud form of English used only to speak to foreigners. (Rather than learn a few rudimentary terms in Spanish, Harold preferred to ask for directions in Screamese.) sluggage n. Luggage that always seems to come out of baggage claim last. (I’ll get there later. Just waiting on my sluggage.)