Gratifident

Published: November 2, 2007, 2:49 pm

There ought to be a word for a fortunate accident, something that gratifies even though you were trying to prevent it. Gratifident, gratify + accident. How's that for a new word? I don't know. Anyway, here are some examples of what I mean:Imagine you're drinking a chocolate milkshake. It's too thick for a straw, so you're drinking from the cup. You tilt the glass (or better still, that metal container from the electric mixer -- why does it taste so good to drink it from that thing?). As you drink, you peer down the glass. Lo and behold. There's a glut of ice cream settled on the bottom. Coaxing the milkshake to ooze down while taking care not to dislodge the ice cream bomb, you tap, tap, tap the back of the glass. Tilt, tilt. Tap, tap, tap... careful... careful... Whoops! Splat!... the glut of ice cream breaks way, slides down and slaps you in the mouth like a pair of D-cup titties. Now you've done it. You've got a mouthful of decadent ice cream flooding your mouth,

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