Word of the Day: cumberground

cumberground (n)

Something that is utterly worthless -- an object or a person.

"What a lot of cumbergrounds!" exclaimed Mrs. Woonsocket as she perused the antique shop's displays. But as her roving eye alighted on each gewgaw and gimcrack, it was obvious that this practiced derision was simply a prelude to another one of her expert haggling sessions.
--Leahcim Setag, Strange Loops

Worthless people, taking up space? A number of reality-show "celebrities" come to mind. As for objects, they are almost too numerous to mention, right here in this very room. Almost but not quite. In one corner, we have an antique wheelchair containing a number of mismatched mannequin parts. On the mantlepiece, we have small replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the Space Needle, a Michael Jackson doll, and a fishbowl containing a single porcelain fish. The sideboard is covered with retrieved bagatelles from my wyfe's deceased aunt's hoard, mostly very odd costume jewelry. On the floor next to the fireplace, we have a teddy bear astride a miniature gargoyle.... I could go on. But you get the point. I'm living in the Museum of Cumbergrounds.