Highlights from Coffee With An Architect’s Pocket Dictionary of Architecture

Agora: (noun) – The fear of architecture in public places.
Amphitheatre: (noun) – Large crowds in seating organised by their dislike of classical music.
Architecture: (noun) – Load bearing walls plus optimism.
Balustrades: (noun) – Describing a stairway using only hand gestures.
Circulation: (noun) – The excitement architects feel when they feel excitement about Architecture.
Configuration: (noun) – Placing scale figures and trees in a rendering to obscure the unfinished parts of the design.
Interlocking: (noun) – Dutch town in which MVRDV is located.
Keystone: (noun) – Key-shaped stone at the top of the arch used to open a secluded vault in Egypt containing the secret to all architectural success. The vault may be empty, and booby trapped.
New Urbanism: (noun) – Much like classical architecture, with more paperwork and guilt.
Pavilion: (noun) – Architecturally significant structures devoid of context, program, and budget.
Pedestal: (noun) – Position preferred by most architects.
Sense of Place: (noun) – That funny feeling of being watched by a 16 year old holding a skateboard and an energy drink.

(Coffee With An Architect)