Isn’t language a wonderful thing?
Neologisms
new words or a new use for an old word, or the act of making up new words
in mental health used to describe a symptom of brain dysfunction
as is the delightful term word salad used to describe a string of random words
Now, down to business.
Cobs over at Cobweborium Emporium brought my attention to this delightful list from the Washington Post’s annual neologism contest:
- Coffee (n), the person upon whom one coughs.
- Flabbergasted (adj) appalled over how much weight you have gained.
- Abdicate (v) to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
- Esplanade (v) to attempt an explanation while drunk.
- Willy-nilly (adj), impotent.
- Negligent (adj), describes a condition in which you absent mindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
- Lymph (v), to walk with a lisp.
- Gargoyle (n), gross live-flavoured mouthwash.
- Flatulence (n), emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
- Balderdash (n), a rapidly receding hairline.
- Rectitude (n), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
- Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologists.
- Circumvent (n), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
- Frisbeetararianism (n), (back by popular demand): The belief that when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
And here’s some more wordage I found and rather liked:
Foreploy (n): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
Skilljoy (n.): The would-be friend who’s a bit better than you at everything.
Percycution (n.): Giving your child a name he will hate for the rest of his life.
Coughin (n.): A small enclosure designed especially for smokers.
Typochondriac (adj.): A paranoid proofreader.
Ignorial (n.): A monument that nobody visits
Travelsty: a dreadful occurrence while on vacation
Emaelstrom: a swirling state of affairs in one’s inbox that relentlessly sucks one deeper an deeper into email, with no regard for time and space
Shamebles: a shambles where shame is involved
Hexting: to bewitch, vast a spell or charm or practice witchcraft via SMS messaging
Menions: men who are underlings or devoted followers of a woman and will perform at her bidding without questions
Whyf: a female lifetime partner in a continuing marital relationship that questions everything
Karmarang: bad luck that comes back again and again
Testlicke: butterflies in the stomach before an exam
Operaytion: laser surgery
Syncing feeling: the frustration one feels when one is unable to link one’s mailbox to one’s cell phone
Raili Tanska
What a wonderful you’ve presented us with, lots of giggles for me, I especially liked, “Esplanade (v) to attempt an explanation while drunk.” this happened to me lots of times while on my cruise !!
I’ll bet 🙂 Thank you, Ivor.
Hic 😎
Ok. That wore me out just trying to SAY half of them! LOL
Some people are very clever !
Raili – I just love playing around with words!! Thank you.
Me too – some of these are so clever
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Some fabulous wordplay from Raili.
Gee, thanks Opher 🙂
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A great Saturday start!
Thank you so much !!! Have a great weekend 🙂
I totally love this play on words and bookmarked it 🙂
Thank you, Jacquie!
This was hilarious. I roared at #13 LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 🙂
Excellent!!! I’m going to have to go back and have a look at # 13………
Must share this post! I’ll ping you when it goes up. 🙂
Thanks!!!
🙂 😉
I do enjoy reading your blogs! You have fun with the English language. It’s a quality I wish more writers pursued however if they did then the joy of it would soon be passe.
Thank you so much for your kind comments! I don’t know that the joy of languaging will ever be passe 🙂
So funny. Thanks for the smile!
Welcome 🙂
Excellent Raili… thanks for the smiles.
My pleasure 🙂
delightful! (shadowy)
Thank you so much !!
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