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define "new"... define "like" shall we arbitrarily say that coined in the 20th century qualifies as new? (which would mean that words like 'verbicide' and 'frumious' and 'vorpal' and 'illth' are not new!) anyway, here are some: grok (Heinlein '61) booboisie (Mencken '22) bibliobibuli (Mencken ??) grotty (Burke '64) pataphysics (Jarry '45) pataphysical (?Lennon & McCarney '71) senior moment (c. '98) boondocks (?U.S. Marines '44) backslash (BYTE '82) garbology (Rathje c. '76) logophile (??) I hasten to add that I don't particularly *like 'senior moment'; it's just that I'm of an age where the phrase has a certain... je ne sais quoi.
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since i asked the question myself (in a different thread), i guess i ought to answer. actually it's a tough one. phrases are out because they usually use old words to create new meanings. happify is apparently out(!) how about "vegan"? but it's not a word you could actually like. what about "jazz"? some people don't like the music (for some bizarre reason), but the word is hardly offensive.
i'll keep thinking, but unfortunately, having a slightly pickled brain, it takes a looooong time for anything to come out.
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since i asked the question myself (in a different thread)...
What!? Tsuwm is YARTing? To quote Jackie (pet peeves, July 25):
"ALL RIGHT--WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE W/ TSUWM?"
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I'm kinda fond of "cyber." I used to know who coined it. Extremely useful word/modifier.
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Well, I finally thought of one, thanks to your Mencken quote in your other thread. It can be very accurate, which is why I don't particularly like it, and also why I do like it (she said enigmatically)!
"Trophy wife".
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"cyber" - William Gibson always gets credited with coining "cyberspace" in 1984, but he certainly didn't invent "cyber" as I'm old enough to remember Dr Who and the Cybermen from c.1970. I guess it all stems from "cybernetics", however old that is.....
"trophy wife" - I also love that one because it is SO emotive and instantly redolent of familiar themes. It also never ceases to amaze me how common it is, particularly on one side of the pond.....
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one I've recently noticed is "pear shaped", as in it's all gone pear shaped, ie horribly wrong. I think it originates as a UK expression - does it have currency in the US? In Oz there's the expression "She'll be apples" for "Everything will be fine". Perhaps they're connected???
( - perhaps this post should be in the apples and pears thread?!!)
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...I meant the apples and oranges thread
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someone please explain senior moment to me...
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someone please explain senior moment to me...
Sure... it's, ah... what was the question again?
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