#2408 - 05/15/00 09:15 PM
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stranger
Registered: 05/15/00
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Loc: Vatican II, Dallas, Texas, USA
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There's a few words I'd like to coin into the English Language... Sure, I've made them up, but HEY-
Someone has to make words up, right?
If you'd like to respond and possibly give new meanings (Those not listed here), PLEASE be my guest! In the meantime, Please encourage their use!
Spinsterriffic- Any exciting activity that involves a middle-aged single woman and at least 3 cats.
USAGE- "Wow, Aunt Gertie- You've taught Fluffy to bring in the Mail, Bubbles to sort out the junk mail, and Shnitzel to go through, look for the Social Security Check, and to deposit it at the bank for you! That's SPINSTERRIFFIC!!!!"
Froufrouproof- The decorating efforts of a dominant Male.
USAGE- "By hand-painting wrenches and socket sets on the walls of the garage and filling any space that could be used by his wife or daughter to support a vase of flowers, Tim has made his entire work station FROUFROUPROOF."
Beeping- The responsive use of the vulgar vernacular in public arenas, television broadcasts, or kindergartens.
USAGE- "You know I love you, but I've brought you onto the Jerry Springer Show to tell you that I've (Fill in your favorite greek tragedy here)." "You BEEPING (Fill in your favorite insult here)!!!!"
Greeking- The process of engaging in scandalous behaviour, reminiscent of greek tragedy.
USAGE- "All of the guests on the last episode of Jerry Springer were GREEKING all over the place."
Got others? I'd love to read 'em!
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#2409 - 05/24/00 06:53 AM
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stranger
Registered: 05/24/00
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I coined a word once as a title for a poem I'd written; "confusement", later to be defined as "the stage one reaches where even confusion is uncertain". I have actually got people to use this, although (just to prove it's a proper word...) it is usually used wrongly. The problem is that it becomes the same as confusion in most other forms, eg, confused not confusemented.
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#2410 - 05/24/00 06:56 AM
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stranger
Registered: 05/24/00
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Loc: NW England
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Oh, and I can't believe I forgot to mention the most incredibly useful word which one of my London friends created, which is "chiz". Meant to be used as a term indicating mild irritation/indignation. I tend to make it stronger than it should be, though. This one is getting to be quite widespread, at least amongst people we know.
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#2411 - 05/24/00 09:37 AM
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Registered: 05/18/00
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> Oh, and I can't believe I forgot to mention the most incredibly useful word which one of my London friends created, which
is "chiz". Meant to be used as a term indicating mild irritation/indignation. I tend to make it stronger than it should be,
though. This one is getting to be quite widespread, at least amongst people we know.
As in 'I'm particuarly chizzed-off today'? ;^)
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#2412 - 05/26/00 03:10 AM
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stranger
Registered: 05/24/00
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Loc: NW England
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Haven't actually heard it used that way yet, but yes, that would work. :-)
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#2413 - 09/01/00 12:26 PM
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newbie
Registered: 08/30/00
Posts: 46
Loc: Canada
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I coined a word at school with my friends once. STARVATIONAL -- meant to be used when you are really hungry but there's still at least half an hour before you're allowed to eat. (used by me and my friends before lunch time)
Can't reach me here? E-mail me duskydreamer@icqmail.com or ICQ me 71367484.
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#2415 - 10/15/00 03:28 PM
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stranger
Registered: 10/15/00
Posts: 1
Loc: CT
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"Jeat?" (Did you eat yet?)
"No, joo?" (No, not yet; did you?)
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Coined by my son Lucas, at about age three:
That would be a DISASTROPHE!
--dave
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#2416 - 10/15/00 08:42 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/28/00
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disastrophe
I love it. Give Lucas three stars!!
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#2418 - 12/20/00 06:34 AM
Re: chiz
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enthusiast
Registered: 12/18/00
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Loc: London
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Your friend didn't create "chiz" unless they're a very old friend. It came to prominence in the Molesworth books of Willans and Searle in the 1950s. Molesworth uses it as a sentence-final particle indicating "drat, curses", as in (I'm making this up, not quoting):
The master hav confiscated my conker chiz.
In extreme circumstances it may be doubled or tripled, as in (again made up, but gives the flavour):
All the new bugs dance around me saing go on molesworth you will enjoy it if you try and eventually i find myself joining in chiz chiz chiz.
On its first occurrence it is footnoted as
A chiz is a swiz or swindle as any fule kno.
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#2420 - 01/18/01 07:37 PM
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addict
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 618
Loc: Australia
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"My wife and I are heading off to the Carribean."
"Jamaica?"
"No, she wants to go."
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#2421 - 01/18/01 07:41 PM
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addict
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 618
Loc: Australia
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Coined by a friend ...
hijinkery
used in much the same way as hijinx, but sounds so much classier.
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#2422 - 01/21/01 07:03 AM
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stranger
Registered: 01/21/01
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Loc: California
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So would that be used as in "I don't tolerate such hijinkery?"
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#2423 - 03/26/01 09:03 AM
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stranger
Registered: 03/26/01
Posts: 3
Loc: Florida
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Recently, I came up with "stoptional," a word for the driver who believes a stop sign indicates a possible need to stop, with the option of proceeding if there are no pedestrians or other cars present.
You can get a ticket for driving stoptionally.
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#2424 - 03/26/01 06:49 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
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Dear Molly-Dodd. I once got such a ticket. Do you have an encore for us? wwh
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#2425 - 03/27/01 09:23 AM
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 01/05/01
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Hello, Molly-Dodd. I like "stoptional." Except, all too often, I see it taken as "a stop is not necessary if to do so means you would have to wait for oncoming traffic, but going NOW will let you peel out in front of the oncoming cars, avoiding collision only because they brake." We need a similar term for the hypothetical color of a traffic light which has already turned red, but not long enough that the opposing traffic is already in the intersection, which means that The Most Important Person On The Road should proceed through the red, since saving a minute or two is worth the risk to the property, health and lives of others.  Is there an ugly enough color word for this?
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#2428 - 03/28/01 08:27 PM
Re: "stoptional,"
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stranger
Registered: 03/26/01
Posts: 3
Loc: Florida
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Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Your responses are a clear illustration of how defining a word is a subjective task. Have you seen the current issue of Harper's? D.F. Wallace talks about this.*
Like a true work of art, I am proud that the word I coined (surely someone else has said this before, yet it was an original thought) has taken a life of its own and that people are choosing to define it as they see fit.
*I haven't finished the article. Perhaps tonight?
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#2429 - 03/29/01 08:34 AM
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stranger
Registered: 03/26/01
Posts: 3
Loc: Florida
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Another driving word--this one from my friend Brian: "nagivator" - a person who sits in the passenger seat of a car and tells the driver how to drive; (back seat driver)
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#2431 - 05/03/01 04:35 PM
Re: "stoptional,"
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member
Registered: 01/26/01
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Welcome Molly Dodd,
I love stoptional too! How about beautumous - beautiful/fabulous.
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#2433 - 05/04/01 09:47 AM
Re: beautimous nagivators:usage and derivation
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journeyman
Registered: 03/12/01
Posts: 60
Loc: Oregon, USA
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My Dad used nagivator to describe my Mom sitting in the passenger seat, whether or not she was giving directions. It's become a sort of sly but endearing insult in our family.
And beautimous is the superlative form of beautiful, of course. It's the shortened and Anglicized form of the Latin expression "beautimus maximus," which is still heard occasionally in our household to express supreme and unequalled beauty. E.g., "Crystal, the pretty girl cat, is beautimus maximus after her bath!"
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#2434 - 05/04/01 10:01 AM
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member
Registered: 01/26/01
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When looking at spring flowers that take your breath away, like a grove of sweet smelling lilacs - That's beautimous!
Being involved in many Antique Automobile groups and attending many tours in same, I am always the navigator. My spouse needs both hands and sometimes both feet to operate said machinery and cannot include map/directions reading to the responsibilities. I don't mind the term at all.
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#2435 - 05/12/01 01:40 AM
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enthusiast
Registered: 01/26/01
Posts: 275
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NAGIVATOR IS AN excellent word MollyDodd. I will surely use it tomorrow on my husband who will be such a nagivator when he rides with me as I drive.
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#2436 - 05/20/01 09:41 AM
Re: Harper's
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
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Molly asks: Have you seen the current issue of Harper's? D.F. Wallace talks about this.Yep, there's a whiole thread "above the fold" about his article. (Gee, I should take my own advice and venture below screen more often!  ) I even sent a copy of it to a poor fellow AWADer who doesn't have Harper's available at his local newsstand. hi, mav!
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#2438 - 12/05/01 11:52 AM
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stranger
Registered: 12/05/01
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Here's one I came up with...
Respection: Having permission to cross the street without the help of an adult. (I coined this term when I was 4 years old, so if the part of speech seems counterintuitive, please excuse me.) Useage: "A six-year-old child should never have respection."
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