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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread old made up words #2383 05/15/2000 4:35 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1 Humboldt County, northern Cali... Davy stranger Davy stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1 Humboldt County, northern Cali... What about those words that we made up or borrowed from popular media and were once part of our lexicon? Like pakaloomer and brackerfritch. Did any survive? I used them on the east coast in the '60s. Did they make it to the west coast? Many were coined by MAD magazine's early contributors, before it's descent into mediocrity and blandness. Then there were the Pogo and Li'l Abner words and names. There must be some remnants somewhere!??! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old made up words #2384 05/15/2000 5:05 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass re Mad magazine: veeblefetzer! furshlugginer?! 43-man squamish!! Li'l Abner's Schmoo!! all of these can be found on the web, if not in dictionaries... http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old made up words #2385 05/16/2000 9:43 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 81 Philip Davis journeyman Philip Davis journeyman Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 81 Oh this side of the pond the satrical magazine Private Eye has introduced several new euphamisms into common use. tired and emotional for drunk and discussing ugandan affairs for sex are a couple of the best known. From another thread the Eye's E.J. Thribb (17 1/2) has been writting the most awful poetry for the last 20 years or more. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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