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Courtesy of Jean.4 comments

Gary Murning wrote 3 weeks ago: Further to my last post, these jokes — forwarded to me by my friend, Jean (thanks Jean!) … more »

Tags: humourous observations, WorDs, Jokes, contest, Washington, Post, alternate, Meanings, common

Aha!

noamgr wrote 3 weeks ago:   The reason is that lately and for at least the next month I’ve been ridoncularly* busy with … more »

Tags: Ridonkulous, ridonculous, ridonkular, ridoncular, busy, time, Fritz!, zwicky, fritz zwicky

Neologisms "Я" Us2 comments

pannonica wrote 3 weeks ago: Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard Et cetera, et cetera I found myself with a vocabular deficit … more »

Tags: categorized!, Litterbox Clumps, Around the Horn, Brunch, deakfast, linner, lupper, Merriam Webster, Open Dictionary

all the girls standing in the line for the bathroom9 comments

Professor Coldheart wrote 3 weeks ago: This media blow rolls both classy and street: The Pacific and Other Stories: I read Mark Helprin … more »

Tags: Books, BSG, nerd

To Coin a Term, "the Escalator Treatment"2 comments

Abyssal wrote 1 month ago: The Escalator Treatment To “give someone the escalator treatment” is to participate in a … more »

Tags: Abyssal, Science, pseudoscience, Religion, Debating, Politics, Terms, WorDs, neologisms

Conjobulation3 comments

stuartfroman wrote 1 month ago: One of the great things about English is the room for new words that do what no existing word can do … more »

Tags: language, writing, conjobulated, conjobulation, Dan Santow, John McIntyre, Language Log, Maggie Jackson, marci alboher

normalcy

philologist wrote 1 month ago: Now, this word may not make my blood boil the way “semiprecious” does. And as you may or … more »

Tags: logomisia, bush, campaign slogan, malapropism, normalcy, Normality, suffix, WARREN HARDING

Pure Genii

Chubby Zebra wrote 1 month ago: Badgerism for the day “That’s so ridiculous, it’s ridiculii!” … more »

Tags: Badger, Badgerisms

Telepathizes

spellspy wrote 1 month ago: Telepathizes (Verb form of Telepathy)   Meanings 1)         Directing/Projecting mental en … more »

Tags: dictionary, esp, Lexicography, mental energy, PSI, telepathizes, Urigeller, Verb-of-telepathy, Virtualtext

3 Words I Hate to Hear from Sports Announcers

Remy wrote 1 month ago: Escapability (not a word and dumb) Trickeration (also not a word and unnecessary) Matriculate ( … more »

Tags: Lists, Sports, Announcers

Steampunk Starwars: Neologism

Remy wrote 2 months ago: Jaiken’s weapon of choice is his “Fire-Saber”. … more »

Tags: Quote Rack, steampunk starwars

Peertopistes, ... Kézako?

Gaetan Dhont wrote 3 months ago: Dear English readers … The body of this one is about French-made words, neologisms. Most of th … more »

Tags: Humor, peer2peer

Sushi Dating potential

kitanomaru wrote 3 months ago: Tomorrow night I have yet another first date.  I am going to have sushi at a new building in Akasak … more »

Tags: tokyo, Japan, Food, Life, Relationships, Dating, Sushi, japanese dating, first dates

Neologisms

Remy wrote 3 months ago: Archer for “Yesterday” = Lasterday … more »

Tags: De Copia, Archer

Totally Lushalicious: The Making of a New Word

coolrulespronto wrote 3 months ago: As a writer, I love learning new words and phrases… Just today, while reading GOOD Magazine ( … more »

Tags: Random Observations, anticipointment, Blair Witch Project, Claire Barry, good magazine, lexicon, lushalicious, unitarded, Urban Dictionary

Vomage and other neologisms Pt. II

permanenttourist wrote 4 months ago: Video from London Word Festival launch party. There is a short clip of me reading the ‘Festiva … more »

Tags: Poetry and Writing, london word festival, Launch, Drinking, vomage

Vomage and other neologisms

permanenttourist wrote 4 months ago: Vomage n. a tribute to the night before Just one of the coinages featured on ‘The Wall of Neo … more »

Tags: Poetry and Writing, london word festival, Launch, Drinking, vomage

Neolojism (n.) - literary sperm essential to fertilizing new words

hawaiianpun wrote 5 months ago: Inspired by the Washington Post’s annual Neologism Contest1 and Style Invitational2 — … more »

Tags: Word to Your Mother, WorDs, Vocabulary, dictionary, inventing words, neologisms

Buzculture5 comments

lmckenzie wrote 5 months ago: Busculture       Once a buzculture is recognized, it becomes evident that it has grown or deve … more »

Tags: Career Discourse, definition, Counter-Definition, buzculture


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