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message 1: by Jessica (new)

Jessica  (jessicaafrank) | 257 comments Mod
Make up a word and either define it or leave it for someone else to define.

For example:

Please define humbuckness


message 2: by David (new)

David (david_giltinan) humbuckness : this is actually a corruption of 'chumbuckness', a term often used by low-level gangster types as kind of general, non-specific threat. Believed to derive from the fate of Eliot Ness's crime-fighting older brother, whose mangled body was pulled from lake Michigan on Christmas Eve 1931.

Why, yes, I do have some madeup words to contribute. How did you know?

arachnemesis -
1. Peter Parker's villainous archrival.
2. The induction of vomiting by forcing someone to eat spiders, a common practice on certain reality shows.

ichthyodigitalophagist -
an eater of fish fingers.

Carpathian tunnel syndrome -
fear of being trapped under a mountain in Slovakia.

rhodorhinorangifericide
the killing of a red-nosed reindeer.

dijon vu
the sensation that you've tasted this mustard before.

I have the reverse problem: a concept that needs a word - an appropriate term for the following specific phenomenon:

The near-certainty that, in the rare instance when some particular brand of consumer product (cereal, shampoo, kitty litter, what-have-you..) actually catches my fancy to the extent that I make the effort to remember its name, within a maximum of six weeks it will be discontinued forever by the manufacturer and/or all stores on the West Coast will no longer distribute it.

I realise there is an element of paranoia in positing such a phenomenon, but the list of examples is a long one.




message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

As said by the book "How to Ditch Your Fairy" (i forget the author, no smiting me for it please), she has a list, but the only one I can think from memory is:
pulcharific/pulchy
meaning, beautiful (like saying cool or nice)


message 4: by Jessica (new)

Jessica  (jessicaafrank) | 257 comments Mod
How about a definition of "smackle"?


message 5: by Yui (new)

Yui (ilovegrendel) i heard my friend's mom say smacklers once but i think they were talking about food or something.


message 6: by Kathleen (new)

Kathleen My family uses the word "wicket" to mean the hot stuffiness of a car left closed up in the summer. I think it originally was "wicked" but not "wicket" means that specific circumstance.


message 7: by Jessica (new)

Jessica  (jessicaafrank) | 257 comments Mod
I use it for the stuff that hits my windshield when it is slushy or rainy out and a car is in front or near me.

How about premintistic?


message 8: by Jessica (new)

Jessica  (jessicaafrank) | 257 comments Mod
David wrote: " humbuckness : this is actually a corruption of 'chumbuckness', a term often used by low-level gangster types as kind of general, non-specific threat. Believed to derive from the fate of Eliot Nes..."

Awesome, David.


message 9: by David (new)

David (david_giltinan) pencilultimate: when you're pretty sure it's next to last, but not entirely certain, so you want to keep your options open.

exxonerate: to display excessive leniency towards companies charged with environmental pollution.

bennetoner: multi-hued, all-purpose toner for color copiers.

cingularity: a communications black hole.

michelinzer torte: a fruit tart with a strange rubbery consistency that nevertheless leads to love handles when consumed to excess.

heinekenning: a type of circumlocution, often a compound word or genitive phrase, that is a characteristic feature of 19th century German romantic poetry. Example "Hopfenblut" or "hop's blood" for beer.


message 10: by Jessica (new)

Jessica  (jessicaafrank) | 257 comments Mod
How abut ziplopology?


message 11: by Mike (last edited Mar 10, 2009 06:18PM) (new)

Mike meta-coniferrelemphiosis - Embodying the characteristics of a conifer tree.

It happened to a friend of mine after he got lost in Banff for a week.


message 12: by [deleted user] (last edited Mar 27, 2009 07:19AM) (new)

Kisologilizt - someone who doesn't like the way you speak.


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