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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.
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)
pulcharific/pulchy
meaning, beautiful (like saying cool or nice)

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?
How about premintistic?
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.
Awesome, David.

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.

It happened to a friend of mine after he got lost in Banff for a week.
Kisologilizt - someone who doesn't like the way you speak.
For example:
Please define humbuckness