Friday, February 17

NEOLOGISMS

The following is from an article in the Lawrence Journal World, thanks to Marti.
"The editors of Merriam-Webster dictionaries got more than 3,000 entries when, in a light-hearted moment, they asked visitors to their Web site to submit their favourite words that aren't in the dictionary."

Top Ten Words (Not Found in Dictionary)
1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
2. confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
4. chillax (v) chill out/relax, hang out with friends
5. cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you are on the highway.
6. gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription."
7. phonecrastination (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number.
8. slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
9. snirt (n) snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
10. lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms.

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