It should be a word!

[AFriendlyFace]

Hi all,

 

I'm not sure this is the best place to post this thread, but it's as good as any I suppose.

 

Anyway, I thought it would be a fun little creative exercise to create our own words which have logical meanings and sound like real words but aren't actually words themselves.

 

My contribution is:

 

Revigorate - V. 1. to become re-invigorated. 2. Something which is refreshingly invigorating. EX. A cold glass of water on a hot day is sure to revigorate even the tiredest of people.

 

 

Your turn, please!

Edited November 17, 2007 by AFriendlyFace

[jfalkon]

How about "examplate: to give an example," and "malrested: not having enough rest (just like malnourished except concerning rest)."

I always thought those would be useful.

[AFriendlyFace]

How about "examplate: to give an example," and "malrested: not having enough rest (just like malnourished except concerning rest)."

I always thought those would be useful.

I love malrested!! I think I'm going to add it to my vocabulary if you don't mind.

[Graeme]

I have an unfair advantage in this -- I can take the words that my boys invented when they were younger

 

Winnest -- alternative to "winner", but is less personal.

[Ieshwar]

I love winnest!

 

I'm going to borrow one which I heard from Kevin first: Bestest- One who is best amongst the best.

 

Kevin is the bestest guy I met online!

 

Ieshwar

[BeaStKid]

Hi all,

 

I'm not sure this is the best place to post this thread, but it's as good as any I suppose.

 

Anyway, I thought it would be a fun little creative exercise to create our own words which have logical meanings and sound like real words but aren't actually words themselves.

 

My contribution is:

 

Revigorate - V. 1. to become re-invigorated. 2. Something which is refreshingly invigorating. EX. A cold glass of water on a hot day is sure to revigorate even the tiredest of people.

 

 

Your turn, please!

 

Revigorate is already a word. Here--->

 

http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Revigorate

 

Here's my contribution----->

 

Superlicious - Adj. Super-Delicious.

 

BeaStKid

(who's feeling very hungry right now. )

[AFriendlyFace]

I love winnest!

 

I'm going to borrow one which I heard from Kevin first: Bestest- One who is best amongst the best.

 

Kevin is the bestest guy I met online!

 

Ieshwar

Awww , didn't I use that word to describe you, Ieshwar?

 

 

Revigorate is already a word. Here--->

 

http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Revigorate

LOL, I don't know whether to be happy it's a word or mad that someone beat me to it!

Here's my contribution----->

 

Superlicious - Adj. Super-Delicious.

Oh I like that!

[BeaStKid]

This means that you have a word to think of!!

[AFriendlyFace]

Hmm, Well I'll borrow one from my own childhood: "Collottery"

 

Collottery n. A colossal lottery. Ex. Did you hear that no one won the Powerball (a nationwide lottery in the USA) last night? It's turned in to quite a collotery.

Edited November 17, 2007 by AFriendlyFace

[Menzoberranzen]

Lovelyly - adv. The adverb from of my favourite adjective, lovely. Ex: The afternnoon went lovelyly

 

 

It would be a terrible word, but it's always been a pet peeve of mine that there is no adverb equivalent of lovely.

 

Menzo

[myself_i_must_remake]

malrested sounds too much like molested and no one wants to make that mistake.

[AFriendlyFace]

Lovelyly - adv. The adverb from of my favourite adjective, lovely. Ex: The afternnoon went lovelyly

 

 

It would be a terrible word, but it's always been a pet peeve of mine that there is no adverb equivalent of lovely.

 

Menzo

 

malrested sounds too much like molested and no one wants to make that mistake.

Good point! For example I was frequently malrested in high school, but fortunately never molested.

[colinian]

Unrationalize (un-ra

[AFriendlyFace]

Unrationalize (un-ra

[BeaStKid]

ravicious Adj. Viciously ravishing

[Graeme]

Unrationalize (un-ra

[CarlHoliday]

Gonable adj. 1. able to be taken away (I've finished my pie, my plate is gonable.) 2. able to leave (I've had enough of this shit, I'm gonable!)

 

Carl

[colinian]

themself (them-self) singular pronoun The singular form of themselves; can be substituted for himself and herself. Themselves is now a plural form. Both themself and themselves are gender-neutral.

 

 

Colin

[BeaStKid]

Worstest : Adj. Superlative's superlative.

Worse than worse. Something that is unimaginably worse.

 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the worsest rendition of a book to a movie.

[AFriendlyFace]

Worstest : Adj. Superlative's superlative.

Worse than worse. Something that is unimaginably worse.

LOL, the companion to bestest no doubt.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the worsest rendition of a book to a movie.

Not having read the book I can't offer an opinion, but I know people who thought it was the bestest movie

[CarlHoliday]

nonmerger n. A person who is unable to merge into traffic on a freeway, thruway, interstate, etc.

 

 

Carl

[AFriendlyFace]

nonmerger n. A person who is unable to merge into traffic on a freeway, thruway, interstate, etc.

I've met a few of those...I always seem to be stuck behind them :wacko:

[B1ue]

I have two. The first I use anyways (to the great irritation of my many grammar maven friends), the second I just thought up a week ago.

 

Y'all n.

Contraction of "you" and all, and the informal plural form of "you."

 

Athena v.

1. To create a character or persona out of an aspect of ones personality. I athenaed Jeremy out of the part of my mind that writes poetry. 2. To be given a massive headache or migraine. If she keeps talking, she's going to athena me.

[CarlHoliday]

I have two. The first I use anyways (to the great irritation of my many grammar maven friends), the second I just thought up a week ago.

 

Y'all n.

Contraction of "you" and all, and the informal plural form of "you."

 

Athena v.

1. To create a character or persona out of an aspect of ones personality. I athenaed Jeremy out of the part of my mind that writes poetry. 2. To be given a massive headache or migraine. If she keeps talking, she's going to athena me.

 

Yeah, I've been athenaed a few times; and, I've athenaed a few characters, too.

 

Y'all actually is a word, been a word since around 1631. Go to the Southern U.S. and you'll be y'alled everyday. I'm particulary fond of the phrase, "Y'all come back, hear?" You don't hear it too often, but sometimes you're invited to a party or some such with, "Y'all come!" For some reason that sounds so suggestive.

 

Carl

[AFriendlyFace]

Athena v.

1. To create a character or persona out of an aspect of ones personality. I athenaed Jeremy out of the part of my mind that writes poetry. 2. To be given a massive headache or migraine. If she keeps talking, she's going to athena me.

Who knew Greek gods could become verbs!?!

 

I'm going to go with:

 

Hephaestusize v. 1. To break or injure one's foot whilst pursuing an epic activity. 2. A very serious worsening of an injury to the foot or feet. His broken ankle hephaestusized and soon his entire foot had to be amputated!

 

 

I have two. The first I use anyways (to the great irritation of my many grammar maven friends), the second I just thought up a week ago.

 

Y'all n.

Contraction of "you" and all, and the informal plural form of "you."

 

Yeah, I've been athenaed a few times; and, I've athenaed a few characters, too.

 

Y'all actually is a word, been a word since around 1631. Go to the Southern U.S. and you'll be y'alled everyday. I'm particulary fond of the phrase, "Y'all come back, hear?" You don't hear it too often, but sometimes you're invited to a party or some such with, "Y'all come!" For some reason that sounds so suggestive.

 

"Y'all" is the more common spelling, but personally I always go with "Ya'll". This is because in my mind I'm not creating a contraction from "you all", but instead from slangy "ya all". If I personally were going to be saying "YOU all" in the first place I'd annunciate carefully and include the "a" in all. No, it's when I'm already being lazy and shortening it to "ya all" that I'd go ahead and make it "ya'll". Plus, to me, "ya'll" is a more natural progression from "ya all", pronunciationwise that is, than "you all".

 

 

Pronunciationwise - adj. 1. Relating to pronunciation. Pronunciationwise he thought "Ya'll" was a more natural progression from "ya all" than from "you all".

 

 

-Kevin

Edited November 21, 2007 by AFriendlyFace