Twelve Words That Should be in the Dictionary But Aren’t
Don’t you have that? You’re writing a fabulous piece but then there’s something you want to say and there’s no word for it! Here’s a list of words that I was forced to invent, and that should have been in the Webster ages ago.
Fabeltastic
Def: Existing only in the imagination, with the proviso that one imagines a fable.
Example: Lassie says there are aliens in the back yard? That’s fabeltastic!
Scarmblesque
Def: Suggestive of a scrambling.
Example: Your composition seems rather scamblesque.
Exacious
Def: Given to taking off.
Example: Bart, whose exacious wife had once again given him the slip, looked mighty sad.
Etest
Def: Not part of a body of witness.
Example: Surly Bob was rather etest to the party’s victory.
Friendictive
Def: Causing to make friends.
Example: The pilgrims sank their teeth in Chief Massasoit’s friendictive gifts.
Logomorph
Def: Shaped in the form of a word.
Example: The logo of the movie Grease is a logomorph.
Glug
Def: A mug made of glass.
Example: Do you want your coffee in a glass, a mug or a glug?
Serendiquencial
Def: Something that follows something else by accident.
Example: Professor Waltheim, the serendipitous discoverer of the ancient temple, lost his wallet serendiquencially.
Canver
Def: A deliberate obstruction with no practical function other than to provoke.
Example: Severely irritated Sally turned to the canver hooligan and shouted, “Quit canvering me!”
Didower
Def: A divorcee who feels like a widower.
Example: As he signed the divorce papers, his pen swept like a scythe through his soul and he realized he’d be a didower forever.
Frisque
Def: Chilly but crisp.
Example: George stepped out and took a deep whiff of the frisque, autumn air.
Pecunelet; Pecuneletive
Def: A little money, specifically earned; the quality of yielding little profit.
Example: Google ads are really quite pecuneletive.
PS: All these words have been merrily added to the famous depository of English words at Pseudodictionary.com
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Hein Marais
On June 22, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Excellent Article
s hayes
On June 23, 2008 at 9:33 am
Like this article.
When my daughter was learning to talk, she made up some good words.
My favourites were “I Willn’t and I Amn’t” – “want a Binkt of Mlink”
Rookie Expert
On June 24, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I like Scarmblesque, Friendictive, Serendiquencial and Canver. This article might proove to be friendictive for you Arie!
Anne Lyken-Garner
On June 24, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I love it. I was thinking of doing something quite similar in fact. Now I’ll have to wait a while
Demon971
On June 25, 2008 at 3:29 am
Very interesting. I can relate, in the way of wanting to make words that have the suffix “-able” merged with it. “Punchable” for example. I could surely name off a hundred people who I’d like to punch in the face, and therefore would rate “punchable”. There are also many other vulgar words which this suffix could apply graciously.
I find it fun some times to make my own words out of relevant prefixes and suffixes, implicating contradictory meaning to help define the confusion in a situation in a more humorous way. A common example would be “craptacular”.
There are no limits to creativity. Just limits to comprehension.
nobert soloria bermosa
On June 26, 2008 at 9:49 am
very interesting,thanks
Gale Barker
On June 27, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Very entertaining. I particularly liked ‘glug’ and ‘frisque’.
Billtog
On July 20, 2008 at 3:49 am
I liked it. Very uquiloprious.
purnomosidhi
On July 20, 2008 at 8:14 pm
thanx, you give me knowledge of new word
Gail Nobles
On August 10, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Enjoyed reading every bit.
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