The word had a nice ring to it the first time I said it out loud, so I started using it 5,000 times a day - much in the way the Kids in the Hall's "ascertain guy" used his favorite word:
So when my fellow Red River College employees started lodging complaints alleging cruel and unusual punishment, I knew it was time to make up some new words myself.
I can only hope that one of these has the cache of fren- er...the word that shall not speak its name!
- Cemetrees - Scary, leafless trees, like the ones you see in cemeteries on Halloween.
- Crapp - An app that crashes.
- Drool pool - The liquid you wake up in when you fall asleep with your head on a desk.
- Evilution - The theory that those who are at first nice to you will, over time, morph into hideous bastards.
- Exclamaddict - Anyone like me!!!!!!
- Flustrated - Frustrated and flustered.
- FoMofo - A phony - or faux - mofo.
- Hippocritter - 'Lil hypocrite.
- Horribullish - Being positive that bad news is on the rise.
- Semaforeign - A flag system used to speak with people from other countries.
- Snoozepaper - A newspaper with stories you've already read online.
I'm still given a hard time about a word I created when I was eleven: "unboneless", to describe chicken breasts on the bone.
ReplyDeleteIt's confusing but it works!
That's a good one!
ReplyDeleteA relative of mine used to ask to sit in the NUN-smoking section. I could never tell if it was bad pronunciation or complete lack of understanding that it's "non."
I laughed reading these Kenton! I grew up thinking the word "floory" was real because my grandparents confused story and floor when they moved into an apartment in Canada.
ReplyDeleteI also used the word "wething" instead of wedding as a child. I knew a wedding was about couples so I just assumed they meant it was a "we-thing" instead of just an "i-thing" or a "you-and-me-thing".
Great post :)
Thanks, Stacia - those are some great words!
ReplyDeletePortmanteaus are my favorite thing in the entire world!!!
ReplyDeleteMy personal favourite is "slore"... figure that one out!