In celebration of silliness and linguistic ingenuity, as well as of 10 years of the Words I Made Up series, here is a mix-&-match collection of about 30 neologisms from the 22 published articles. While one coined baby was carefully selected from each, for some it was hard to choose a single favourite, so more were added.
The thing is, as inspiration, there is more than being a logo-lexophile who loves playing around with language(s); and it lies in acknowledging the fact that all words we know and use had once been invented by humans — seemingly conjured out of scratch, scribbles, squiggles. Also language is constantly evolving and metamorphosing. So why not give this celebration of creativity, this passionate word wizardry a go while coming up with proper definitions to the novel creations.
For again, perhaps someday the words could be used in appropriate situations — even make it to dictionaries and thesauruses. Who knows. That is why we ought to play around with language... enthusiastically too.
Knowing that all words are made up, whenever someone asks me to say something “in my own words”, I often say: “Tarabantini Parampal Hee Haw — Boop Thnoop. Halla Palo Paraclimidia, Todd?” And just leave it at that. Talk about true authenticity, huh.
For again, perhaps someday the words could be used in appropriate situations — even make it to dictionaries and thesauruses. Who knows. That is why we ought to play around with language... enthusiastically too.
Knowing that all words are made up, whenever someone asks me to say something “in my own words”, I often say: “Tarabantini Parampal Hee Haw — Boop Thnoop. Halla Palo Paraclimidia, Todd?” And just leave it at that. Talk about true authenticity, huh.
Seriously though, it is invigorating to have the active series still going strong more than a full decade following its inception in 2015. Even more invigorating is the prospect of publishing it all in one absurdly, ridiculously silly book of language fun.
Speaking of, a new hashtag on Facebook has been growing among my posts, and that is #MinistryOfTheAbsurdRidiculousness. One day they will naturally migrate to here on One Lucky Soul.
Now Enjoint the following crème de la crème picks.
1. Jalapeñonated (adj): Being so assertive and dogmatic in one’s opinions that your face turns red as you start sweating and tearing.
2. Amoonwalk (n or v): Illusory dance move in Egyptian mythology involving major deities gliding backwards.
3. Weekileaki (n): Journalistic organisation that publishes weekly secret documents dedicated to Arab women.
ويكيليكي: منظمة إعلامية دولية تنشر تقارير سرية مخصصة للمرأة العربية •
4. Whorechata (n): A milky beverage made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice and barley, which is favoured by prostitutes.
• Heroglyph (n): A writing system understood only by warriors.
• Boredwalk (n): A walkway or promenade, typically along a beach, where people who lack interest go to unoccupy themselves.
.أديپ: مؤلف أو أكاديمي عميق •
*Adeep has a twin brother, Adepth: Someone who is skilled and proficient at digging profoundly deeper than the rest — see The Sixquel. They were however separated at birth, resulting in Adeep being brought up in the Arab world while Adepth was taken to the West. True story, Brah.
9. Asstrologist (n): A person who tells others about their character and predict their future using the positions of the Moon, the Sun, the planets, and their asses.
*Someone once got triggered from this one on One Lucky Soul the Facebook page and wrote an angry comment... because of a mere invented word. They were really into Astrology.
10. Lavable (adj): Deserving love and affection but in a really hot, volcanic way.
“Ben Dover thinks Gertrude is so lavable, he couldn’t keep his hands off her the whole night.”
“Ben Dover thinks Gertrude is so lavable, he couldn’t keep his hands off her the whole night.”
14. Investigator (n): Ancient reptile with a highly-developed sense of money.
*Some dim-witted people define it as: Ancient reptile who wears a vest. But that clearly doesn’t make any sense since gators do not wear clothes. Humans!
• Purgian (n): Someone who gets rid of their Iranian rugs and carpets.
• Cairopractor (n.): Practitioner of complementary medicine treating misaligned joints who is based in the Egyptian capital.
19. Psychedelicatessen (n): Retail establishment that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign ready-to-consume hallucinogens.
• Wontonness (n): The state of creating deliberate and unrestrained reckless havoc after ingesting a type of Chinese dumpling.
• Chez Nanigans: Restaurant where devious and mischievous activities take place.
20. Acanemia (n): Condition that develops in hard-working scholars when blood produces a lower-than-normal amount of healthy red blood cells.
• Cellsius (n): Scale of temperature inside prison.
21. Peeromania (n): Impulse-control disorder characterised by an excessive desire to set one's friends on fire.
• Nileist (n): A distrustful Egyptian cynic.
From the same lands of the Cairopractor* (n.) Practitioner of complementary medicine treating misaligned joints who is based in the Egyptian capital. [from Words I Made Up — The Eighteenth]
• Congatulation (n): How Latin American drummers express joy between one another.
22. Ignorinse (n): Lack of knowledge which can be washed off, out, and away.
21. Peeromania (n): Impulse-control disorder characterised by an excessive desire to set one's friends on fire.
• Nileist (n): A distrustful Egyptian cynic.
From the same lands of the Cairopractor* (n.) Practitioner of complementary medicine treating misaligned joints who is based in the Egyptian capital. [from Words I Made Up — The Eighteenth]
• Congatulation (n): How Latin American drummers express joy between one another.
22. Ignorinse (n): Lack of knowledge which can be washed off, out, and away.
• Absintheeism (n): The practice of regularly staying away from work or school to drink Absinthe.
• Inkarceration (n): The act of getting a tattoo while in prison.
ALSO VIEW:
Words I Made Up — The Twenty Second
Words I Made Up — The Twentieth
Words I Made Up — The Nineteenth
Words I Made Up — The Eighteenth
Words I Made Up — The Seventeenth
Words I Made Up — The Sixteenth
Words I Made Up — The Fifteenth
Words I Made Up — The Fourteenth
Words I Made Up — The Nineteenth
Words I Made Up — The Eighteenth
Words I Made Up — The Seventeenth
Words I Made Up — The Sixteenth
Words I Made Up — The Fifteenth
Words I Made Up — The Fourteenth
