words we use that don't exist

[dorkybarb]

so, i had a great idea.

words that we use that don't actually exist.
it was brought on by Gilby who used semantism.
i don't think that is a actual word, but i not toally sure.
and that got me to thinking, i know that there are words that people use that don't exist.
why not start a thread so we can all use the words that other people have made up.

one of my favorite words is from my sister in laws brother, kevin.
comfortability.
def. the abilty to be comfortable

let the wordrage begin!

[juggle508]

ginormous...a mixture of gigantic and enormous.

[dale_dale]

fagerets like cigarets and fags

[JJuggle]

Once while on the F train the conductor announced that we'd be leaving momentaneously. This word is now a much used part of my family's vocabulary.

[yoopers]

Heighth.

[dorkybarb]

Heighth.

but what does it mean?

[yoopers]

but what does it mean?
I hear folks all the time describe the elevation of something as it's heighth. There is no such word. The correct word is height.

[paco]

I hear folks all the time describe the elevation of something as it's heighth. There is no such word. The correct word is height.

It's because we have length width and heigth. It's a form of generalization. The other two measurements have it, so "heighth" should have it too.



Some languages have infixes (like a prefix or suffix, but in the middle of the word). Spoken American English has two infixes. Can anyone guess what they are?

[JJuggle]

Some languages have infixes (like a prefix or suffix, but in the middle of the word). Spoken American English has two infixes. Can anyone guess what they are?
Does what we put between "abso" and "lutely" or "out" and "rageous" count?

[Terry17]

I hear folks all the time describe the elevation of something as it's heighth.

...they must be the same folks who go "acrosst" the street!

[yoopers]

...they must be the same folks who go "acrosst" the street!
...or pronounce it 'often' instead of 'often'. :)

[forrestunifreak]

According to the spell checker on my computer, the word "unicycling" is false.


Same on my dad's laptop.

[Radical Reed]

Heighth. that remind me once i said longth way while bulding somthing with a friend, and me and him still use it to this day,

but the moral of the story is, ain't, ain't a word

[paco]

Does what we put between "abso" and "lutely" or "out" and "rageous" count?
Okay, that would be another infix. :) I don't hear that one very often, living in Utah. We do have our own version, though: "Abso-friggin-lutely"

[Klaas Bil]

According to the spell checker on my computer, the word "unicycling" is false.


Same on my dad's laptop.I was gonna say that. Only not referring to a spellchecker or my dad, but just plainly. The word "unicycle" does only exist as a noun, not as a verb (according to the linguists, we know better of course). And a noun cannot be inflicted like that.

Unless of course you support the statement "Any noun can be verbed".

[phlegm]

Once a word is expressed, it exists. So, if I make up a word in my mind and share it here, then it exists, right? :confused:

One of my pet peeves is hearing managers try to sound intelligent by using big words, only to misuse them. Also, I've noticed that this word misuse spreads like a virus among managers because I'll often hear multiple managers misuse the same word.

[habbywall]

fugly
i wont say what it is a mix of cause i dont swear, but the second word is ugly, and i was just replying to this thread
and "aint" aint a word

[James_Potter]

is "spiffy" a word?
because I use it a lot.

[habbywall]

what about scurry?
spiffy reminded me of it

[James_Potter]

scurry...yeah, it is, its like a mouse scurrying across the floor.

[evil-nick]

Infixes: Sing/sang/sung.

That's what happens when you take History of the English Language (and are supposed to be working on the take-home midterm ;))

I think my favorite fake words are "guestimate", and many words with "-ific" at the end:
Q: How was class?
A: Classerific!
:D

Also "posterous". We have "preposterous", but we don't have "posterous" or "postposterous". And wouldn't you know it, not only can you be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, but you can also just be whelmed! It DOES exist!

[James_Potter]

I don't think the word fantabulous is actually a word, but I use it more than any other synonym for 'really good'

[dudewithasock]

Unless of course you support the statement "Any noun can be verbed".

That should be a rule.

[dudewithasock]

And "pwn" or any tense variation thereof is also becoming a fairly common example.

[koebwil]

Okay, that would be another infix. :) I don't hear that one very often, living in Utah. We do have our own version, though: "Abso-friggin-lutely"We have the same thing here, but we aren't so "non-sweary" about it.

[unicycle6869]

Funner=More fun
I always say that it was funner and NEVER say more fun. I think this one should definetely be a word and my g-friend gets mad whenever I say it, but I love the word and it's got my vote!

I think ain't is finally a word, at least according to several online dictionaries....

[James_Potter]

yeah, ain't is in the dictionary, and fantabulous too...just because people use it so much.
of COURSE funner, I use that one all the time.

[monkeyman]

noob

[dorkybarb]

And wouldn't you know it, not only can you be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, but you can also just be whelmed! It DOES exist!

i gotta give it to ya, i never thought about 10 things i hate about you
i honestly forgot about that part. it is good to know that the movies are actually helping to educate the future

[James_Potter]

Also "posterous". We have "preposterous", but we don't have "posterous" or "postposterous". And wouldn't you know it, not only can you be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, but you can also just be whelmed! It DOES exist!
if, when something is weird, it is described as "out of whack," does that mean its regular state of being is "in whack"?

[dudewithasock]

if, when something is weird, it is described as "out of whack," does that mean its regular state of being is "in whack"?

Umm...

*whack whack whack whack whack whack*

Nothin' to see here.

[THE dave]

KRAZO!

what somthing is that is insane and crazy and stuff...

[dudewithasock]

KRAZO!

what somthing is that is insane and crazy and stuff...

Never heard that. How do you pronounce it? Like kra(as in crab)-zo(as in bozo)?

[James_Potter]

Never heard that. How do you pronounce it? Like kra(as in crab)-zo(as in bozo)?
I think its kray(as in krayon)-zo(as in bozo)

[THE dave]

Kray-Zo

Kra as is Crayfish and Zo as in Bozo...
so yeah.. basically i think its a whitefish thing.. and its reserved for things that really hurt your brain. like when skiing, a switch 1080...

[dudewithasock]

OH...like crazy...but with an 'oh' sound at the end. Gotcha.

<.<

>.>

*whack whack whack whack whack whack*

[monkeyman]

Hockey stick vs unicycle...who would win?

[dudewithasock]

Hockey stick vs unicycle...who would win?

Stop jacking threads, yo.

[paco]

Hockey stick vs unicycle...who would win?

That's a whole nother topic. If we get off track, it will take for, like, ever to get back on again.

I have to say that "unicycling" is a word. A word takes something like 7 years to make it into Websters. They want to make sure it's not just a fad that will fade in a couple months. We are a subculture which use the term "unicycling" consistently. We all understand the meaning, as does the general population (even if they don't use it as often). Therefore, in my book, it's a word. I'm a descriptivist rather than a prescriptivist when it comes to language.

[monkeyman]

descriptivist
prescriptivist
Are those words?

[boo radley]

I hear folks all the time describe the elevation of something as it's heighth. There is no such word. The correct word is height.
"highth" is a legitimate variant of height according to my online dictionaries.

[unijesse]

smoove, its a iron in da hood

[James_Potter]

First Jive Dude: Shit man, that honky mus' be messin' my old lady... got to be runnin' cold upside down his head. You know?
Second Jive Dude: Hey home, I can dig it. You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you man.
First Jive Dude: I say hey sky, s'other s'ay I wan say?
Second Jive Dude: UH...
First Jive Dude: Pray to J I get the same ol' same ol'.
Second Jive Dude: Eh. Yo knock yourself a pro slick, gray matter live performas down now take TCB'in man.
First Jive Dude: Hey, you know what they say... See a broad, to get that booty yak 'em.
First Jive Dude, Second Jive Dude: Leg 'er down 'n smack 'em yak 'em
First Jive Dude: Cold got to be. You know? Shiiiiit.

[unijesse]

First Jive Dude: Shit man, that honky mus' be messin' my old lady... got to be runnin' cold upside down his head. You know?
Second Jive Dude: Hey home, I can dig it. You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you man.
First Jive Dude: I say hey sky, s'other s'ay I wan say?
Second Jive Dude: UH...
First Jive Dude: Pray to J I get the same ol' same ol'.
Second Jive Dude: Eh. Yo knock yourself a pro slick, gray matter live performas down now take TCB'in man.
First Jive Dude: Hey, you know what they say... See a broad, to get that booty yak 'em.
First Jive Dude, Second Jive Dude: Leg 'er down 'n smack 'em yak 'em
First Jive Dude: Cold got to be. You know? Shiiiiit.
word

[Klaas Bil]

Hockey stick vs unicycle...who would win?According to googlefight.com, hockey stick wins.

Oh, and back on topic: googlefight is not a word.

[cathwood]

I don't think the word fantabulous is actually a word, but I use it more than any other synonym for 'really good'

How about fabtastic? I like that one too.

Cathy

[James_Potter]

that is a good one, I've never tried it before....

[eccentric.uni]

I have an odd vocabulary.. of course i cant think of all the words i make up on a daily basis.. cuzz. i rarely use them again.. but ive been asked multiple times HOW MANY WORDS DO YOU MAKE UP A DAY.. and i reply with... AROUND 40....
I tend to
Add ish on the end of almost any adjective creepish, freakish, crazyish,
add extra ERs on the end of words ending in ERhypererererererererer(only when hyper is the extra ER's used)

and Dewd.. i use dewd a lot... just as a way to get peoples atentions.. like DEWD you cant just up and run my cat over like that!

[yoopers]

if, when something is weird, it is described as "out of whack," does that mean its regular state of being is "in whack"?
From Dr. Science:

Q: When a machine is broken I'm often told that it is "out of whack". What is whack, anyway?


A: Whack is what makes machines work in the first place. A relative of ether, whack comes in several colors and viscosities, from lemony yellow and soapy, to nut brown and goopy. But it's all still just whack. Before the machine age, whack only helped people engage in acts of violence towards each other. When a cave man whacked his fellow on the head, he was using whack on its most primitive level. In any case, whack has been around since the dawn of time, named by the Romans, as whackus wongus bonerus, which by the way, is the motto of the Boy Scouts.

[napalm]

Poofteenth- the smallest distance you can make between your thumb and index finger without them touching. Used as a measurement of distance.
mark

[unicycle6869]

and Dewd.. i use dewd a lot... just as a way to get peoples atentions.. like DEWD you cant just up and run my cat over like that!

Is that as in Dude or how is it pronounced?

[one wheely]

Instead of saying cyclists... i say bikelysts.
i guess thats how how you would spell it.
eg Oh golly gee those bikelysts are riding quickly!!!

[trials_uni]

"beautiferous" beautiful and gorgeous

[Kaasi]

Fettage

[dudewithasock]

Badunkadunk. That's a funny word.

[hell-on-wheel]

smoove...

One of the old Hell on Wheel'ers had a huge belt buckle that said that...um, so it must be a word.

I am confused by the word "reckless." Last summer I rear-ended a guy and got a reckless driving ticket....for causing a wreck. Shouldn't I have gotten a reckful driving ticket? I didn't mention that to the judge though.

[terrybigwheel]

"nook-u-ler", instead of Nuclear, "AX" in place of ask. Sickening.

[unitoon]

yeah, my spellcheck won't even take unicycled or uni or unicycling or anything like that. it's really annoying.

[BornUgly]

My spellcheck says that PHAT ain't a word. Stupid spellcheck.

[Unimichael]

'Insanity' should be "Outsanity", and I've told the doctors this, but they don't listen.

Insane - you are in the realm of the sane.

Outsane - you are outside the realm of the sane.

Don't argue, just agree.

[James_Potter]

Is that as in Dude or how is it pronounced?
The way I read it, its like dude, but with a more 'ew' sound in the middle.

[James_Potter]

"nook-u-ler", instead of Nuclear, "AX" in place of ask. Sickening.
Yes, my science teacher says "nook-u-lus" instead of nucleus.

Strategery, misunderestimated....

[BornUgly]

Supercalifragilisticasialidocious. :)

[James_Potter]

you spelled it wrong, its supercalifragilisticexpialadocious....

[terrybigwheel]

supercalifragilistic-youhavehalitotsis!

[Mikefule]

Target as a verb.

I target your factory with my missile - reasonable use of target as a verb, although I don't like it.

I target my missile at your factory - horrible misuse of target as a verb. I aim, direct, point, fire, launch... my missile at the factory.

The chancellor targets young single mothers with his benefits package. Fine, although I would prefer a different verb.

The chancellor targets his benefits package at young single mothers - horrible use of targets.

Impact (upon).

Affect, influence, hurt, damage, improve, assist, alter, change...

Impact upon is horrible news speak.

But one I like? My friend describes something that is too large as "too big enough". I love that.

[Loosemoose]

Misunderestimate (and derivations thereof)

Imbibification.

Loose.

[welp]

is "d'oh" a word yet? I use it alla time... *hugs Homer Simpson*

[Dylan Wallinger]

Absolutely scrumtrulescent.

That's how I feel.