# Cool words that don't exist **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391 "2021-02-07T20:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/41 "2021-02-12T15:28:51Z")
From that site I got bassmelled. Definition: taken in by a fishy story. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/42 "2021-02-12T19:44:10Z")
Testiculate is a cool word. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/43 "2021-02-12T21:17:08Z")
A friend of mine coined this word when she was trying to say something about the act of executing a will: executration. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/44 "2021-02-12T23:28:49Z")
I have occasionally euphemicated, using “testicular fortitude". ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/45 "2021-04-05T19:15:21Z")
“schadendorphins” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/46 "2021-04-05T19:52:46Z")
Ah, I see you’ve been wading in the Pit… At least that’s where I’ve been getting my Daily Requirement of schadendorphins: … > [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537): > > On the theory that some enablers of Trump, and Trump himself, may be experiencing some events and occurrences that might, quite understandably, elicit a Nelson Muntz-‘haha’ or two… …as for example, the compilations of Trump boasting, loudly and frequently, about the “massive landslide victory” of his 306 Electoral College votes in 2016. And about how 306 Electoral College votes constituted a “shellacking” of his opponent. And then today we learn that Biden’s Electoral College vote total is qui… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/47 "2021-04-05T20:27:08Z")
**Threato** As a noun, it’s a threat to veto proposed legislation. As a verb, it’s to threaten such a veto, in an attempt to get the bill killed before a vote. “The governor _threatoed_ the bill in a press conference. The Senators didn’t have enough votes to override a veto, so the bill was abandoned. The _threato_ was enough.” I didn’t coin the word myself. I heard an NPR news talker say it by mistake and correct himself. I emailed to say it was a cool and useful word, but I got no reply. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/48 "2021-04-06T20:20:42Z")
Minger’s a real word, and not one I’d want to associate with a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/49 "2021-04-06T21:38:09Z")
That word is pronounced ‘MING-ur’. Minger Ale rhymes with ginger ale. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/50 "2021-04-07T00:54:15Z")
Yeah, well, that pronunciation does not necessarily sound like a tasty beverage, even if it is squeezed out of the most appealing-looking source. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/51 "2021-04-07T14:21:38Z")
I’d think it’s the hubris of suburbanites. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391/52 "2021-04-07T14:23:14Z")
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