# Ever coined a word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968 "2010-02-14T18:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/1 "2010-02-14T18:01:18Z")
You know: like ‘truthiness’? Something that seems completely appropriate? We were talking politics with friends yesterday and one of them asked if Palin’s speech patterns were typical of an Alaskan accent. My wife said no, it’s just her idea of being mid-western folksy. To which I replied, “Right: spelled f-a-u-x-e-y.” My contribution to the lexicon, and I’m sure it will catch on in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/2 "2010-02-14T19:37:52Z")
Consider it coined. My SO and I will help spread it to the masses. Thank you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/3 "2010-02-14T19:43:53Z")
Huh, well in the same vein, I wanted to write a book entitled “Animal Faux Paws” about wildlife who exhibit recklessness or just make dumb mistakes. Like a squirrel that impaled itself on a lightening rod - it looked like I had two weather vanes . . . I use the word ‘smuffocated’ with is smothered and suffocated - I coined it, but I don’t think anyone has adopted it - ---
**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:** [February 14, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/4 "2010-02-14T19:48:31Z")
Kilobuck. One thousand dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/5 "2010-02-14T22:51:39Z")
**Twiticism** - a mundane, trite and moronic utterance. When I first came up with it, I used the example of Person A breaking their leg and Person B asking, “Are you all right?” I thought I was humorously exaggerating here. Nope! After I got bitten by a lion, every \*single frikking person \* asked (after “You got bitten by a what?!”) “Was it scary?” or “Did it hurt?”:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/6 "2010-02-14T23:38:03Z")
I invented a unit of measurement called the Megan (with the possibility of adding a kilo- or mega- to the beginning). Several years ago, I had a completely worthless coworker named Megan. One Megan was the amount of work Megan could do. Most people were in the kiloMegan or megaMegan range. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/7 "2010-02-15T00:07:18Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > **Twiticism** - a mundane, trite and moronic utterance. > > When I first came up with it, I used the example of Person A breaking their leg and Person B asking, “Are you all right?” I thought I was humorously exaggerating here. Nope! After I got bitten by a lion, every \*single frikking person \* asked (after “You got bitten by a what?!”) “Was it scary?” or “Did it hurt?”:smack: Waitwaitwaitwait…back the truck up…you were bitten by a fucking _lion_? Details, man! ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/8 "2010-02-15T00:19:40Z")
Does a two word phrase count? I’ve coined the phrase “cranial dysmenorrhea” to describe the state of a whole bunch of politicians. And local judges, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/9 "2010-02-15T06:14:34Z")
Its not a word, will a phrase do? Stilton, Gorgonzola, Any strong blue cheese I love! But to one lady sharing my ref it is, Fear factor cheese! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/10 "2010-02-15T06:17:12Z")
Not a whole “word,” but a usage. I managed to get a small cult (okay, not really, but I like the word cult) to use the word “nautical” in the way that “radical” used to be used. It is [del]awesome[/del] totally nautical. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/11 "2010-02-15T06:25:53Z")
“fossilarium”–a home for the very aged. “Amerigine”–Native American, AKA Indian. “prontosaurus”–a very speedy dinosaur “tvidiot”–a person who gets all his news and opinions from television. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/12 "2010-02-15T06:45:44Z")
Hypocracy - a form of government run by hypocrites. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/13 "2010-02-15T08:34:15Z")
“Danielfucked” is what my brother’s friend Daniel can do to a computer. It applies to all things that get messed up in silly and inconceivable ways. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/14 "2010-02-15T09:01:12Z")
I continue to insist that I was the first person who ever used the expression “testicle fortitude” as a pun on “intestinal fortitude”. Now that I hear the former more often than the latter, I’d like my royalties now, please. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/15 "2010-02-15T15:34:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Waitwaitwaitwait…back the truck up…you were bitten by a fucking _lion_? Details, man! Details.[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11389477&postcount=57](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11389477&postcount=57) At the time I made that post, I hadn’t yet uploaded a picture of the free t-shirt they gave me, and my [subsequent alterations](http://www.flickr.com/photos/9624983@N05/4026332850/in/set-72157609857035284/). ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/16 "2010-02-15T16:34:58Z")
My friend’s wife has a way of having any products she likes get discontinued by the manufacturer. So, when this happens to us, we say “We got Sherried”. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/17 "2010-02-15T16:49:46Z")
I occasionally refer to my husband as my “spousal unit” and I’ve got some people I work with using that expression. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/18 "2010-02-15T18:34:26Z")
When I was in the Foreign Service, I coined the term “diplo-raptor” as a descriptive for many of the higher ranking diplomats’ secretaries. It didn’t go over as well as I had hoped, but was very accurate. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/19 "2010-02-15T18:49:13Z")
**Alrighteous** - Used as a response for when people as how are you feeling? Better than “All right” but not quite fully “Righteous”. I’m just alrighteous today. Also, I tend to slip it in when “righteous” could have been used as a random positive response to someones comments. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968/20 "2010-02-15T19:23:42Z")
Wavicle. It’s something that has some characteristics of a wave, and some of a particle. Light and other small particles are wavicles. It helps you get past the “how can it be both a particle and a wave” confusion that beginning physics students experience. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968.md?page=2)