# Ever "Invented" A Word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064 "2010-06-21T23:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/1 "2010-06-21T23:52:57Z")
I think I may have: _Endorphiasis_: Being in the “feel good” phase of endorphin release due to heavy exercise. I didn’t find it in the dictionary, but knowing y’all, it probably exists _somewhere_ and you’ll find it. :rolleyes:🙂 And that leads me to ask how one would go about getting an invented word into the English (or any) language? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/2 "2010-06-21T23:57:53Z")
I absoposilutively have! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/3 "2010-06-22T01:19:14Z")
You know how dogs will nibble on you when you find a good scratch spot, using just their little front teeth? I call it ‘snibbling’. My little Bunny snibbles a lot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/4 "2010-06-22T01:22:36Z")
ferdeder (fer-DED-er) After about 30 years, it still has no definition or use, but my brother and I like saying it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/5 "2010-06-22T01:26:18Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > ferdeder (fer-DED-er) > > After about 30 years, it still has no definition or use, but my brother and I like saying it. No connotation either?🙂 I mean, I agree it’s a cool word, but it deserves a meaning, doesn’t it?🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/6 "2010-06-22T01:29:24Z")
Tanorexic. For our secretary, who would never believe she was tan enough, even when she looked like a bleach blond Aborigine. I have since heard other people use it, but I did independently come up with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/7 "2010-06-22T01:35:16Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > No connotation either?🙂 > > I mean, I agree it’s a cool word, but it deserves a meaning, doesn’t it?🙂 > > Thanks > > Q It’s just a sound at this point. Nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/8 "2010-06-22T01:51:10Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Tanorexic. For our secretary, who would never believe she was tan enough, even when she looked like a bleach blond Aborigine. I have since heard other people use it, but I did independently come up with it. A friend of mine used to say that about herself in the mid-80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/9 "2010-06-22T01:56:32Z")
I’m going to invent a word for my professional organization in a future article. Obviously I can’t say what it is publicly yet, though I’ve told other people. I’m rather looking forward to others potentially using it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/10 "2010-06-22T01:57:34Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > ferdeder (fer-DED-er) > > After about 30 years, it still has no definition or use, but my brother and I like saying it. Sounds like something that might be used in redneck wedding vows: “Do ya take this woman for livin’ or ferdeder?” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/11 "2010-06-22T02:01:51Z")
Yes. Indigian. To replace Indian in ref to “Native American.” You read it here. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/12 "2010-06-22T02:23:28Z")
Dinosnarf. It is a term of endearment, usually applied when nibbling someone’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/13 "2010-06-22T02:26:12Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Sounds like something that might be used in redneck wedding vows: “Do ya take this woman for livin’ or ferdeder?” **ROFLMAO!!!** :D:D:D:D:D > **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=iEWgs6YQR9A)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. I know. It’s an “oldie”, but this response from **Duke** is deserving of it! Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/14 "2010-06-22T02:26:50Z")
Peenging: The act of using sound to make sure you’re peeing in the toilet when you don’t want to turn the light on to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/15 "2010-06-22T02:35:15Z")
When she was about 12, my daughter invented a word for a phenomenon that is really quite common, but strangely does not have a single term that describes it: **foodautoing** : the act of grabbing a sandwich at a fast food drive-thru and then eating it while driving. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/16 "2010-06-22T02:38:26Z")
Kilobuck, $1,000. Others have also ‘invented’ it. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/17 "2010-06-22T03:16:25Z")
I heard one this morning, about a perfectionist we both know… “His **anality** was out all night.” Because English is not her first language, she knew it wasn’t right, especially when I got a fit of the giggles and assured her that it was _perfect_. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/18 "2010-06-22T04:06:03Z")
I haven’t played it in a long time, but I used to have an ongoing game in my LiveJournal called “One Different Letter” wherein I would invite people to submit words; I would either remove one letter, add one letter, or change one letter, making a new word. I would then provide a definition for the new word. One of my favorites: someone suggested the word **zombie.** I added an “o” and created _ **zoombie** _ (one of those super-fast undead dudes like the ones in _28 Days Later_). Here’s a link to most of them: [One Different Letter](http://chef-troy.livejournal.com/tag/one%20different%20letter) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/19 "2010-06-22T04:27:49Z")
Ambimoustrous - being able to use a mouse (or trackball or whatever) with either hand. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/20 "2010-06-22T04:58:42Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > I haven’t played it in a long time, but I used to have an ongoing game in my LiveJournal called “One Different Letter” wherein I would invite people to submit words; I would either remove one letter, add one letter, or change one letter, making a new word. I would then provide a definition for the new word. > > One of my favorites: someone suggested the word **zombie.** I added an “o” and created _ **zoombie** _ (one of those super-fast undead dudes like the ones in _28 Days Later_). > > Here’s a link to most of them: > > [One Different Letter](http://chef-troy.livejournal.com/tag/one%20different%20letter) I forgot that my friend Laura is helping me build a website to house ODL and has gathered the majority of the words I created into [a single list](http://onedifferentletter.com/index.php?page=dictionary). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064.md?page=2)