# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![MsChilePepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MsChilePepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsChilePepper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/21 "2010-06-22T07:55:45Z")
I coined the word squoozle to describe the act of hugging someone very firmly, whilst simultaneously patting their back and sort of rocking back and forth a little. The past tense of squoozle isn’t squoozled, it’s squozen. It just is. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/22 "2010-06-22T08:55:10Z")
I never have, but my mom did a couple years ago. We were out driving in the country here in Montana one winter and saw a few tiny little cyclones that were just big enough to swirl some snow around. I called them “ice devils”, by analogy with “dust devils”, but my mom thought ‘snortado’ was more apt. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/23 "2010-06-22T09:54:19Z")
Pochillion. It’s somewhere between a bazillion (which is English) and a mogollón (which is Spanish), but I’m still trying to figure out whether a mogollón is greater or smaller than a bazillion. Research continues on this subject. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/24 "2010-06-22T10:45:59Z")
Halumpagus-Meaning something large, fat, heavy and round. BACF-Backward ass country fucks. ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/25 "2010-06-22T12:29:58Z")
Hydromassimeter - a device I created to weigh something while it’s suspended in water. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/26 "2010-06-24T00:58:38Z")
I created chesticles as an alternative to man-boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/27 "2010-06-24T02:44:27Z")
I invented disagrievance. I’m still waiting for it to become popular. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/28 "2010-06-24T03:07:07Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Pochillion. It’s somewhere between a bazillion (which is English) and a mogollón (which is Spanish), but I’m still trying to figure out whether a mogollón is greater or smaller than a bazillion. Research continues on this subject. Reminds me of a Bush joke. Apparently an ambassador told Bush that Brazilians were going to help fight the war in Iraq. He asked how much a brazillion was. All these are great, y’all, and there are some very legitimate-sounding ones among the comical ones, but not one of us as yet has discovered how to add them into a dictionary.🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/29 "2010-06-24T03:14:04Z")
Just right now, I have invented a word: **Craigslist-fu**. I saw a Craigslist ad that said “stereo speakers” for $70 and that they cost $1200 new in the 70’s. No brand name or model. Ads like that are usually for junk, but occasionally there will be a gem that the person doesn’t know the value of. I noticed the grill frames had wood edges that reminded me of the [JBL L100](http://audio-database.com/JBL/speaker/l100a.JPG) which I saw in person recently. Those are some classic rock speakers, worth $400-500 a pair. But, they didn’t have the wacky foam grilles, just regular flat ones. Aside from that wooden grill edge, they looked like any generic speaker. I had a hunch, maybe these were other JBLs, or L100s with the grilles replaced. I emailed the seller, saying I was interested but could he tell me the brand, or email me pics with the grilles off? I gave my phone # and said I could pick them up tonight. Soon after, the ad was updated with naked pics and mentioned the JBL brand. Sure enough, they were L100s. I told him I’d take them. Within an hour, the ad was gone after only being up 2 or 3 hours and I got no more replies. Someone probably saw they were L100s because of the info I solicited that he proceeded to put into the ad. I should have just tried to get him on the phone to get the info and seal the deal. My Craigslist-fu is weak. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/30 "2010-06-24T04:44:51Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > My Craigslist-fu is weak. So is your Google-fu. 😃 > **[Google](https://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22Craigslist-fu%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=%22Craigslist-fu%22&gs_rfai=&fp=abb01c78b666a2d)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/31 "2010-06-24T16:25:13Z")
Does specialist terminology from computer games count? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/32 "2010-06-24T16:39:22Z")
I don’t think I invented the working horking (as opposed to barfing, ralfing or vomiting), but I use it interchangeably. My son sometimes says Biga! or Pica! instead of Hello. I have no idea why. A family word is sssabbbah. It’s a command. When said, you must jiggle like jello and squeal like a girl. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/33 "2010-06-24T16:53:18Z")
**Off-pissing** (adj.) for when something pisses you off. _example:_ My apartment’s management company charges renters an entire month’s rent just to renew rental contracts every 2 years. Talk about off-pissing! Greedy bastairds. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/34 "2010-06-24T18:35:22Z")
Transphylite. Someone who undergoes a species change operation. If any such thing ever occurs, I’d be the first in the OED. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/35 "2010-06-24T18:42:33Z")
A friend of mine coined the term “thirdspeak.” This is when you are speaking to another person, but you intend for your words to be overheard by a third party. This was particularly meant to apply to situations in which the things being said constituted a covertly humorous “callback” to a prior conversation between you and the aforementioned third party. ---
**Author:** ![Livardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/36 "2010-06-24T18:53:11Z")
Nomegazezo: Leave me alone. Derived from the Spanish “No me hagas eso” ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/37 "2010-06-24T18:59:59Z")
Pantsical — it’s like comical, but not as funny. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/38 "2010-06-25T00:10:42Z")
I used meched to refer to singing voices that have added a mechanical aspect to their voice. It’s simultaneously more and less specific than using the term “auto-tuned” as you can produce nearly natural sounds with Auto-Tune, and mechanical sounds without it. Meched is short for mechanized, and thus pronounced mecked. ETA: Why I say I invented it: I’ve heard other people start using it. BTW, as a kid, I thought I invented the word somersault. I was tumbling one day, and thought I coined the word from it being summer. I must have heard it before, but didn’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/39 "2010-06-25T01:30:36Z")
Rehebusnirt. (If you have to ask, you’ll never understand.) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064/40 "2010-06-25T02:04:23Z")
> [@Livardo](#): > > Nomegazezo: Leave me alone. Derived from the Spanish “No me hagas eso” One of the first songs The Doors did without Morrison was called “No Me Moleste Mosquito” (just let me eat my burrito). Just thought I’d throw that one in. OK back to your compendium of invented words! [Spock] Fascinating [/Spock] Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-invented-a-word/544064.md?page=3)