# Make up a word and create a meaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 11, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474 "2016-08-11T19:14:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/21 "2019-11-14T05:20:32Z")
Nurseated. Fear of nurses. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/22 "2019-11-14T10:48:19Z")
Flibbertygiblets-a mild non profanity to reset the mind mouth interface when your tonsils get in the way of your tongue causing you to stutter Actually been using it for that for years ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/23 "2019-11-19T01:44:34Z")
Flaphouse - a breakfast restaurant ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/24 "2019-11-26T06:50:57Z")
Pepcorn - popcorn infused with caffeine ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/25 "2024-05-10T14:52:29Z")
Refungulate (Verb) - To resurrect a zombie thread. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/26 "2024-05-10T15:46:16Z")
Vegeable - put down the Earl Grey and eat your greens. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/27 "2024-05-11T15:04:46Z")
Sussurush - a statement which is so slurred in the telling that its meaning is indecipherable ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/28 "2024-05-11T16:03:33Z")
Denialation - a refusal to accept a thing is destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/29 "2024-05-19T13:47:13Z")
Disastrophe — see “calamity.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/30 "2024-05-19T18:15:56Z")
Upchirp - a very high-pitched hiccup. (Similar to _upcroak_: an involuntary noise made when a burp and hiccup combine.) ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474/31 "2024-06-10T14:32:56Z")
Hubbard brain: when you look for an idea (to contribute to a thread you like, for example) and the cupboard is bare. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-word-and-create-a-meaning/762474.md?page=1)