Is it OK yet to use “impact” as a verb? I remember seeing folks at Boeing get their skins ripped off for that in 1990.
I like to throw pennies at the allegations when I go to the zoo.
I used to have a boss who would make up words in his dictations to me. When I handed the typed result out for him I would circle them and say “not a word” but a good 50% of the time he’d tell me to leave it in because he liked the way it sounded. :rolleyes:
I wonder if he only uses “monopolate” professionally, or if he also uses it other times he conversates. 
I use ‘connexion’ all the time. Nobody thinks that’s a real word, but it is.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
YES! YES! YES!
I had a psychology professor who used to say trans–des–ence instead of transcendence. For an entire year I was quietly insane. I even wrote about this little problem in 2 different course evaluations…sadly, to no avail.
My boss, lovely man, talkes about “mute points” from time to time…argh
[justkidding]
Monopolate (Mon-op’-o-late) Anc.Evil noun: 1) A crumb-covered Monopoly board that take-out has just recently been eaten over. 2) A bonifide gaming official at a Monopoly® Tournament. 3) Any questionable psuedo-chocolate substitute handed out in a wealthy neighborhood on Halloween.
[/justkidding]
To paraphrase Fred Durst, “I think we’re all in agreeance that made-up words are bad.”
NotMrKnowItAll’s made up etymology:
monopolate monopolate, v.i.; L. monopolatus, p.p. of monopolare to polish oneself (man’s self); mono one + polire polish
To masterbate in a turgid fashion.
<on preview all I can say is damn you quietman!>
On further review, maybe we will hire him.
Is it just me, or do most people pronounce “et cetera” as “ek cetera”?
Fuckers.
I once saw someone write out the abbreviation as “ect.” because of how they said it.
Thanks for aksing us this question.
What an amusing antidote.
It would appear you are correct, sir. I knew that “crapulous” was a word, but as far as the other goes, I guess the dictionary I looked in was a crapulent one. 
I had an college professor in a class about American exploration who said “Salt Saint Marie” in a lecture one evening. I corrected him on the break (gently, I might add) and his response? “Whatever…” Then, back in class, he says it again while looking me in the eye and silently daring me to refute him! What an ass.
[Kent Brockman] Well, I say Avoision!** [/KB]
Um, is it just me, or has Larry Mudd graciously illustrated Gaudere’s law for us? Does he perhaps mean bibulous rather than biblious?
Fustrating, isn’t it?
I meant to do that, lissener.
[/deadpan bluff]
MISS-chuh-vuss.
Not mis-CHEE-vee-us.
Someone once came to our IVF clinic to have her ‘fertability’ checked.
<scratches head>
Webster gives a date of 1601 for impact as a verb, as opposed to 1781 for the noun form.
So why would folk at Boeing be skinned for use of the older verb form? (Or is that a whoosh I hear?)
To the OP – a co-worker mentioned a recent incident to me – he was at his church and the minister was announcing the upcoming Christmas stage production. The minister asked the show’s director for “one word to describe the play”, and the director replied: “Superfluous”. 