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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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A long long time ago a comic named Rich Hall came up with books of words that didn’t exist, but should.

There’s even a 15 year old thread I found here.

So I’m starting this thread to get any new words that need to be created since the last 15 years.

To get your creative juices flowing, I’ll give you a definition that needs a word defined for it: That moment in time between pressing the <enter> button on a keyboard and realizing you just screwed up. i.e. “delete filename” when you meant to type “**copy **filename.”

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That’s an old one - the ohnosecond.

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One from the book-
Essoasso- That guy that cuts across the gas station to avoid a red light.

How about one for the feeling you get right as you realize you probably shouldn’t have said it; kind of like a failure of your mental emergency brake.

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Here’s a ready-made singlet from my childhood:

  • WHAT-WHEAT–* the weeds that grow in vacant lots, whose tops suggest they are wheat, but you know really aren’t.
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Thanks. I didn’t remember it.

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Foosh: when schools of fish suddenly change direction.

Fwop: the sound made when snapping out fresh sheets that settle onto the bed.

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Ewww!
One I actually use (if only to myself):

oruntil: the condition that lets you know when something is ready regardless of how much time has passed. (As in, “Bake frozen pizza for 15-17 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.”)

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Johndoorpulsion: The kinetic energy applied to a person who, while in a great hurry, pushes on the men’s room door with full force at the exact moment the guy on the other side yanks it open.

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Back when she was still in high school, my daughter made up what I thought was a useful one.

The act of going through the fast food drive-through, getting a meal and eating it as you continue to drive is foodautoing.

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Ramafications: the consequences of the arrival of of a gigantic alien spacecraft in the inner Solar System.