# Sniglets! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292 "2014-09-12T15:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/1 "2014-09-12T15:34:56Z")
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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=11737). 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 \ button on a keyboard and realizing you just screwed up. i.e. “delete _filename_” when you meant to type “\*\*copy \*\*_filename_.” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/2 "2014-09-12T16:18:01Z")
That’s an old one - the ohnosecond. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/3 "2014-09-12T16:25:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/4 "2014-09-12T18:11:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/5 "2014-09-12T19:35:13Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > That’s an old one - the ohnosecond. Thanks. I didn’t remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/6 "2014-09-12T21:18:56Z")
Foosh: when schools of fish suddenly change direction. Fwop: the sound made when snapping out fresh sheets that settle onto the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/7 "2014-09-12T21:31:12Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > To get your creative juices flowing 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.”) ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/8 "2014-09-12T23:51:04Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/9 "2014-09-13T01:28:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/698292/10 "2014-09-13T02:14:59Z")
Ramafications: the consequences of the arrival of of a gigantic alien spacecraft in the inner Solar System.