# Things that need words made up for them **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796 "2001-10-26T16:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/1 "2001-10-26T16:06:28Z")
I have a few favorite authors (Isabel Allende, Anne Rice, Margaret Atwood) that when I crack open the first page, I’m thinking in the way that they are writing. It’s like they are narrating my thoughts even after I’ve closed the book, sometimes for weeks. What would be the word for this? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/2 "2001-10-26T16:33:02Z")
“good writing.” Whoops, that’s two words. How about “talent?” ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/3 "2001-10-26T21:28:47Z")
“Hello, Webster, I’d like you to make ‘Duketastic’ a word. Say, how’s my other word doing, ‘Duketacular’? No one’s using it? That’s a Duketastrophe!” Yeah, that’s right. Screw the topic. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/4 "2001-10-26T22:51:47Z")
Authorempathy. And if anyone wants to suggest that’s not a word, well **it is now** , and a damn fine one, even if I say so myself. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/5 "2001-10-26T23:07:34Z")
separate words to define inner and outer beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/6 "2001-10-27T00:23:23Z")
(There probably is a word for this, but I’ve never run across it) - what’s the name for that little pointy piece of gum in between and behind your two front teeth that always gets burned when you bite into hot pizza? See, it needs its own name, because I’m tired of calling it “that little pointy piece of gum in between and behind your two front teeth that always gets burned when you bite into hot pizza”. How about a word for Dopers that use Doper words/abbreviations in real life and no one else knows what they’re talking about? ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/7 "2001-10-27T00:45:03Z")
“Making a Nest” - The act of 1) coating the dirty toilet seat with paper so you can take a dump. 2) putting toilet paper on the water surface to avoid awkward noises and backsplash. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/8 "2001-10-27T03:53:08Z")
We need a name for the little scraps of French Fries that are almost too small to bother with…definitely too small to grasp and stick into a puddle of ketchup. Mom always called little scraps of food “ku-zoos” (phonetically, from the Japanese), but there should be an accepted word for any scrap pieces of food. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/9 "2001-10-27T05:03:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* > \*\*We need a name for the little scraps of French Fries that are almost too small to bother with…definitely too small to grasp and stick into a puddle of ketchup. > Mom always called little scraps of food “ku-zoos” (phonetically, from the Japanese), but there should be an accepted word for any scrap pieces of food. \*\* Ummm, maybe I’m simplifying things, but wouldn’t those pieces of food be _ **called** _ scraps, as you said? ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/10 "2001-10-27T07:43:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* > \*\*We need a name for the little scraps of French Fries that are almost too small to bother with…definitely too small to grasp and stick into a puddle of ketchup. > Mom always called little scraps of food “ku-zoos” (phonetically, from the Japanese), but there should be an accepted word for any scrap pieces of food. \*\* Those are **frylings** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/11 "2001-10-27T07:49:58Z")
On a tangent, this reminds me of a game my friends and I used to play. One would make up a word, then the next had to make up a definition, then the next had to use it in a sentence. Example: Friend 1: Deg Friend 2: To find under a cat Friend 3: Hey, I degged this mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/12 "2001-10-27T16:50:04Z")
eye boogers. I know some people call it “sleep”, but that’s pretty lame. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/13 "2001-10-27T17:02:13Z")
I thought of a couple of words I learned from my mom (who speaks Low German): verschlickt - You verschlickt yourself when you choke on your own spit for no apparent reason; can also be used when you choke on food. night lunch (the words are English, but the concept apparently isn’t in common usage) - the last meal of the day that you eat just before going to bed (a very small meal, but very satisfying, because the whole family gathers in the kitchen and you just kinda knosh on whatever’s left in the fridge and talk). ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/14 "2001-10-27T17:38:14Z")
‘Crandos’ is the gunk around the top of the catsup (Ketchup) bottle. My friend Andy is great at these, we had a whole huge list of them. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/15 "2001-10-27T17:38:21Z")
We need a word for proving something true that you just denied - for example, saying ‘I’m not sick’, but bursting out in a fit of coughing soon afterwards. I propose _knird_ - with the ‘K’ pronounced (‘kuh-nerd’). Can be a noun and a verb, too. Sample sentence - _He soon thereafter knirded, thereby disproving his statement._ ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/16 "2001-10-27T19:04:46Z")
Wish I could take credit for thinking this up, but there is already a sniglet for eye boogers, **Baboon** , and it’s “optigoop”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/17 "2001-10-27T19:14:20Z")
I forgot this one - we made this up a couple of weeks ago. PC-footing around - using so much PC-speak that the speaker’s intention becomes unclear. (I mentioned this in a Pit thread too, in case anyone wants to know.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/18 "2001-10-27T19:30:10Z")
S eptf gpt ypivj yu[omh [rtgrvy;u. rcvr[y upi jsbr upit gomhrtd pm yjr etpmh lrud@ Or: A word for touch typing perfectly, except you have your fingers on the wrong keys! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/19 "2001-10-27T19:50:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*S eptf gpt ypivj yu[omh [rtgrvy;u. rcvr[y upi jsbr upit gomhrtd pm yjr etpmh lrud@ > > Or: > A word for touch typing perfectly, except you have your fingers on the wrong keys! \*\* How about “Rtow,” pronounced “ARR-toe”? (it’s what you get if you move your fingers one position to the left of where they should be on the keyboard and then type “type.”) ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796/20 "2001-10-27T20:06:43Z")
Somewhere in this universe, Rich Hall is yelling “This was MY Idea, First! Where are my royalties?”… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-need-words-made-up-for-them/89796.md?page=2)