# What words or phrases have you coined? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354 "2000-06-04T06:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/121 "2001-09-03T04:17:44Z")
\*\*oog•ies[b/] _n._ Expression regarding joy or happiness, similar to “oh boy!” or “that’s neat!” Coined around 1995-1997. No longer used. **hon•shu** _n._ Offensive term for a man of Jewish or Hebrew descent. (Derived from an absurd made-up stereotype that Jewish people say “honshu.”) **ot•zi** _n._ Semi-offensive term for a homosexual. (Derived from the false rumour that [Otzi the caveman](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_229.html) was gay. **It burns, Pa•pa!** Phrase said when someone or something is set on fire. See also **It free•zes, Pa•pa!** (When I was playing _Zelda: Ocarina of Time_ for the N64, at one point, when Link caught on fire, I exclaimed for no reason, “It burns, Papa!” It stuck. “It freezes” was coined later when Link was captured in ice.) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/122 "2001-09-03T04:25:34Z")
**Vi•a•com•mu•nist** _n._ One of the leaders of, or a major player in, a corporate entity, e.g. Ted Turner, Bill Gates, Sumner Redstone, etc. (Combination of the word “communist” and the name of the media conglomerate Viacom International.) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/123 "2001-09-03T05:19:23Z")
“Verbifying.” It’s the act of using a noun as though it were a verb. An alternate form of this term is “verbing.” ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/124 "2001-09-03T06:55:44Z")
In high school, I was well-known as the “Anti-Stud.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/125 "2001-09-03T07:19:32Z")
Folks at work know what I’m talking about when I tell them to embigger that headline or ensmaller that photo. When I was Queen of the college paper, we had a whole list of words that played on my nickname. Everyone joined in. Fergatory – where one goes when one pisses me off Ferglings/Ferglets – interchangable words refering to my (much younger) siblings de Fergerac – a reference to the fact that, like famous Cyrano, I, too, was bestowed with a ponderous schnoz. Fergged out – tired Ferggin’ – a substitute for “friggin’.” The only one I actually coined. the Fergen one – me Fergilicious – something that meets with my approval ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/126 "2001-09-03T07:53:15Z")
I claim two: Bastard is a fine word, but is gender-specific. I was ranting somewhere about how that was a shame, and then it hit me: some people don’t like the word “woman” because its letters contain “man”, and that’s patriarchal and such. To rectify that, they spell it “womyn.” Ah HA, I thought, and immediately coined “bystyrd”, as a non-patriarchal feminine version of the “a” using variety. The second came about among some friends and I some years ago. At the time, a bunch of game companies were just starting to pile onto the collectible card game insanity that “Magic: the Gathering”'s success was responsible for. We were playing this thing called “Jyhad”, which was based on an rpg about vampires doing vampire things. Now, these vampires were divided into clans that all lived (or undeaded) up to various stereotypes–one clan were punks, another was hoity-toity artistes, one used magic, etc, and the artwork on the cards reflected this. I began ranting about the cards that were the clan of nose-in-the-air aristocrats. “…and these guys, jesus. Look at them. This guy’s an ass. And this guy’s an ass. And this guy’s an ass. They’re ALL anasses!” And so “anasses” has joined our vocabulary by serendipity of speaking too quickly. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/127 "2001-09-03T13:05:53Z")
I’ve coined a few hospital-specific terms that have become widely used: –“Go all 3 West on your ass”. 3 West is our psych ward, so the meaning here is clear. I used this in one of my famous [Rotation Reviews](http://members.iglou.com/piercy/rotations.html). –The way our call schedule works on General Medicine, if you’re on call on Thursday, you don’t get any new patients until Monday. I instinctively referred to this a year ago as the Golden Weekend. Just a few days ago, I heard two residents that I didn’t know use the term. That was cool. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/128 "2001-09-03T13:39:39Z")
**Out-the-loop** , not “in-the-loop”. ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/129 "2001-09-04T00:03:29Z")
“singalongability” - a song that is easy to sing along with has this. I’ve actually used this word a couple of times, and most of my friend look at me like I’m completely nuts after I say it. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/130 "2001-09-04T03:09:31Z")
“Going Down On the Gator Farm” was the term my buddies and I used for getting high. Who knows why? We were a buncha stoners, man. ---
**Author:** ![RazzBaronZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@RazzBaronZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RazzBaronZ)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/131 "2001-09-04T05:08:17Z")
My friends and I have coined a few “phrases” which are actually acronyms (I’m in high school people…this is to be expected): FLAT\> = Face, Legs, Ass, T_ts (When she has all four, “she’s FLAT”, having nothing to do with small breasts, mind you) FLR\> = F_ing like rabbits (When a couple is all over each other they’re “F.L.R.”) And my favorite word from Anthony (Radio show) is “oofah”. That’s gotta be the best word ever coined. Used to show extreme disgust or somwthing like when you have the “douche chills” (i.e. you’re watching a movie with your parents and a sexually explicit scene comes on and you feel uncomfortable but you can’t do anything. OOFAH!). ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/132 "2001-09-04T16:53:56Z")
My friends and I coined the coefficient of Wrongditudinals in Maths class. The coefficent of Wrongditudinals (W) is defined as (answer in back of book) / (answer you got). Thus (W) \* (answer you got) automatically gives you the right answer. Sad, I know. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/133 "2001-09-04T17:14:20Z")
My wife mentioned doing something in Juloo the other day, presumably some period between June & July. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/134 "2001-09-05T00:42:32Z")
When I feel bad for something, be it a cat that’s been stepped on, or even someone on tv that gets hurt, I say “poor boo boo” but I’m not sure why I started saying that, or even when. I like the term “many-several” as an emphatic. The dictionary disagrees with me, claiming that “uncaringly” isn’t a word, but I use it in short stories, so I guess it is now. ---
**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/135 "2001-09-05T12:09:00Z")
“Cranio-rectal fistula” = connection between cranium & rectum, i.e. head-up-the-ass syndrome. AKA “looking out his belly-button” Also, I have always thought that the opposite of “user-friendly” was “user-hostile.” Haven’t heard anybody else use that one, but my husband & I use it all the time… “Verbing” is a great word, but I seem to recall seeing it in Calvin & Hobbes. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/136 "2001-09-05T14:50:08Z")
My ex and her friends would often say “See You Next Tuesday!” to a nasty female co-worker. Took me awhile to figure it out. A local columnist once described someone as “startlingly selfish.” Not sure if it’s proper grammar, but it was an accurate perception. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/137 "2001-09-05T15:36:57Z")
My brother coined “beer me”, as in “get me a beer”, about 5 or 6 years ago. I heard Jimmy Kimmel use it on “The Man Show” the other day. Thus, it has moved across the nation from New York to California! ---
**Author:** ![Scarred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Scarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarred)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/138 "2001-09-05T20:14:17Z")
I’ve been using one recently that’s been driving me crazy. It’s “nother” or “nuther”. I haven’t figured out the spelling yet. The context is in statements such as “that’s a whole nother ballgame.” It irritates the hell out of me, so I try to catch myself before the words leave my lips. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/139 "2001-09-05T20:52:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by notcynical \* > \*\*My brother coined “beer me”, as in “get me a beer”, about 5 or 6 years ago. I heard Jimmy Kimmel use it on “The Man Show” the other day. Thus, it has moved across the nation from New York to California! \*\* [http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/7525/sounds.html](http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/7525/sounds.html) Homer Simpson has said ‘Beer me!’ for more than 5 or 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354/140 "2001-09-05T21:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yESTERDAY mAN \* > \*\*“Beat your meat, not your kids.” > > I coined this phrase just recently. It means that frustrated parents should masturbate, rather than beating their children. See my website for details: [http://www.angelfire.com/me3/yesterdayman/bible.html](http://www.angelfire.com/me3/yesterdayman/bible.html) \*\* You planning on getting any bumper stickers with this slogan on it? I reckon you’d get a few takers … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354.md?page=8)