# Words that don't exist but should. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056 "2004-02-13T16:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/101 "2004-03-24T04:59:04Z")
Poultrygeist: That lingering smell that hangs around your kitchen for days after cooking up a mess of chicken wings in the deep fryer. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nathan\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nathan_S)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/102 "2004-03-24T10:41:18Z")
\*\*alphabetzheimer’s disease \*\* - The inability to remember if the letter I comes before or after the letter J (or similar alphabet confusion) without singing that stupid “A,B,C…” song to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/103 "2004-03-24T12:53:17Z")
**Mahoosive** : Beyond massive. Unfathomably large. This was used by a poster at a board I administer. ---
**Author:** ![Kreekurmudgeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@Kreekurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kreekurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/104 "2004-03-24T15:11:12Z")
Degradatory. Makes more sense than derogatory. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/105 "2004-03-24T15:30:38Z")
Weinis. Combination of ‘Weinie’ and "Penis’. I think that says it all. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/106 "2004-03-24T16:02:58Z")
> [@JuanitaTech](#): > > post-pardon: forgiving a person for posting a reply that was meant to be a new thread. > > Mea culpa. **Apoloplexia** The condition of being so mad about something someone did, you can’t accept an apology. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/107 "2004-03-25T02:28:51Z")
My brother-in-law introduced me to **shload** , which is a sort of contraction of ‘sh\*tload.’ And it comes in both the Metric and Imperial varieties. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/108 "2004-03-25T14:42:16Z")
**Combobulate** - an antonym to the word ‘discombobulate’. Specifically to be used in phrases such as “He was cool and combobulated at the podium.” ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/109 "2004-03-25T22:47:01Z")
**stragedy** When your clever strategy turns into a tragedy. My foos buddies and I use this term when the defense is a step ahead of the offense, especially on a specialty shot or fake. When stragedy strikes, the other guy usually scores. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/110 "2004-04-24T01:17:42Z")
Vegitellian: A person who only eats vegitarian fare…and bores you at length( **frequently** ) about why you should too, you horrible meat eater. ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/111 "2004-04-24T04:57:21Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > **Ambicapped** : The inability to know intuitively your left from your right (i.e., without doing the L thing). Possible causes: your kindergarten teacher explaining that the hand you _write_ with is your _right_ hand. Only you’re left-handed. What **L** thing? ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/112 "2004-04-24T04:58:34Z")
I have a lesbian friend who refers to herself as a **Vagitarian**. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/113 "2004-04-24T11:31:09Z")
> [@Alcatraz](#): > > What **L** thing? Hod up both your hands, palms facing away from you, thumbs facing inward (each other). Now put down all but your index fingers. Your left index finger/thumb will make an “L”. You’re right hand will too, but it’ll be backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Consumer\_Sovereignty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Consumer\_Sovereignty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consumer_Sovereignty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/114 "2004-04-24T12:18:42Z")
Mega-lowmaniac: Pilots with an unhealthy obsession of flying at low altitudes. (Such as over my house!) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/115 "2005-06-15T19:51:35Z")
I hope I don’t get in trouble for resurrecting my old thread, but I just invented a new word! **Sporn**. **Sp** am + Po **rn** = Sporn ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/116 "2005-06-16T02:14:40Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > **threasurrection** - You thought the thread was dead, but surprise! It’s back! How apropros! There is a word in Low German for choking on your own spit that should be added to the English language - verschlikt. Used in a sentence; “GAK! I just verschlikt myself! Cough, cough.” We also need a word for those big lumps of snow and ice that form behind tires in winter. Car-boogers? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/117 "2005-06-16T04:00:16Z")
The contents of a Pilonidal Cyst? Mung. A synonym for tonsil stones? Throat Pearls. Ever shit yer pants when trying to fart? Foop, or Shart. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/118 "2005-06-16T04:19:10Z")
**Philostrophe:** The atrophe of one’s philosphical thinking skills. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/119 "2005-06-16T04:20:17Z")
Asstastic, used when complimenting a female on the shape/appearance of her bottom. Ex: “Does this dress make my ass look big?” “You look asstastic.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056/120 "2005-06-16T06:40:54Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Asstastic, used when complimenting a female on the shape/appearance of her bottom. Ex: “Does this dress make my ass look big?” “You look asstastic.” 😃 No, no, no, asstastic is an adjective describing the (lack of) quality of an object or form of entertainment. Ex. “MANOS: The Hands of Fate was asstastic.” See also **craptacular**. **borked** - broken, or something that was “fixed” by someone else, much in the manner of the Swedish Chef trying to cook. “That thing was working, but now it’s borked, since Chuck hit it with a hammer.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-exist-but-should/229056.md?page=7)