I remember as a kid of 5-6, that women’s breasts were “horns”, for reasons that are lost in the mists of time.
These days, if I mildly upset at work but not seriously enough to catch heat for cussing out loud, I say Raskamlikoff (at least, that is what it sound likes), which I made up to echo frustration and (mild) anger. No idea why those syllables popped into my head for that.
Think of it as related to Larry Niven’s “TANJ” (There ain’ts no Justice).
I have a couple written down somewhere, but the only one I can remember right now is “warnography” – those gee-whiz Military Channel and American Heroes Channel programs about weaponry. I use the term to distinguish between historical event topics, even if they’re questionable pop history, and the purely “look how cool these weapons are” shows. “Ten Best Tanks of All Time,” for example.
When someone has something going on in their life, I like to say “Keep me deformed”. A play on words with informed, but with a laugh.
Sophisticuffs–a fight between gentlemen
Fossilarium–a home for the really aged
Amerigine–someone who can trace his ancestors back to the Bering Strait land bridge
Necronomicomicon–annual convention of HP Lovecraft devotees
Ursitude–quality of being bear-like
Prontosaurus–very quick dinosaur
Noacountsillor–worthless lawyer
Now this is a word we need to keep in mind.
flobulate
To marinade or slow-cook for a long time.
“the curry is flobulating, it should be done around 6-ish”
Wins the thread.
Freudulent.
Postal - I used that word over 25 years ago, long before I ever heard anyone use it to describe an office employee who goes berserk. I think I’ve used ever since the first instance of the post office worked going on a rampage.
Muddle - Mud puddle.
Mater - Potato
Matoe - Tomato
Ouce cream - Ice cream. My daughter pronounced it that way when she was little.
ETA: I realized it was 25 years not 20, since I’ve been saying it since before my daughter was born.
Pornateria - those “Adult World” type shops that sell assorted porn, toys and other goods.
Snost – from ‘If you snooze, you lose.’ Example, ‘You snost and lost.’
Also, kilobuck for one thousand dollars.
ISTM I’ve seen “kilobuck” and “megabuck” (both usually in the plural: kilobucks and megabucks) used from time to time, for a long long time. Can terabucks be far behind?
ETA: I see I’ve made a bit over 10 kiloposts on this board.
I’ve been using ‘kilobucks’ (which was indeed a take-off on ‘megabucks’) since April, 2002, and used it for years before that.
How about gigabucks?
I’ve been using ‘kilobucks’ (which was indeed a take-off on ‘megabucks’) on this message board since April, 2002, and used it for years before that in real life.
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One from my own mouth when I was but a babe: poont: a sphere at the end of a cone, such as one sees on roofs or festive hats. Example: “That hat would look better with a poont.”
Sadly, no one else seems to recognize the need for this word.
Explorerize - something kids and puppies do when conquering new ground.
Constructions - the written materials that tell you how to build something.
I’ve always said “You snoze, you loze.” I hope I haven’t embarrassed myself by being grammatically incorrect.
As for originals, I can no longer remember which were originally mine and which were Homer’s, because the Simpsons has become such a part of our culture. I do say “embiggen” and “saxomophone” now without even thinking about it, which is probably not good. I’m hoping they will catch on and become perfectly cromulent.
If he or she is doing it now why not speaksman/speakswoman instead of spokesman/spokeswoman?
In a HS English class, we came up with a word that we thought should become common and we should try to promote it. The word was “flirp”, which describes the event in which two people walking toward each other attempt to avoid each other by stepping aside, but in the same direction, then both stop and step in the other direction, becoming briefly locked into a dance of concurrent indecision. Sadly, there was not traction for such an important word.
A word I feel deserves to enter the lexicon (not of my own devising) is “sprew”, which describes a parking space that allows you to pull through, thus avoiding having to back out. A sprew may mean either a space that is doubly-open upon arrival or one that becomes open prior to departure, but not a singleton space that one can normally pull through. It is a good word that I use as often as possible.
