# Words You've Made Up **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 1999, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898 "1999-08-26T21:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/21 "1999-08-27T18:39:00Z")
My younger brother came up with “ludicrity” to denote how ludicrous something was. My friends and I make a distinction between “I’m starving” and “I’m _starfing_”. The latter means you’re really, _really_ hungry. Hork means to gobble something up without sharing. “Man, you’re horking all the cheetos!” * * * “I’m surprised that you’ve never been told before, that you’re lovely, that you’re perfect, and that somebody wants you.” - Semisonic, _f.n.p_ ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/22 "1999-08-27T19:02:00Z")
## Threepeat. Pay me money. “non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem” ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/23 "1999-08-27T20:24:00Z")
Read in a magazine about a Freudian typo in a survey on what women liked and disliked in men - one women doesn’t like: studpidity. 🙂 * * * The reason gentlemen prefer blondes is that there are not enough redheads to go around. ---
**Author:** ![dawnbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dawnbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnbird)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/24 "1999-08-28T03:30:00Z")
I made up “equalism” because I didn’t like the word “feminism.” Too much emphasis on females, instead of basic equality. I also don’t know a word that means “opposition to racism” or “opposition to gay-bashing” and I can use it for all of these purposes. I also made up “gfurble” to mean some unidentified object that doesn’t really matter. It is also the monetary unit of the planet Nerfl’x. I didn’t make this up, but I use it a lot. In aviation, Foreign Object Damage is a big problem. The phrase is often shortened to FOD, and posted on walls with a big slash through it. The word fod evolved to mean an object or person whose mere presence causes damage. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 1999, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/25 "1999-08-29T03:32:00Z")
“peosh”, describing something that’s both nice and shitty ---
**Author:** ![ConMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ConMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ConMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/26 "1999-08-30T00:07:00Z")
At a small Division I university situated along the southeast Atlantic coast, my friends and I saw many a very attractive female forms stroll along the sandy shores. While at the beach, whenever one of us saw a head-turner coming into our field of vision, we would say, “RENOB!” to alert the others. Renob is “boner” backwards. * * * “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore.’” E A Poe ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/27 "1999-08-30T00:53:00Z")
I just used **technignorant** a few minutes ago to describe my lack of computer knowledge. I’m afraid that will shortened and I wil become a **technigger**. Before somebody gets offended, let’s just drop an “n” and call it **techignorant**. Thus, when it gets shlanged down (shaved down in slang usage) I will hopefully become a **tigger**. ---
**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/28 "1999-08-30T14:04:00Z")
TIC = tongue in cheek ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/29 "1999-08-30T15:39:00Z")
g’dunge=sound of a 10 ton safe landing on the sidewalk after falling from the top floor of the Empire State Building, or, by exaggeration, other impressively destructive impact events. squished=squashed for the purpose of making it fit; although I think I’ve heard others use it skwunched=squashed and crunched, e.g. auto fender after car accident elsewhen (no comment) ## underwhelmed (no comment) Designated Optional Signature at Bottom of Post ---
**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:** [August 30, 1999, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/30 "1999-08-30T19:22:00Z")
Some childhood words: “Boing-boing”–a series of ripples in a puddle, during rain. I coined this because of the similarity to a coil spring. “Space”–a floating bubble, usually accompanying a “boing-boing.” Got name because of similarity to the part of the planet Saturn above the ring structure. “Tutfk”–referring to Aunt Bee of the \* Andy Griffith Show. \* The word sounds like a hen’s cluck, and she seemed to regard Andy and Opie–along with Barney, Goober, etc., as her “chicks” in a sense. This isn’t really a word, but an expression coined by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold of the Bob & Tom radio show on Q-95 in Indianapolis. They said that the new name for Disneyland was “Six Flags over Walt’s Frozen Dead Ass.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/31 "1999-08-30T20:51:00Z")
Flumped: what our cat does when she decides it’s too much effort walking. She flumps on to the carpet. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/32 "1999-08-30T20:52:00Z")
Oh, Phouka, wasn’t “Horking” on the movie _Strange Brew_? I remember some variant in there but it may have a different connotation. ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/33 "1999-08-30T22:17:00Z")
## I’m not sure if its a word or not, but when I was on the rowing team back in HS we used the word “ **Bi** sweptual” for those who could row on both Port and Starboard sides. I got a little bi-curious one day and decided to switch sides and go bi. (sounds kinky, but its not) Those who get a bit nutty and can row in a single, and both port and starboard in a rowing shell are “ **Tri** sweptual”. And no, i’m not tri. “I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”-- Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) `\/-------\ `| |-----| | …c.c…c.c… ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 1999, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/34 "1999-08-31T09:07:00Z")
Barong - The national dress of the Philippines (Made of a sheer cloth with lots of embroidery), or a dance from Indonesia. As for me, i have made up my own language, and continue to work on it. A couple of the words from the language are: Hima - plant. Himisura - Botanist :). ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 1999, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/35 "1999-08-31T14:19:00Z")
Pongpay the poopay from your behonkus because that is mihkeebluh and looks quite ricky. Yes, my family actually knows what this means Behonkus- Butt Poopay- a wedgie Pongpay- the act of pulling out a wedgie Mihkeebleh- nasty Ricky- retarded… a play on the name Ricky Ricardo from “I Love Lucy”. Ricardo= retardo and later was just shortened to ricky. My eldest sister uses this most. There are many more, but these are just the ones that I will share. SC ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 1999, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/36 "1999-09-01T23:43:00Z")
Words I’ve Made Up: _crimdomity zespritic trindiculous nooooob farfegulate quigkwig nobosculatory_ As soon as I decide what these mean, I’ll let you know. * * * Carpe hoc! ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/37 "1999-09-02T00:45:00Z")
Friend came up with the perfect word to describe a totally over-the-top spiritual/vegetarian/rawfoods/bondwithnature/holistic healing/meditating, etc etc etc: frookymakarooky Works perfectly. * * * * * * I am #1. Everyone else is #2 or lower. ---
**Author:** ![Skullar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Skullar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skullar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/38 "1999-09-02T02:34:00Z")
Not very creative, but one I sometimes use: “Finitiative”: the ability to finish things. * * * * * * Kobolde, die sich mit rotheissen Schuereisen unter Aussenaborten verbergen. ---
**Author:** ![realm505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@realm505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realm505)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/39 "1999-09-02T04:56:00Z")
## I didn’t make up any but I used one from a tv show about this very subject. It had dan cortez in it so needlessly to sa it didn’t last encribbits (n’ crib itz) – in addittion to You people are all old now, there is a thing called a generation gap. now go and shave off your gotees – Ptrick M O’Neill (that’s me!) ---
**Author:** ![realm505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@realm505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realm505)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898/40 "1999-09-02T04:58:00Z")
correction my name is Patrick M O’Neill not ptrick M O’Neill [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-made-up/7898.md?page=3)