In our beautiful language the neologism (a new word – sometimes a compound mix of two words and now entering everyday use) is becoming more and more common.
(Mommon?)
That said, in psychiatry, a neologism tends to be a word which has meaning only for a person who uses it; as maybe a child would.
In literary history the neologism probably dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth century and there are now many neologisms we use every day including prequel, internet, band-aid, photoshop, befriend, blogger, as well as some others less common but nonetheless cute….fauxtography (photographic error), singlism (the state of being single for a long time) and a BBC favorite of mine smirt (to flirt with a colleague while smoking outside the office!).
I’ve been noting a lot lately how everyone’s been making up their own words and so I couldn’t resist creating a few of my own and I invite you to do same. I mean, we couldn’t do worse than CNN did with their neologism for Precipitation Forecast – Precipcast…sheesh!
Who was that fricken genius?
| Churfer | Channel surfer |
| Omlettised | To be well beaten |
| Memote Control | It’s mine! |
| Faptop | Laptop used for surfing porn |
| Prancer | Prosthetic cancer (much better eh!) |
| Hohotel | Rooms by the half hour |
| Outsized | Fired |
| Vulvailable | Girl who doesn’t need much convincing |
| Piagra | A hard-on for mathematics |
| Glarenting | Parents who rule with a scowl |
| Remolding | Recovering from a yeast infection |
| Sootball | African football |
| Bottiebubble | Flatulence |
| Hoovie | Horror movie |
| Tomorrowed | Borrowed |
| Keybored | Don’t wanna type no more |
…and so you see some of my nonsense perhaps you’d like to add some more. I’ve opened for comments in case anyone wishes to do so.
So gronit! (get right on it)
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