Words That Don't Exist - But Should

[Adeptly_Inept]

Have you ever been berated for using language in the 'wrong' way? Or using words that don't necessarily exist?
Are there any words/phrases that you think should exist? If so, post your words/phrases along with your definition of that word/phrase!

Shakespeares of the World Unite!

 

[CrystalGeezer]

Re: Words That Don't Exist - But Should.

Ginormous. I love that word. I'm pretty sure it's a Will Farrell invention.

 

[Adeptly_Inept]

Re: Words That Don't Exist - But Should.

Ginormous. I love that word. I'm pretty sure it's a Will Farrell invention.

I believe he may have popularised Ginormous, however the word may have existed before he used it.
I could be wrong.

 

[Adeptly_Inept]

Re: Words That Don't Exist - But Should.

I just thought:

Unvention/unventive/unvented: The opposite to invention/inventive/invented

 

[CrystalGeezer]

Re: Words That Don't Exist - But Should.

I just thought:

Unvention/unventive/unvented: The opposite to invention/inventive/invented

That's a good one.

 

[the raytownian]

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I had a dream once about people discussing plans for a pogrom against Christians. The term they used for this act was some absurd, Germanesque gibberish I can only attempt to spell: "Wangnerchangel".

As for real-life instances, I can't recall any specific examples outside of adding affixes to words (bef***ed, f***itudinous, etc.), which I'm not sure really counts, since a lot of people do this.

 

[nothappynotsad]

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The new word for vagina is winkle.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

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Culpetude n. the fault, cause or origin of intellectual discourse; the spark of an idea.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

Re: Words That Don't Exist - But Should.

The new word for vagina is winkle.

 

[Belligerent Ghoul]

humble book recommendation:

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary