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Twelve Words That Should be in the Dictionary But Aren’t

Don’t you have that? You’re writing a fabulous piece but then there’s something you want to say and there’s no word for it! Here’s a list of words that I was forced to invent, and that should have been in the Webster ages ago.

 

Fabeltastic

Def: Existing only in the imagination, with the proviso that one imagines a fable.

Example: Lassie says there are aliens in the back yard? That's fabeltastic!

Scarmblesque

Def: Suggestive of a scrambling.

Example: Your composition seems rather scamblesque.

Exacious

Def: Given to taking off.

Example: Bart, whose exacious wife had once again given him the slip, looked mighty sad.

Etest

Def: Not part of a body of witness.

Example: Surly Bob was rather etest to the party's victory.

Friendictive

Def: Causing to make friends.

Example: The pilgrims sank their teeth in Chief Massasoit's friendictive gifts.

Logomorph

Def: Shaped in the form of a word.

Example: The logo of the movie Grease is a logomorph.

Glug

Def: A mug made of glass.

Example: Do you want your coffee in a glass, a mug or a glug?

Serendiquencial

Def: Something that follows something else by accident.

Example: Professor Waltheim, the serendipitous discoverer of the ancient temple, lost his wallet serendiquencially.

Canver

Def: A deliberate obstruction with no practical function other than to provoke.

Example: Severely irritated Sally turned to the canver hooligan and shouted, “Quit canvering me!”

Didower

Def: A divorcee who feels like a widower.

Example: As he signed the divorce papers, his pen swept like a scythe through his soul and he realized he'd be a didower forever.

Frisque

Def: Chilly but crisp.

Example: George stepped out and took a deep whiff of the frisque, autumn air.

Pecunelet; Pecuneletive

Def: A little money, specifically earned; the quality of yielding little profit.

Example: Google ads are really quite pecuneletive.

PS: All these words have been merrily added to the famous depository of English words at Pseudodictionary.com

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#1 by Hein Marais, Jun 22, 2008
Excellent Article
#2 by s hayes, Jun 23, 2008
Like this article.
When my daughter was learning to talk, she made up some good words.
My favourites were "I Willn't and I Amn't" - "want a Binkt of Mlink"
#3 by Rookie Expert, Jun 24, 2008
I like Scarmblesque, Friendictive, Serendiquencial and Canver. This article might proove to be friendictive for you Arie!
#4 by Anne Lyken-Garner, Jun 24, 2008
I love it. I was thinking of doing something quite similar in fact. Now I'll have to wait a while ;-)

#5 by Demon971, Jun 25, 2008
Very interesting. I can relate, in the way of wanting to make words that have the suffix "-able" merged with it. "Punchable" for example. I could surely name off a hundred people who I'd like to punch in the face, and therefore would rate "punchable". There are also many other vulgar words which this suffix could apply graciously.

I find it fun some times to make my own words out of relevant prefixes and suffixes, implicating contradictory meaning to help define the confusion in a situation in a more humorous way. A common example would be "craptacular".

There are no limits to creativity. Just limits to comprehension.
#6 by nobert soloria bermosa, Jun 26, 2008
very interesting,thanks
#7 by Gale Barker, Jun 27, 2008
Very entertaining. I particularly liked 'glug' and 'frisque'.
#8 by Billtog, Jul 20, 2008
I liked it. Very uquiloprious.
#9 by purnomosidhi, Jul 20, 2008
thanx, you give me knowledge of new word :-)
#10 by Gail Nobles, Aug 10, 2008
Enjoyed reading every bit.
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