Foundry for Lexicon

[Hadoblado]

From where cometh new words? Here of course!

Two intentions:
- Crowd sourcing new words
- Proposing new words

If the word is liked enough people will use it. There is no criteria for whether a suggestion is accepted.

 

[Hadoblado]

I need a word for wheneth people misuseth ye olde speake.

I need a word for when a band is able to create beautiful music, but the technicality or attrition cost of it exceeds their ability to play it reliably, and thus their live shows suck.

I need a word for the work that gets done when you've got other things that *need* to be done.

I need a word for the decision to keep on eating past capacity. Maybe a separate derivative for when the food is too good you can't stop, and for when you're too poor to not binge when the opportunity presents itself?

I need words that indicate virtue signalling, but also what virtue is being signaled. For example, when I'm trying to tell people I'm environmentally conscious by wearing a greens badge, or when I'm signalling high empathy by wearing a ribbon for breast-cancer awareness day.

I need a word for the dissonance experienced when someone exhibits a valuable/admirable/attractive trait and you're trying to like them, but they also possess an equally unlikable trait that haunts your every interaction.

I need a word for when someone attains some in-joke trivia, but then over-uses it in such a way that makes it clear to all that this tidbit is the pinnacle of their social standing, forcing the group to make a new in-joke to re-exclude them.

I need a word for when people become competitively comedic.

 

[Hadoblado]

Polyphany - An epiphany that can only occur when multiple assumptions are overturned simultaneously.

 

[onesteptwostep]

Gonna just butt in with an Ne, I wonder if Germans have an actual word for some of those? Since they tend to have weird conceptual ones. Can someone confirm? nanook? Or Higs even, for French.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

delightful examples of words that should exist post #2

I need a word for wheneth people misuseth ye olde speake.

bygonestake

erebane (irony intentional)

going to think about the others. i can see myself frequenting this thread

i guess i'll cross meaning of liff thread off my 2yr old to-do list :S

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

Your terms seem oddly aggressive and divisive.

verb: Kinslip, when one's attempts at praise and sharing gratitude end up sounding and are received awkwardly or as patronising.

noun: Arbitruism, when one decides honesty won't be well appreciated and instead chooses to speak euphemistically or moderately.

idiomatic noun: Good sighance, when the situational beauty and exaltation of experience can't be described in any way and leave one smiling and silent in pleasant acceptance.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

I need a word for the work that gets done when you've got other things that *need* to be done.

shwirk

I need a word for the decision to keep on eating past capacity. Maybe a separate derivative for when the food is too good you can't stop, and for when you're too poor to not binge when the opportunity presents itself?

precariquet

I need words that indicate virtue signalling, but also what virtue is being signaled. For example, when I'm trying to tell people I'm environmentally conscious by wearing a greens badge, or when I'm signalling high empathy by wearing a ribbon for breast-cancer awareness day.

salvasum (general word for that which is used to signal virtue)

I need a word for the dissonance experienced when someone exhibits a valuable/admirable/attractive trait and you're trying to like them, but they also possess an equally unlikable trait that haunts your every interaction.

sagmire

I need a word for when someone attains some in-joke trivia, but then over-uses it in such a way that makes it clear to all that this tidbit is the pinnacle of their social standing, forcing the group to make a new in-joke to re-exclude them.

desperoust

I need a word for when people become competitively comedic.

cuntest

 

[Rook]

I need a word for wheneth people misuseth ye olde speake.

archaibberish

I need a word for when a band is able to create beautiful music, but the technicality or attrition cost of it exceeds their ability to play it reliably, and thus their live shows suck.

pelodoverty

I need a word for the dissonance experienced when someone exhibits a valuable/admirable/attractive trait and you're trying to like them, but they also possess an equally unlikable trait that haunts your every interaction.

januspathy

 

[Hadoblado]

@onesteptwostep
The thought occurred to me some time ago when considering how oddly specific the German word 'schadenfreude' and the French word 'serendipity' are. Also a childhood memory of reading animorphs and an alien explaining the intricacies of their language. They had different words for the different curves in the river etc. Also 1984 Newspeak, but in reverse. TMI I'm sure.

@PNB
Oooh Dougy! You just married two of my favourite things. Ima hunt amazon for it later.

@Blar
That was partially intentional, partially headspace, and partially an unfortunate projection of my internal workings. My judgement of myself and others is a well of nuanced uncategorised words waiting to happen. I was also testing the notion that people would take more to words that can be used to posture. Just like how so many people go to lengths to rote learn the fallacies and biases with which they can 'trade up' in a social engagement, I thought that a new word that can be used to explain the mistakes of other people would be more popular. A loose hypothesis, and your immediate observation of it implies I was too heavy handed.

@All
These suggestions are good! I'm concerned I don't have enough background to trace the inspiration/origin for most. It'd be more accessible if things were explained, but that might also kill the vibe... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

dallyslip - the consequence of your procrastination, such as when someone creates the thread you've been meaning to create for ages but failed to get around to doing

inclazes - nebulous concepts that lurk in the peripheries of your consciousness that you struggle to articulate

piolare - the look someone gives you when you offhandedly mock some piece of ridiculous nonsense that you couldn't possibly have been expected to imagine they took seriously let alone held dear

devenly strokes - the broad sweeping motions you make with your forearm in order to rid a bed of crumbs

monospires - the strange and engrossing ideas with which your mind tries to comfort and entertain you when you are forced to listen attentively to a fearful bore drone on and on about the tedious banalities which they mysteriously find very fascinating and which evaporate the moment you escape said bore

exidium - to jump off a bandwagon before it reaches the saturation point where it becomes super lame to be seen on it

sinthesis - a theory which states that anything that can be conceived and postulated on the internet is definitely true

superflysms - collective term for all the unnecessary packaging material that now comes with most consumer goods, allowing you to help bring about the demise of humanity at a much faster rate. for example, a box of 25 tea bags might contain the following superflysms: 25 plastic individual tea bag wrapping sachets, 25 pieces of string, 50 metal staples and 25 printed identity tags (these help you to identify what sort of tea you are making/drinking in the event that you forgot during the process of making/drinking it)

loigues - the people who linger incessantly around your desk no matter how busy you try to appear

It'd be more accessible if things were explained, but that might also kill the vibe... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it would rather > though i'll be happy to explain specific etymologies should anyone request them

 

[Rook]

flortulence: Loosening of the bowels after death.

ginnacle: The maximum amount of alcohol the human body can consume without perishing.

felinianity: A religious system based on the worship of cats.

grinace: The facial expression of a human who suddenly dies while heartily laughing.

acerclophobia: Fear of being trapped in a small space with a lemon.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

huebbles - ambiguous shades of colour that cause arguments

blatterances - things bureaucrats say to each other

obliffoon - someone who is too stupid to realise when they have been insulted

psyspotic - to be mad with power

aposnate - congenitally incapable of understanding how to use apostrophes

quarkles - particles of glitter from christmas cards that show up on your face in august

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

smarools - people you just met who use your name every 3 seconds

cllyshearamanogg- an ancient curse on certain bloodlines thought to have originated in wales during the bronze age which causes an acute inability to keep track of the location of pairs of scissors

vilamadore - CONSTANT self-aggrandisement

houl - a caricature of a soul

plecuscape - a cunningly planned escape, usually from a dire social situation

urbominogs - fluffy yappy little creatures bred from wolves for human entertainment which are no longer able to survive in the natural environments in which their ancestors evolved due to their becoming hopelessly entangled in bramble bushes and rendered unable to walk or having the fur on their faces knotted with various plant burrs and rendered effectively blind the very moment they step outside their asphalt and concrete covered world

awkquanalong - special time signature unique to awkward silences

tofirimes - forms of child abuse which are perfectly legal such as religious indoctrination and soft drinks

 

[Ex-User (14663)]

whence cometh new words*

 

[Polaris]

Struthipressiformance- an inability to express feelings without being in the presence of an ostrich.

 

[redbaron]

Fucking quarkles.

Always in August.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

spaff - to spam someone with inspirational guff

eweneeds - implicit side aspirations found in product advertisements

unpost - a post of indiscernible value

unrony - the unsettling feeling that all of reality has become an absurd parody of itself

preak - to poke a thing til it falls apart

Fucking quarkles.

Always in August.

ikr! :sparkly storks:

 

[Rook]

ambuludit: A human who refuses to ride in cars, trains, planes and on mobi scoots.

gorgolate: the act of browsing the internet while cleaning one's teeth

nhilogscopus: a complex formula that calculates the magnitude of bullshit inherent in an ideal, belief or any other system of thought based primarily on words.

prespasmiculation: any noise made before getting an orgasm, cramp or epileptic attack.

brittoconf: An electronic device that lets you ask the instant opinion of a 100 citizens of the UK before making any decision. Their answers are averaged out and transmitted into your mind, with you having the option of listening to each of their answers.

gilllicker: A person who licks the gills of fish.

spagaacksickle: Word used when one can find no other words to describe the feeling one gets after ingesting mind-altering substances.

sopperdroop: a genetic mutation where the citizen produces mucus from sacks on the back. May lead to death if mucus leaks into the human's batterial cavity or neural receptors.