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#1 2008-07-29 12:57:55
- triton
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Making up new words
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I found a old book my uncle got when he was a kid. It was a collection of "sniglets". They are "words that should be in the dictionary, but aren't". My uncle told me that there used to be a show where people could write in with ideas for new sniglets.
I thought it was a shame people can't do that anymore, since they stopped making the show a long time ago. Then I thought why couldn't we just make up words if we wanted to and post them here? 
I'll get it started.
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#2 2008-07-30 08:03:32
- Corvis
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Re: Making up new words
Hmm. A long time ago, eh? I remember that show, you young whippersnapper!
But how about Hamnesia: Any pseudo-scientific illness that afflicts soap opera characters so that they can pose dramatically and chew the scenery. Often but not always amnesia.
Alternate definition: When William Shatner forgets his lines.
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#3 2008-07-30 16:00:44
- Neitherspace
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Re: Making up new words
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spanktacular to fail so badly that is praseworthy
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#4 2008-08-22 00:46:23
- CSquared
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Re: Making up new words
I rather like the section of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (unfortunately finished now, since the host died, and no-one could possibly replace Humphrey Lyttleton) which is similar to this - new definitions for old words. Like Frigate - a ship no-one cares about.
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