You have the opportunity to make individual words for which there aren't any, instantly adopted, which words do you make and why?
Regardless of how silly the word may seem, please share it! Maybe they can make their way into people's vocab!
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Fwice - 4x. Once, twice, thrice, fwice.
There is/was a naming system from the olden English times where Quice would come after Thrice. You would be hard pressed to find any English language speakers nowadays younger than 50, who know anything pasted thrice.
I would split the word "love" into unique words for different kinds of love.
I actually kind of like that the word covers a lot of situations. Iβd support different words for different loves but my feelings about my romantic partner, my friends, and riding a bike are kinda related to each other in some way.
The word love would not disappear. Its meaning would just shift to something that feels off when you mean a specific type of love. What you whisper in the ear of your lover in bed, will be different from what you tell your kid when they go off to school. But when talking about the amount of love you have to give, the old word "love" will still be used, since that is usually about any kind of love.
I have done this many times. You can, too. We already have this power.
On further thought, adding a couple words to the already kinda long question wasn't too much. I adjusted it to better ask what I had in mind, which was what invented words would you make and have instantly adopted.
What do you mean by instantly adopted? General population who uses only a fraction of the words in the dictionary, many of which they use incorrectly?
Anyone can create a new word like gaslighting, let it into the wild, and then watch it as people use it to mean something different and lose all nuance.
Sealioning and enshittification had specific original meanings and are used in ways that make them useless compared tonthe vague terminology that proceeded them. If I wanted to make up a word that was adopted and watched it get misconstrued or misued to mean something else it would a real kick in the bladder.
As in put into regular use and understood in all the various ways they may come to be understood. As compared to a word that one makes up in private that only they understand and may never pass from them into use by anyone else, particularly with their personal understanding/meaning.
However this is meant as a fun question, so you may answer with your ideal conditions in mind. The question is meant to provide a starting point, not set any strict bounds or punitive conditions.
A word to signify when you're joking, but not joking if the answer is yes.
Winking
Half-joking: adjective "said, done, or acting in a seemingly jokey manner, but with some serious intent"
There are phrases as well that can be used, such as:
"Joking, not joking."
"Kidding, not kidding."
"No, but seriously."
"I'm joking...unless?"
π΅I'm just kidding like Jason... unless you're gonna do it πΆ
What's the word? "I'm just ____ing"?
The act of throwing a person out of a window!
Wait... There's already a word for that...
Defenestration
Russian noises
My high school history teacher's favorite word
Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: gnodab.
Enough with the squeaky shoes.
Male lions are now called lioners. Also, as I'm German and we don't have a proper word for lioners either, I propose "LΓΆwer".
Soft gym shorts: pous-pous.
can spiders wear pous-pous?
can spiders wear pous-pous?
Sure, why not?
Sometimes when Iβm writing I smash words together So
Withe - with the
I would absolutely love to commandeer the cartoon title "Animaniacs" as a word to refer to people, such as myself, who love cartoons/anime/animated content over live action anything.
I've always wished there was a word for the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is looking at you.
Perhaps malleerphobia? Or if being formal-ish, anaspectaphobia?
Coparents - the parent's of your child's partner/spouse