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Myriadmiration
Neologisms ala Wordnik.com. Directly below are links to some other New Word lists... pease suggest yours to add!
Ne(word)er by whichbe
fake words by sionnach
frivolous uni...obstacular, frenemy, delayering, playgue, abjective, contradictionary, sarchasm, goggly, ecolect, disimagine, alligavate, sniboluous and 330 more...
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Only on Wordie/Wordnik
Okay, mostly on Wordie. But it's more fun here anyway.
brannock device, polari, stupidhead, in toto, nounal, flustrated, stuffocate, firkin, full-assed, placeholder name, pro-text, cheesequake and 408 more...
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Inflicted on Wordie / Wordnik
Words that I created on Wordie (see madeupical). Some of them prove to have been made up previously elsewhere.
proxivore, gastroetymologist, retro-etymologize, hippopotamonomato..., wordfest, spelling capture, taghappy, hendiatristic, johnism, gallopavonian, kerprint, anywordie and 29 more...
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words that make me laugh
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reesetee Ah! I thought it sounded familiar! It's been a long time since I read that book.... Nov 9, 2007
mollusque Thanks, reesetee! You'll be pleased to know that the train/custard image also comes from The Phantom Tollboth. (See octopus). Nov 9, 2007
reesetee Haha! Excellent, mollusque! *trying to imagine a mountain of custard, let alone a freight train hitting it* Nov 9, 2007
mollusque The representation of an enormously loud or prolonged sound, such as a fast-moving freight train being derailed into a mountain of custard. Nov 9, 2007