I'm making a list of neologisms and I need your help.
Please drop a few in the comment section. What are your favorite? I'm especially interested in neologisms that:
> are American in origin
> pervert an existing word (like "blamestorming" from "brainstorming")
> elide two existing words (like "frenemy")
> have come into common usage in the last five years or so
Many thanks!
I love lists! This was really challenging, though--like saying "tell me a joke right now!" Here's the best I could do:
ReplyDeletechillaxin
babymoon
staycation
bromance
celebreality
fashionista
Important disclaimer: knowing these words exist does not necessarily mean I employ them.
Keep in mind, I live in a very small town and I lead a very sheltered life. I do not claim ownership to a lot of these.
ReplyDeleteThis first one is just because I titled a poem using it: "Lost in Wikiburbia."
Cold Beer said as one word: Coldbeer
Feminazi
Herstory
When people, instead of saying "Rocket Science" or "Brain Surgery" say, either "Rocket Surgery" or "Brain Science."
"Nerdlings"
Hi Charles
ReplyDeleteof course you have heard Palin's "refudiate"
Dean invented "fagulous!". But I think it is redundant.
:)
Peter