Coinage (Invent some new words or phrases)

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The discussion revolves around the invention of new words and phrases, with participants sharing their creative coinages and exploring the meanings and implications of existing terms. The conversation includes playful exchanges about language, definitions, and the origins of certain phrases, as well as humorous commentary on the nature of word creation.

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  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants discuss the term "word salad," with varying interpretations of its meaning and origin.
  • One participant introduces "spoilish," describing it as the state of milk that is beginning to spoil but is not yet bad enough to discard.
  • Another participant suggests "gurulation" and "gurulity," speculating on their meanings and connections to existing words.
  • There is a playful debate about the validity of the word "garrulity," with references to dictionaries and definitions.
  • Several participants propose new terms, including "anvillessness," "GiDdyhead," and "jabberwackiness," each with their own definitions.
  • The term "dopeler effect" is mentioned as a humorous concept regarding the perception of ideas based on their delivery speed.
  • Participants engage in light-hearted banter about the nature of language and the creation of neologisms.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a playful attitude towards language and word creation, but there is disagreement regarding the origins and definitions of certain terms, particularly "word salad" and "garrulity." The discussion remains unresolved on some points, with multiple interpretations and proposed meanings coexisting.

Contextual Notes

Some terms discussed have established meanings in specific contexts, such as "word salad" in psychiatric terminology, which may influence participants' interpretations. The conversation also reflects varying levels of familiarity with linguistic concepts and definitions.

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Readers interested in linguistics, wordplay, and creative language use may find this discussion engaging and thought-provoking.

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russ watters' word salad (a meaningless string of words; worse than nonsense) and arildno's gurulity and gurulation have me wondering what other jewels PFers can crank out. Share your inventions.
 
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word salad? ahahahahaha... oh man... that's beautiful

What do the other two words mean?
 
Pengwuino said:
word salad? ahahahahaha... oh man... that's beautiful

What do the other two words mean?
I don't know. Break it down.
gurulation
http://www.answers.com/guru&r=67
(maybe the l is for a more pleasing sound)
gurulity
guru-l-http://www.answers.com/-ity
(maybe he just likes l)
 
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Some sort of pompous guru?

Gosh, you won't make things simple for me will you >:(
 
I have a lame one that I wasn't going to post, but...

spoilish: when the milk just begins to smell as if it's starting to spoil but isn't bad enough to throw out, I say it's spoilish. (spoil-ish, Pengwuino :wink:)
 
Pengwuino said:
Some sort of pompous guru?

Gosh, you won't make things simple for me will you >:(
Just click the links. You know what -ation does when attached to the end of a word, right?
 
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honestrosewater said:
I don't know. Break it down.
gurulation
http://www.answers.com/guru&r=67
(maybe the l is for a more pleasing sound)
gurulity
guru-l-http://www.answers.com/-ity
(maybe he just likes l)
gurulity: the attitude or mental state out of which the postures, gestures and behaviours of the guru flows out naturally.
(That it has a certain affinity to garrulity was intended)
 
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arildno said:
(That it has a certain affinity to garrulity was intended)
Oh, c'mon, 'garrulity' isn't a word. :-p

Tom Mattson had a very nice one -
mental toilet: a receptacle for word salad.
 
honestrosewater said:
Oh, c'mon, 'garrulity' isn't a word. :-p
Oh, yes it is!
Quoting from my Penguin Dictionary:

garrulity: quality of being garrulous.
 
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arildno said:
Oh, yes it is!
Quoting from my Penguin Dictionary:

garrulity: quality of being garrulous.
Yeah, well my dictionary says it means 'loquaciousness', but I don't think that's a word either. Harrumph. :-p

(Do you keep a dictionary within reach? I do that - just wondering.)
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yeah, well my dictionary says it means 'loquaciousness', but I don't think that's a word either. Harrumph. :-p

(Do you keep a dictionary within reach? I do that - just wondering.)
What about talkativeness? Is that a word?
Chatticity, perhaps? :confused:


(And yes, I have a dictionary at hand; it is dedicated to Rosalinda, BTW)
 
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honestrosewater said:
russ watters' word salad (a meaningless string of words; worse than nonsense)
I hate to be the one to have to debunk this, but Russ didn't create the term "word salad". It has been used in the psychiatric community for years to describe the speech of some schizophrenics, and was taken from there as the title of an album by some rock group way back before the invention of the CD.
 
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Word salad

honestrosewater said:
russ watters' word salad (a meaningless string of words; worse than nonsense)
Word salad is not a neologism. It is in my unabridged dictionary. It is a decades-old term used to describe the verbal output of schizophrenics.

google.com/search?q=%22word+salad%22+schizophrenic
 
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Beatcha, hitsquad!
 
  • #15
Yeah, well, my post is shinyer than yours.
 
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arildno said:
What about talkativeness? Is that a word?
Chatticity, perhaps? :confused:
Chatticity, yes, that's good. :approve:
(And yes, I have a dictionary at hand; it is dedicated to Rosalinda, BTW)
From As You Like It?
 
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hitssquad said:
Yeah, well, my post is shinyer than yours.
zoobyshoe's verbal cadence is better than yours, though..
 
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honestrosewater said:
From As You Like It?
Not quite; as from G.N. Garmonsway's 1964 edition of the Penguin English Dictionary..
 
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arildno said:
zoobyshoe's verbal cadence is better than yours, though..
That's true. I didn't even notice that at first. If Zoobyshoe's post is sung to the tune of AC-DC's Back in Black it fits perfectly.
 
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re: word salad. But this person's mental health was not... nevermind. I see also
Word salad is a term used to describe methods that senders of e-mail spam use to elude filtering.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_salad
 
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hitssquad said:
That's true. I didn't even notice that at first. If Zoobyshoe's post is sung to the tune of AC-DC's Back in Black it fits perfectly.
Arildno notices all that stuff.
 
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Ah, I found it! I thought that phrase sounded somewhat familiar (after you guys pointed out that it was old), but I didn't think that I heard it in connection with schizophrenia - it was Wernicke's aphasia.
 
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honestrosewater said:
I thought that phrase sounded somewhat familiar (after you guys pointed out that it was old)
This indicates that you are highly suggestible. Interesting.

You are feeling sleepy.

http://www.photonetwork.co.za/Photographers/emwe/Sleepy%20lioness%20peeking%20Kgalagadi.jpg
 
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She was cute..
 
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:zzz: (People used to call me Stealth Kitty, so that kind of works.)

I can't find anything about this Rosalinda person having something to do with G.N. Garmonsway's 1964 edition of the Penguin English Dictionary. :confused:
 
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honestrosewater said:
:zzz: (People used to call me Stealth Kitty, so that kind of works.)

I can't find anything about this Rosalinda person having something to do with G.N. Garmonsway's 1964 edition of the Penguin English Dictionary. :confused:
How strange; I'm sitting with it right now, and the Preface is dated in 1964, and I find no other date contradicting this..
A mystery..

(It is the paperback edition..)
 
  • #27
...irretardless. Used mostly when arguing with those that won't concede a fact even after you've soundly proven it to them.
 
  • #28
Echo 6 Sierra said:
...irretardless. Used mostly when arguing with those that won't concede a fact even after you've soundly proven it to them.
:smile:
Self-foolification is so annoying..
 
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arildno said:
How strange; I'm sitting with it right now, and the Preface is dated in 1964, and I find no other date contradicting this..
A mystery..

(It is the paperback edition..)
You seriously don't know who this person is? If not, I'll have to keep searching...
 
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honestrosewater said:
You seriously don't know who this person is? If not, I'll have to keep searching...
Could it be his wife?
Rosalinda Garmonsway..
I'll google on that..

Nope, no results on Rosalinda Garmonsway.. :frown:
It might still be the name of his wife, though..
 

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