Top ten words not in the dictionary

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The discussion revolves around a list of ten words that are not officially recognized in dictionaries, exploring their meanings and the creativity behind their formation. Participants share their thoughts on these words, express their own favorites, and discuss the inclusion of certain terms in dictionaries.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express excitement about the creativity of new words, such as "awesomtastic" and "ginormous."
  • One participant questions the inclusion of "ain't" in the dictionary, noting its controversial status.
  • Another participant mentions that "ginormous" may already be in their dictionary, indicating uncertainty about its status.
  • Several participants introduce their own invented words, such as "twerd," and share definitions and contexts for their use.
  • There is a humorous exchange about the necessity of "chillax" in relation to health advice.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a sense of humor and creativity regarding the words discussed, but there is disagreement about the status of certain words in dictionaries, particularly "ginormous" and "ain't." The discussion remains unresolved regarding the acceptance of these terms.

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Some participants reference the inclusion of words in specific dictionaries, such as the OED, but there is no consensus on which words are officially recognized or their definitions.

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From the Merriam Webster dictionary website. (Anyone have any others?)

What a lovely bunch of vocabularians (persons who make up new words) you are! Lasterday (refers to any day before today) we squinched (action required to fit something into a space that is slightly too small) a schmiglet (a small unit of measurement) of your awesomtastic (so wonderful the words just meld in your mouth) one-of-a-kind entries into this space in preparation for our Top Ten reveal. With so many chizzy (awesome, super, happening) creations to choose from, we admit to becoming a bit flusterpated (a state of being flustered that's so intense, one's actions and words become bound up) and fahoodled (confused, esp. when trying to think of too many things at once). We craughed (to cry and laugh simultaneously), we troddled (to wander around without knowing of doing so), and finally decided to use the schwack (a large amount) of multiple entries received as the basis for the Top Ten—this is, let's not forget, all about favoritism.

From the thousands of submissions we received, here, then, are the ten words (not in the dictionary) entered the most often:

Top Ten Favorite Words (Not in the Dictionary)

1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous

2. confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time

3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement

4. chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends

5. cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you're on the highway

6. gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription."

7. phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number

8. slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy

9. snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed

10. lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms

http://www.m-w.com/info/favorite.htm

also check out http://www.m-w.com/info/favorite_not_prev.htm
 
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I'm fowarding this to fiends right now...
 
I'm pretty sure 'ginormous' is in my dictionary. I'll check later.

Chav, chavtastic and chavette recently made it into the OED, I'm told. Yay!
 
I'm still confused as to why webster put ain't in the dictionary... :confused:
 
yomamma said:
I'm still confused as to why webster put ain't in the dictionary... :confused:
At least it starts the definition with this disclaimer "Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated"
 
So are you telling me my doctor lied to me when he said i needed to chillax for my high blood pressure?
 
Evo said:
awesomtastic (so wonderful the words just meld in your mouth)
I love it! The definition is even awesomtastic! :rofc: (rolling on floor craughing)
 
Yeah I think the only word on that list I may have used would be "ginormous"

Woops I have probably used w00t before!
 
twerd (n): a cross between a twit, a nerd, and a turd. Most commonly found in AOL chat rooms. Usage: "Shut up, you little twerd!"
 
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Awsometastic! :smile:
 
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jma2001 said:
twerd (n): a cross between a twit, a nerd, and a turd. Most commonly found in AOL chat rooms. Usage: "Shut up, you little twerd!"
I like twerd.
 
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My fave: 'craptastic'.
 
  • #13
G'dangit! This is trivalerious!
 
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jma2001 said:
twerd (n): a cross between a twit, a nerd, and a turd. Most commonly found in AOL chat rooms. Usage: "Shut up, you little twerd!"


I'm more a fan of "twunt" myself, but I won't go into that one.
 
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I have not heard of those weird words except the third one, very common among us here,
 

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