I’m not creative enough to come up with words, but I can relate to this article. Can you?
David and I were having a similar conversation earlier: many of the things one comes up with have already been invented or patented or have always existed but we didn’t know, etc. And it kind of sucks. Or someone creates something simple and you’re like “What?? I could’ve made that myself!”
Anyway, enjoy this read!
– diana
If Lewis Carroll can make up “vorpal,” “brillig,” and “uffish,” then I can make up words like… (image via wikimedia)
I accidentally created a fake word a few days ago. It happened because of my new boss, a younger Ivy League guy who likes to talk a lot and think of new acronyms for old ideas. Anyway, after a meeting, I was ticked off and quietly muttered to a co-worker who (I hope) agrees with me:
“This new guy is way too damnbitious.”
I had meant to say “too damn ambitious” but I ran the words together. It was an accident.
“You came up with a new word,” my co-worker said. “If he fires you for complaining, at least you have that.”
I don’t like new words, especially if they’re fake. The English language has enough words, so many that we don’t need many fake ones. Last year, I used…
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