Tuesday 29 November 2016

Nunawhat

Nunawhat: exclamation. A popular phrase expressing confusion often uttered in the northern reaches of Canada. Depending on the intonation the speaker places on the word, it can denote a variety of emotions, however as mentioned it is usually associated with a question mark, an upward intonation and the emotion of confusion. NUNAWHAT?

Saturday 26 November 2016

Cclluubb

Cclluubb: noun. (Pronounced exactly the same as the word 'club') An association or organisation dedicated to people interested in heavy sticks with a thick end, particularly ones used as weapons. The only known cclluubb in the world can be found in Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and has given rise to such jokes as "A seal walks into a cclluubb..."

Thursday 24 November 2016

Antiantiism

Antiantiism: noun. The philosophical movement opposed to the idea of the prefix 'anti-' and its uses in vocabulary. The movement was initiated by John Locke in an effort to rid the English language of unnecessary negativity and pessimism. Locke suggested that all words that utilised the preposition 'anti-' were being unnecessarily depressing, as the same idea could be expressed by saying 'opposed to x', rather than 'anti-x'. To be fair, he may have had a point.

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Wallet

Wallet: noun. A little pocket or shelf in a wall. This word has been used by masons for centuries, but was only recently added to regular everyday parlance. There was some concern about this introduction into everyday speech, as some suggested that it could lead to the extinction of the word 'nook', however they were reassured by the idea that the phrase 'nooks and crannies' would keep the word alive and well.

Saturday 19 November 2016

Fabrick

Fabrick: noun. Another word for wall. This word was created as part of the Movement for the Rationalisation of the English Language, where the members attempted to make all semantically related words, also be related structurally. Unsurprisingly, this did not get very far, but fabrick, was one of the few words that potentially seemed like it could actually catch on, given enough time.

Thursday 17 November 2016

Searies

Searies: noun. A number of things of a similar kind coming one after another and relating to one of the following:
1. The sea. For example a series of documentaries about marine animals could be defined as a searies. A series of books about why water is a conspiracy and the seas and oceans aren't actually real would also be considered a searies.
2. Searing. Several articles about particularly strong chilis, lava, the latest pop hits, the surface of Mercury, the boiling point of titanium and my mixtape, would all be considered searies. 
3. Anything scathing or apathetic. For example, several consecutive blogposts, which all seem to be linked by the theme of apathy could be considered a searies.

Tuesday 15 November 2016

You-th

You-th: noun. The apparent vitality and young-ness of all those around you, even if they're older than you, after a particularly long and exhausting day/week/month/year/life. In 2020, the editors of the DSM shall discuss whether to add you-th to the list of causes of depression. You-th is most commonly identified by a particularly strong disregard for anyone too energetic or happy about their own lives, but importantly, this feeling has to be stronger than it is on 'normal' days.

Saturday 12 November 2016

Sadbundence

Sadbundence: noun. A phenomenon observed by George Carlin amongst the general English-speaking populace and its vocabulary, of the incredible number of words to describe various aspects of apathy, depression, sadness, agony, acedia, sloth, lethargy, torpor, fatigue, hebetude, inanition, languor, indolence, lassitude, weariness and similar.

Thursday 10 November 2016

Langwish

Langwish: verb. To desire to lose all energy and vitality and simply turn into a pile of dust, because that would be easier than dealing with all of the stressful adult-like things that one has to do in life. Everyone langwishes at least a few times in their life, however very few people have actually gone through with their desire. On the Eeyore scale of Apathy, langwishing is scored just above ennui, but below languor.

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Memery

Memery: noun. A special storage space in the brains of people born after 1990 dedicated entirely to the storage and maintenance of memes, most commonly internet memes in the forms of gifs. The main purpose of the memery, is to be able to, at any given time produce a meme appropriate for the current situation or fitting the topic of discussion. Some people's memeries are much better developed than others', this is however based entirely on practice and usage of one's memery. Those who utilise them more frequently have been shown to have a much larger and versatile memery. 

Saturday 5 November 2016

Techish

Techish: noun. The language spoken by stage technicians all over the world. Even if two techies do not share the same native language, through the power of techish, they can still communicate enough to be able to successfully run and manage a production. Unfortunately, not enough research has gone into techish, to understand how exactly this can happen, but the phenomenon is well documented, as early as from the first stagings of Mozart's Don Giovanni, where the Austrian and Czech techies somehow managed to cooperate despite not speaking each other's languages whatsoever.

Thursday 3 November 2016

Posthumorous

Posthumourous, alt. American English spelling posthumorous : adjective. Describing something which becomes funny with the death of the originator, or describing something funny, which is only found or understood after the death of the originator. For example, the book titled 'The Complete Book of Running', which emphasised the health benefits of jogging, was only imbued with a sense of irony after the author Jim Fixx died of a heart attack at the age of 52, while jogging.

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Explinate

Explinate: verb. To explain an explication or explicate an explanation. Linguists have offered this as an explanation for what occurs when people go off on a tangent, that's unrelated to what they were originally talking about. Much study has been devoted to the phenomenon of conversational tangents, and so far this is the only explanation that hasn't been disproved by further research. The basic idea is that, a person will postulate an explanation or idea that links two other ideas, but will feel that this isn't sufficiently explained or will subconsciously feel that that train of thought is more interesting, so will instead choose to explinate, leading to the tangent.