Self-invented words ...

[monkers]

A couple of other threads about the usage of words are providing some entertainment on here.

Have you invented any words of your own?

I'm often doing it. My favourite recent one is 'Trumpwit'.

My other half calls them 'monkerisms'. 😄

 

[sleuthey]

Yes subconsciously all the time. I have been diagnosed with a specific weakness in reading ability by a chartered psychologist which impacts my vocabulary. There are thus to many words to list + I don’t know what they are!

 

[Drago]

Yes subconsciously all the time. I have been diagnosed with a specific weakness in reading ability by a chartered psychologist which impacts my vocabulary. There are thus to many words to list + I don’t know what they are!

Ah, I had commenced speculation about your reading ability, based upon your apparent poor grammatical and oratory prowess

It was I that took the word 'fiddler', slang for a player of the violin or viola, and applied it to the burgeoning ranks of 70s celebrity perverts.

 

[monkers]

Ah, I had commenced speculation about your reading ability, based upon your apparent poor grammatical and oratory prowess

Best not to confuse 'dyslexia' with 'daily sex' though I always think.

 

[Drago]

That's exactly what the magistrate said to me!

 

[Spiderweb]

Cockwomble.
I remember Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory and Orinoco but I can’t recall the Cockwomble so it must be a made up word!

 

[monkers]

Cockwomble.
I remember Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory and Orinoco but I can’t recall the Cockwomble so it must be a made up word!

What manner of Trumpwittery is this? A cockwomble is a cyclist's willywarmer, obviously!

 

[Drago]

I invented twunt and shonky. I sold the latter to Richard Hammond for a tenner, half a pack of Bensons, and a well thumbed copy of Razzle.

In the police a flock of sergeants is called a 'confusion'.

 

[monkers]

I invented twunt and shonky. I sold the latter to Richard Hammond for a tenner, half a pack of Bensons, and a well thumbed copy of Razzle.



In the police a flock of sergeants is called a 'confusion'.

I think *twunt* might need peer review.


... and a collection of constables is called a 'gallery'?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What manner of Trumpwittery is this? A cockwomble is a cyclist's willywarmer, obviously!

Isn‘t that a fanny haddock?

 

[The Crofted Crest]

I think *twunt* might need peer review.

Is that a self-invented euphemism? A newphemism?

 

[monkers]

Isn‘t that a fanny haddock?

I think you mean a Cranny Faddock Mr Spooner.

 

[monkers]

Is that a self-invented euphemism? A newphemism?

Twunt = Trump-witted uncouth nincompoopic twit ... and that's a backronym!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I think you mean a Cranny Faddock Mr Spooner.

Nah this is made up phrases. The fanny haddock is the female equivalent of a cod piece.

 

[monkers]

Nah this is made up phrases. The fanny haddock is the female equivalent of a cod piece.

Not quite! I just checked it it the Urban Dictionary - wish I hadn't!