New Words For The English Dictionary

July 1st, 2008

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare is a man who not only made up a lot of words, but also had a soulpatch 400 years before the word was included in the dictionary.

Every year, many new words are added to the dictionary as the English language steadily evolves. Earlier this year, the Merriam-Webster dictionary added words such as unibrow, spyware and soulpatch. Yeah, that’s right: ’soulpatch’.

Ever since I was a child, I have dreamt of getting my own made-up word into the dictionary but, no matter how hard I tried, words such as ‘wankleclown’ (a silly person), ‘nostrilmonkey’ (a big booger) or ‘gordonpinkrod’(male genitalia) have never made it into the lexicon.

Sometimes words just accidentally begin to exist: ‘google’ is now a generic verb for searching the internet, ‘bandaid’ is a generic word for a plastic strip, and we wouldn’t ‘hoover’ the carpet if it weren’t for J. Edgar.

So here’s the GORSKYS.COMedy new words for a modern world which we’re hoping Merriams or Oxford discover and consider for their next edition.

  • Myspacery (n) – A discovery that all the friends you thought you had are imaginary.
  • Britney (n) – A situation that is spiralling out of control. I.e. Lately our relationship has gone from bad to Britney.
  • Wikism (n) – A piece of information that claims to be true, but is wildly inaccurate. I.e. It is a wikism that Steven Seagal is a brilliant actor.
  • Brangelinaesque (adj) – A disgustingly-perfect match of two sought-after items. I.e. This is a brangelinaesque peanut butter and jam sandwich.
  • Olsens (n) – Another name for a pair of drumsticks.
  • Youtubular (adj) – A receptacle, primarily full of rubbish, for discarding mediocre items for other people to find.
  • Georgebushanoia (n) – A feeling that you’ve been metaphorically rectally raped over and over for seven years.
  • Lucasize (v) –A great and wonderful idea that has been taken a step too far.  I.e. You have completely lucasized your essay by tacking on that extra paragraph.
  • Jackomess (v) – The situation after a plastic surgery prodcedure that has made the recipient look more like an alien.
  • Jackonial (v)A defiant claim by a person that they never had any plastic surgery when they clearly have because they look more like an alien.
  • Trumpstyle (n) – Any hairstyle that is so bad it beats every other bad hairstyle you’ve ever seen.
  • Idol (n) – Whilst already a word in the English language, described as “a person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered”, a second meaning should be added: “mundane, pointless, b-grade celebrity-hungry hack”

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New Words For The English Dictionary

English words that should be in the dictionary.

  1. old_user

    Psychodentistry (n.) – 1. The practice of dealing with fear of going to the dentist. 2. Putting a lot of effort into trying to get information out of somebody who does not want to reveal it: \

    Current score: 0

    Jeffrey Golde [13/03/2010]

  2. old_user

    Phenomenot – Something that doesn’t exist. Eg. "The WMDs in Iraq are an interesting phenomenot."

    Current score: 0

    Mr P. Poo [15/02/2009]

  3. old_user

    Cuppateano – It\’s like a cappuccino, but it\’s just an ordinary cup of tea. It sounds good though when you\’re ordering a cup of tea at a posh cafe.

    Current score: 0

    Mr P. Poo [13/02/2009]

  4. old_user

    Gaybie – (n.) the child adopted by a gay couple.

    Current score: 0

    Once upon a time [01/02/2009]

  5. old_user

    Therapist – The one all other sex offenders look up to

    Current score: 0

    CozB [21/01/2009]

  6. old_user

    Catify – To release several cats into an enclosed location; e.g- stop calling or i\’ll catify your house.

    Current score: 0

    jac johnson [07/11/2008]

  7. old_user

    Googlize – Search for your ex or crush on google millions of times to see what they are up to and if they like you still.

    Current score: 0

    Ashley Moore [27/08/2008]

  8. old_user

    1) TERRIER-IST

    2) TERRIER-ISM

    No explaination required for anyone who has ever owned a Terrier

    Current score: 0

    Gordo Wilson [23/06/2008]

  9. old_user

    NomNomNomNom – I’m hungry and eating your head

    Doof – Food! Glorious Food!

    mmm dinner time

    Current score: 0

    Hpn [17/06/2008]

  10. old_user

    Analrapist (n) – 1. A person who is both an analyst and a therapist. 2. Somebody who makes you need to visit the former. (I believe this word may have already been submitted to the dictionary by one Tobias Fünke? – Ed)

    Current score: 0

    David Arnold [12/06/2008]

  11. old_user

    lol – the suggestion used out of context that something is humorous, but not so obscenely funny as to make you laugh out loud.

    Current score: 0

    holly [08/06/2008]

  12. old_user

    Peenarse – someone that drives at 25 in a 30 zone.

    Current score: 0

    martin scarbrough [07/06/2008]

  13. old_user

    Twastard – someone who annoys you .

    Current score: 0

    martin scarbrough [07/06/2008]

  14. old_user

    Analogise (v) – 1. To make an analogy. 2. Study of buttsex. word use: “I’m trying to analogise here!”
    word building: Analogist

    Current score: 0

    Ryan The Great [04/06/2008]

  15. old_user

    C-Spot (n) Colloq. – Clitoris

    Current score: 0

    Ryan The Great [04/06/2008]

  16. old_user

    McSexy (n) – The quality or condition of being sexy enough for a bogan or homeless person to have you for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    Current score: 0

    Ryan The Great [04/06/2008]

  17. old_user

    Owiisety -
    Weight problem resulting from children who think they are getting enough exercise from their game console.

    Current score: 0

    Gavin Baskerville [03/06/2008]

  18. old_user

    Hari-Corey
    A traditional act of suicide performed when unworthy people become well-paid celebrities and all faith in the world is lost.

    Current score: 0

    Gavin Baskerville [03/06/2008]

  19. old_user

    Rudd-er -
    A device that gives you the appearance of heading in a new direction but actually maintains the same course.

    Current score: 0

    Gavin Baskerville [03/06/2008]

  20. old_user

    wackadamia – white chocolate macadamia stuff (I accidentally used this word tonight when ordering white chocolate macadamia nut cheesecake. I thought it was too awesome not to share.)

    Current score: 1

    holly c [03/06/2008]

What words do you suggest?

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