(c/o M.) From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/favorite.htm
Merriam-Webster Asks: What's Your Favorite Word (That's Not in the Dictionary)? 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 today's 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 You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
