Words you think should exist in English

[arthwollipot]

Strange. I thought women everywhere could disagree while saying yes.

Yes, but...

 

[LyTinWeedle]

I'm quite fond of lost positives, such as:

Gruntled - Not unhappy, mostly OK but not happy either.
Ept - Not very skillful
Kempt - Neat and tidy

Not a lost positive, but I treat it like it is:

Dorn - To remove decoration or trimmings "Well, Christmas is over. Time to dorn the mantle"

A couple of other fun ones:
Ose - A little bit sad
Mostose - Highly depressive, slit your wrists sort of sad.

 

[six7s]

A couple of other fun ones:
Ose - A little bit sad
Mostose - Highly depressive, slit your wrists sort of sad.

Verbose: to be sad

 

[LyTinWeedle]

A couple of others I just remembered:

Couth - Ablilty to be situationally appropriate
Effable - Fully able to be understood

 

[six7s]

Continent - full of ****

 

[six7s]

Crement - continental

 

[ZirconBlue]

There needs to be some standard way to answer a question posed in the negative, e.g. "You didn't like it?"

In this example, I would respond, "Yes, I didn't."

My life's quest: Use milihelen in a sentence.

Not much of "life's" quest, since you've already done so.

should [/I]have said or done earlier; as, what you should have said when you ran into your ex while running an errand in a torn t-shirt and sweatpants, instead of, "Er, hi."

Struck by inspiration after the fact: "postpiration".

 

[six7s]

Struck by inspiration after the fact: "postspiration".

 

[ZirconBlue]

 

[NoZed Avenger]

My then 4 year old coined the very descriptive "attackled."

I try to use it a lot.

 

[Galaxie]

That reminds me of Emmitt Smith's new word: "debacled"

 

[Emerson Street]

Words we need in English:

**The equivalent of "l'esprit d'escalier", the sudden moment of inspiration in which you realize what you should have said or done earlier; as, what you should have said when you ran into your ex while running an errand in a torn t-shirt and sweatpants, instead of, "Er, hi."

I'm interested in the responses!! Miss Kitt

Not a word, but I thought that was the 'naked lunch' moment.

 

[TheAnachronism]

Thudge. It is the sound of a knock at a wooden door on a rainy day. I don't care if you'll only use it once in your life.

Also, misled, pronounced "MY-zld", meaning cheated out of something you probably wouldn't have had anyway. "I swear, if it weren't for Tyra Banks, I could have been a fashion model. I've been misled!"

 

[arthwollipot]

Years ago I coined the word obsane as a portmonteau of "obscene" and "insane".

 

[Dorfl]

Seriously, though. WTF does that mean?

"Did you see it?" "Ja."

"Didn't you see it?" "Jo."

"That's not a good idea!" "Jo." -- "Yes it is"

Does that explain the difference? It's usually easier to just show words in action, than explain exactly how they should be used.

 

[arthwollipot]

It's the "yes, we have no bananas" problem.

When I was learning Japanese, I was taught that the correct answer to the question "Don't you have any bananas?" was "Yes" if you actually do not have any bananas.

 

[Altered Statesman]

Goin, pronounced like groin without the r. It just means 'go in' but has a nice ring too it. Goin.

 

[arthwollipot]

I've always thought that the plural form of the word we use to refer to the pointing device attached to a computer should rhyme with "houses".

 

[arthwollipot]

And, of course, "newage" to rhyme with "sewage"...

 

[dann]

One that I did not make up but that I like is a word to describe that infinitesimal period of time when you realize that you're doing something wrong, but too late to stop it (like when you realize you're closing your locked car door with your keys inside, but too late to stop the momentum of hand and door.)

Its ohnosecond.

Not to be confused with Onosecond.