Part of speech
What the Deuce Does INDICULT Mean?
It’s that time of the month again. Time to play my 100% made-up word game!…
What the Deuce Does Huffaloftus Mean?
It’s another Made-It-Up Monday where I throw out one of the {many} fictional words I use in real life & we get to see who can get inside my brain & define it the way I would….
What the Deuce is GRIEVENSTALL?
Today we continue with Made-It-Up Mondays where I throw out a 100% made-up word. This week: GRIEVENSTALL. Yeah, what the heck is that?…
What the Heck is Ebenscraw?
Today we continue with Made-It-Up Mondays where I throw out a 100% bogus word and ask you to define it, provide its part of speech, and use the word in a sentence that indicates how your idea of the word could be used. So um, what the heck is ebenscraw? As always, big rewards for the winner!…
It’s Made-It-Up Monday! The last Monday of each month I throw out a 100% made-up word and ask you to:
- define it
- provide its part of speech, and
- use the word in a sentence that indicates how the word could be used.
Because it’s fun.
And because someone gave me the book The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words From Around the World by Adam Jacot de Boinod.
You know how sometimes someone taps you on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool you? The Indonesians call that “mencolek.”
I’ll bet that word comes with an eyeroll.
Imagine two Indonesian kids walking down the beach. One kid attempts to poke his buddy, and the other kid says: “Wow, dude. Good one. You almost got me with that mencolek.” *eyeroll*
For me, it’s reassuring to know that other cultures have language for the actions and concepts for which we haven’t necessarily got the right words.
If I can’t find the right word on the word-shelf to fit my mood or predicament, I just make one up.
The first blogger to use my made-up word even remotely close to the way I do shall receive linky-love. And by that, I mean I will announce your identity and link to your blog during next month’s Made-It-Up-Monday, so folks can head over and check out your stuff.
If you are not a blogger, don’t worry. If you guess the meaning, I will highlight your name in bold and let everyone know how smart you are. If you are looking for a new job, you can put “uncanny ability to define 100% bogus words” on your resumé and direct prospective employers here. I will totally back you up.
Last month, the bogus word was INDICULT and Peg from Peg-O-Leg’s Ramblings guessed that it meant a person who is crude, indelicate, and difficult to deal with. Her sentence: “Peg knew that if her sister-in-law had more than 1 beer at the reception, she would become indicult and start dropping f-bombs all over the place.”
Yes yes and yes!
Now… before you all jump ship and go check out Peg-O-Leg’s awesome blog (which you should definitely do in like two seconds), I have to tell you something.
Because it is my blogoversary month, this time, I have a copy of Tingo to send to one lucky commenter!
The person who comes closest to using my bogus word in the way I do shall receive the aforementioned book, BUT if no one comes close, I will tell you how I use the word and Random Number Generator will be my best friend. So there is definitely a winner, people!
Continuing alphabetically, this month’s word is:
JINGLEKEET
What the heck is that? Define it. And give me a sentence in which you show me how you would use it.
You know, if it were a real word. 😉
All blogoversary winners will be announced on June 2nd — once I figure everything out. However this winner will be announced on the last Monday in June. Good things come to those who wait. Or something.
Other blogoversary giveaways you can enter to win:
Elena Aitken’s ebook Sugar Crash
Tyler Tarver’s ebook Letters To Famous People
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It’s the last Monday of the month, and you know what that means?
What do you mean you don’t know?
The last Monday of each Month is Made-It-Up Monday.
I throw out a 100% made-up word and ask you to:
- define it
- provide its part of speech, and
- use the word in a sentence that indicates how the word could be used.
Why? Because it’s fun.
And because someone gave me the book The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words From Around the World.
Did you know that in Japan, the word “bakku-shan” means “the experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front”?
Somehow, I’m guessing that is not a real popular word with the ladies.
Anyway, I can’t find the right word on the word-shelf to fit my mood or predicament, I just make one up.
The last time we did this the word was HUFFALOFTUS.
Remember, the first person to use the word even remotely close to the way I do shall receive linky-love. And by that, I mean I will announce your identity in the next Made-It-Up Monday post next month and link up to your blog, so folks can head over and check out your stuff.
If you are not a blogger, don’t worry. If you guess the meaning, I will highlight your name in bold and let everyone know how smart you are. If you are looking for a new job, you can put “uncanny ability to define 100% bogus words” on your resumé and direct prospective employers here. I will totally back you up.
Our last winner got a whole spread, so I won’t redo.
Continuing alphabetically, this month’s word is:
INDICULT
What the heck is that? Define it. And give me a sentence in which you show me how you would use it.
You know, if it were a real word. 😉
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Today we continue with Made-It-Up Mondays where I throw out a 100% made-up word and ask you to:
- define it
- provide its part of speech, and
- use the word in a sentence that indicates how the word could be used.
Why? Because it’s fun.
And because someone gave me the book The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words From Around the World.
When I can’t find the right word on the word-shelf to fit my mood or predicament, I just make one up.
The last time we did this the word was “grievenstall”. While several people guessed the word was a verb, having to do with intense grief, one person understood that it also had to do with a car when she tapped out this sentence:
My sad little sedan went and grievenstalled this morning.
Here’s the real story behind the word. I used to date a guy with an orange VW Bug. It was a great little Farfenugen. Except it used to stall all the time for no apparent reason. It drove me nuts. Eventually, he dumped me and got a new girlfriend. And I found I actually missed his dumb VW. One day, I was crying about the end of our relationship and someone asked me what was wrong, and it just slipped out: “I’m in a grieve and stall!” Now any time I’m in a car that stalls (or I see an orange VW Bug), I shout: “Grievenstall!” — really loud.
Tori Nelson is the smartypants who got both the grief and the car. Go and check out her blog The Ramblings. She is funny. And, in addition to other things, she is doing a thing called “My Very Bloggy Wedding” which is coming up in April 2012! Enjoy!
I’d like to continue alphabetically, but don’t have a made-up “H” word.
I know, weird, right?
So I’m really going to make one up and then just pick the definition/sentence combo that I love the best.
So this month’s 100% made-up word is:
HUFFALOFTUS
What the heck is that? Define it. And give me a sentence in which you show me how you would use it.
You know, if it were a real word. 😉
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Today we continue with Made-It-Up Mondays where I throw out a 100% made-up word and ask you to:
- define the word
- provide its part of speech, and
- use the word in a sentence that indicates how the word could be used.
Why? Because it’s fun. And because someone gave me the book
For example:
The Yupga word “Mamihlapinatapi” from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego refers to a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to do.
When I can’t find the right word on the word-shelf to fit my mood or predicament, I just make one up.
The last time we did this the word was “fongutter” and I am sad to say, no one was even close. FON was really pronounced PHONE, and this word harks back to the days when Tech Support was still a wee thing who liked to take apart old phones to see how they worked. Now he enjoys taking bigger stuff, so I have to tell him to stop being a “fongutter” and put my shizzle back together.
No worries. We shall plough ahead.
The first person to use the word even remotely close to the way I do shall receive linky-love. And by that, I mean I will announce your identity in the next Made-It-Up Monday post next month and link up to your blog, so folks can head over and check out your stuff.
If you are not a blogger, don’t worry. If you guess the meaning, I will highlight your name in bold and let everyone know how smart you are. If you are looking for a new job, you can put “uncanny ability to define 100% bogus words” on your resumé and direct prospective employers here. I will totally back you up.
Continuing alphabetically, this month’s word is:
GRIEVENSTALL
What the heck is that? Define it. And give me a sentence in which you show me how you would use it.
You know, if it were a real word. 😉
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Today we continue with Made-It-Up Mondays where I throw out a 100% made-up word and ask you to:
- define the word
- provide its part of speech, and
- use the word in a sentence that indicates how the word could be used.
Why? Because someone gave me the book The Meaning of Tingo: And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World that has a lot of cool words in it.
For example:
“Kummerspeck” is a German word used to describe excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, “grief bacon.”
We don’t really have a word for that, do we?
This book appeals to me because when I can’t find the right word on the word-shelf to fit my mood or predicament, I often make one up.
The last time we did this the word was “derpy” and that ended quickly when the fabulous Christian Emmett schooled me and told me that derpy is, in fact, a word in urban dictionary. Herp a derp!
I quickly revised my post and implored people to tell me the derpy-est thing they had done recently. And I got some good answers. But, it was still… embarrassing.
I felt like my panties were showing or something.
So I feel I must assure you. In preparation for today’s festivities, I Googled and searched.
And I am sure this word is all mine in its makeupedness.
The first person to use the word the way I love the best shall receive cyber-love. And by that, I mean I will announce your identity in the next Made-It-Up Monday post. If you are a blogger, I will link to your blog, so folks will head over and check out your stuff. (To check out Christian Emmett, click HERE.)
If you are not a blogger, don’t worry. I will highlight your name in bold and let everyone know how smart you are. If you are looking for a job, you can put “uncanny ability to define 100% bogus words” on your resumé and direct prospective employers here. I will totally back you up.
Continuing alphabetically, this week, the made up word is:
EBENSCRAW
What the heck is that? When would you say it? Define it and give me a sentence in which you show me how you would use it.
You know, if it were a real word. 😉
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