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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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