New words for things that already exist

[crab]

It has often occurred to me that there are concepts for which there are no words. They need words. It is in our human nature to define, catalogue and organise concepts and things, much like my neatly alphabetised sock drawer.

For instance: What do I call it when an object in a film is completely out of place? I was, if you will allow the example, watching the delightful comedy duo the "Chuckle Brothers" ineptly manage a Hair Salon, and the drier got stuck on the (for some reason deeply sleeping) lady's head! Oh, the hilarity! Ahaha... But I digress. One of their attempts to remove said drier was to pry it off with a crowbar, which he picked up naturally as you like from the floor, but whilst I chuckled at this, I was struck with a thought so shocking, I immediately turned off the television and went to my "quiet spot" to meditate upon the answer. My thought process went something like this:

Where did they get the crowbar from? Why would a crowbar be lying around in a salon? There seems no reason to have a crowbar "just handy" in a hari salon, surely? It must be some kind of theatrical trickery! But more importantly - what do I call such a thing? What on earth is a thing that is entirely out of place, and yet is there for the purpose of theatrical convinence? Is there a word for such a thing? Unlikely! So it needs a new word! Perhaps a combination of 'misplaced' and 'convinient'? Misconvenient? That sounds too much like the original to be helpful, and will surely cause confusion! But if I remove some letters, it becomes a minien! Again, no, too close to minion! A... Monvent? Nuns would be offended! A micon (Say it mick-on!)! Perfect! It's so completely new, no-one will have a clue what it means, and it can therefore be assigned the definition of "Micon (mic-ön): (1) n. A theatrical term for a thing which is entirely out of place, if you really think about it, but it's so essential to the scene it's there anyway." Brilliant!

After this difficult thinking session, I played my tape of applause and went to bed with my napoleon brandy (being careful not to get my lips wet).

So in conclusion, ladies, gentlemen, and indeterminates, I present to you the word [I]micon[I], and beg of you to invent your own. The world needs more words!

[moovok]

lala music = words that represent songs or music that are devoid of lyrics and can be classed as classical music, scores from films and televisions and can accompy people singing though not words, just harmonies.

[woobi]

Carosiousley - Means to accidentily drink
Thesinescissor - Means to contradict

[crab]

I seem to have misled you, my dear. Let me explain more thoroughly.

WITH SOCK PUPPETS!

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Clear?

I say!

A snootzie: someone who puts large images as thubnails out of respect and - dare I say - love for those on 56k.

Also a type of pastry created through pure willpower, tasting mainly of "tricks of the mind"

[Evilmoo]

This is slightly different but I like to invent different words for things that already existed. I was sick of using 'Moobs' for man breasts so through my own sheer genius I sat in the playground and thought up (all by myself) the word 'Chesticles' (or breasticles as you may like.) It was then to my horror that my grandad started talking about a show where they used the word 'chesticles.' Naturally I was annoyed seeing as I had made the word up completely myself =( Lol. I still haven't gotten over it. I need a life.

[junior]

I think the term is "Neologism". I remember that because in English once... we learned it. It's a rare occurance.

[Weeman]

I seem to have misled you, my dear. Let me explain more thoroughly.

WITH SOCK PUPPETS!
This post made reading the thread worthwhile.

[Al]

What on earth is a thing that is entirely out of place, and yet is there for the purpose of theatrical convinence?
A non-sequitur. :eng101:

Anyway, I suggest you read the Meaning of Liff by the late, great Douglas Adams. Here it is http://folk.uio.no/alied/TMoL.html

Buy it though. It's a book.

Words for things that don't have words for them, it is.

[Mat^]

Any one want to make up a name for the area on your leg that has no name, (where your knee is, but on the other side of your leg, or the same, if you were in some sort of freakish accident...)?

It's been bothering me for a long time...

[Taekwon-joe]

Aglet The transperant plastic covering on the end of a shoelace.

Minimus The little finger or toe.

Zarf The holder for a handless coffee mug.

Edit: Did anyone know that the proper name for this # is an octothorpe

[Simon]

I think the term is "Neologism". I remember that because in English once... we learned it. It's a rare occurance.

Kind of...that just means a new word. There is a specific word for just coming up with something...if I actually remembered why I have an A Level in English Language I might be able to be more helpful :D
I believe it is coinage, but dont quote me on that...

*Awaits lots of quoting*

[Al]

Edit: Did anyone know that the proper name for this # is an octothorpe
Me me me I did!

Well done for knowing. Do you know what this þ is called, though? ;)

[Taekwon-joe]

Do you know what this þ is called, though? ;)
Nope

[Al]

First person who knows and who didn't look it up gets points. Points means prizes \o/

[Chavvy]

Thorn.

[Al]

You looked it up ¬_¬

[Chavvy]

Character map IS your friend.

[Erasmus]

Me me me I did!

Well done for knowing. Do you know what this þ is called, though? ;)

it's called anormalpwithastupidlineybitontop.
Right?

[Al]

Actually it's called a tongue, as evidenced by :-þ

[Erasmus]

I think my version is punchier

[crab]

Aglet The transperant plastic covering on the end of a shoelace.

Minimus The little finger or toe.

Zarf The holder for a handless coffee mug.

Edit: Did anyone know that the proper name for this # is an octothorpe

They're not NEW words.

I want you to be a neologin (thanks junior!)

In your honour:

A chiff: someone who, by trying to be clever, misses the point entirely of what the others are talking about.

(And I also knew it was a thorn because we did mediæval english last year)

[Al]

neologin
neologin n A new addition to a computer system. From neo (new) + login.

;)

I need a word for that period of sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night but your brains are all addled so even though you can think coherently your senses are still making you dream, thus steeping you in a curious mish-mash of the dream world and the real one, making you have a mild panic attack because you think parts of you are missing.

[Mittwoch]

I need a word for that period of sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night but your brains are all addled so even though you can think coherently your senses are still making you dream, thus steeping you in a curious mish-mash of the dream world and the real one, making you have a mild panic attack because you think parts of you are missing.
Mindfuck.

[Glitch]

I believe something strangely out of place, as in the first post, is called a deus ex machina. I just learnt this the other day though, so I might be wrong.

[Mat^]

Deus Ex Machina is probably right, It's the word(s) for something appearing just as you need it.

Still waiting for a word for the back of your knee...

[Mooselord]

Still waiting for a word for the back of your knee...

Why, a kneepit, of course!

It would be a legpit, except for the unfortunate fact that its location is not the leg's equivalent of the armpit.

I had something that was indeed clever enough to warrant a post, but I've lost it to the mind's abyss now :(

[crab]

Y'know, you could all do cool words, instead of just sticking two words together.

A pleeb: someone who thinks they're cool, but they're really not.

A mansire: A half-arsed attempt to be funny.

[Erasmus]

Y'know, you could all do cool words, instead of just sticking two words together.

A pleeb: someone who thinks they're cool, but they're really not.

A mansire: A half-arsed attempt to be funny.

and you managed to fulfill the meaning of both words in one post.
My hat is off to you sir.

EDIT: before you say it, yes, I do realize the irony of that statement

[crab]

I object.

I did not attempt to be funny at all in that post.

[carpefula]

Any one want to make up a name for the area on your leg that has no name, (where your knee is, but on the other side of your leg, or the same, if you were in some sort of freakish accident...)?

It's been bothering me for a long time...


How curious...me and my ex-boyfriend pondered this many times and decieded to call it the Eenk... (knee backwards....oh the hilarity)

[Erasmus]

I object.

I did not attempt to be funny at all in that post.

To quote DangerMouse - it's tongue in cheek you drama queen!

it's a self-deprecating joke at the expense of the attacker as much as the victim if not more so, based on the use of hypocrisy and irony :eng101:

[HobNob]

Aglet The transperant plastic covering on the end of a shoelace.

Minimus The little finger or toe.

Zarf The holder for a handless coffee mug.

Edit: Did anyone know that the proper name for this # is an octothorpe


And this ~ is called a tilda

[Angel@heart]

Miblow - a fishy that swims around in cirles blowin bubbles

Hatsquiggler - someone who wears their caps slanted to one side/angle making it look stupidly rubbish

[faragher]

Thrinder from thread and grinder - a poster who keeps a thread alive out of sentiment and/or misplaced pride, despite the fact it should have died long ago...

[Mozzer]

Angus - Anal fungus :D

[crab]

Skilk: The odd feeling that sock puppets are taking over the world.

[Preasure]

Extropermative: Increasing the mass of ones hairstyle.

[crab]

Pilliko - to subtly verbal fight someone without a direct insult being made.

[Mooselord]

Abhorrar (AB - HOR - RER) -- n. Water which has been poured, laid down on one's counter or desk, promptly forgotten, left for a day or two due to other various tasks that prevent one from removing it from said surface, and then confused for a more recently poured, and incidentally colder, drink, resulting in an undesirable taste in one's mouth, and quite possibly a spray of water covering everything situated on one's chosen drinking surface. [From abhorred and water]

[McFrenzy]

I seem to have misled you, my dear. Let me explain more thoroughly.

WITH SOCK PUPPETS!



I was in tears when I read this
If only everything in life was explained this way, what we could achieve, dare I say Utopia :D

[argh]

Locaser-when you become/are a loser (or just can't hang out with people) because of where you live.

[Becky The Great]

dammit. i was hoping that when i decided to reply to this thread that an idea would hit me, but it hasnt.
hang on... no. nothing.
how about when youre confused, but youve got no choice but to be confused cos the thing youre confused about has no answer? like its compulsary.
COMFULSARY!!!!!!!

yay. :weebl:

[Zork]

linguistymification - n. the condition of being unable to create a word for something that exists but has no word for it. :eng101:

[mmmmmmentos]

Any one want to make up a name for the area on your leg that has no name, (where your knee is, but on the other side of your leg, or the same, if you were in some sort of freakish accident...)?

It's been bothering me for a long time...

i like to call it my galengela. galengela can also mean the foily stuff mince pies come in or just plain goats.

let the goats be with you :rawk: