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...was apparently yesterday, according to John Scalzi. Wish I'd remembered to check Scalzi's blog earlier, otherwise I would have participated because made-up words are fun as hell. The only one I can personally recall from my own life is "sunderstorm," courtesy of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aerithzstrife who used it to describe a ragingly beautiful thunderstorm that was going on with the bright afternoon sun still clear in sight. That was a lovely experience, although I felt bad for Tony because he was the one who had to drive the both of us around.
Anyway, for those of you too lazy to check the actual blog entry, I've gleaned some of my favorites from there.
straternization - Hanging out socially with people not because you like them, but for their strategic benefits (i.e., helping you get ahead in work, getting you closer to that cute young thing, raising your social status in the lunchroom, etc). Usually doesn’t work nearly as well as people hope.
multifacetious - Shallow on many different levels.
obliterify - The act of obliterating something with such extreme prejudice that it becomes a liquid.
laconometry - The branch of science that analyzes things forgotten (from “lacunae” - latin for “gap”). [I just found this one particularly interesting.]
lazifficient - A lazifficient individual has determined the most time-efficient way possible to perform work-related tasks, not because of any desire to be efficient and productive, but because sheer laziness makes him or her unwilling to spend any more time than necessary working. [This describes one of my characters to a brilliant neon-flashing T.]
pubris - overweening pride related to your crotch, or “overweening weenie."
disfleculate - To repel spittle or mucus that is a result of someone sneezing on you or towards you.
snyphilis - The red irritation of the skin around the nostrils due to blowing one’s nose too frequently.
-Reileen
everybody's talkin' 'bout blowin' up the neighborhood
aerithzstrife who used it to describe a ragingly beautiful thunderstorm that was going on with the bright afternoon sun still clear in sight. That was a lovely experience, although I felt bad for Tony because he was the one who had to drive the both of us around.Anyway, for those of you too lazy to check the actual blog entry, I've gleaned some of my favorites from there.
straternization - Hanging out socially with people not because you like them, but for their strategic benefits (i.e., helping you get ahead in work, getting you closer to that cute young thing, raising your social status in the lunchroom, etc). Usually doesn’t work nearly as well as people hope.
multifacetious - Shallow on many different levels.
obliterify - The act of obliterating something with such extreme prejudice that it becomes a liquid.
laconometry - The branch of science that analyzes things forgotten (from “lacunae” - latin for “gap”). [I just found this one particularly interesting.]
lazifficient - A lazifficient individual has determined the most time-efficient way possible to perform work-related tasks, not because of any desire to be efficient and productive, but because sheer laziness makes him or her unwilling to spend any more time than necessary working. [This describes one of my characters to a brilliant neon-flashing T.]
pubris - overweening pride related to your crotch, or “overweening weenie."
disfleculate - To repel spittle or mucus that is a result of someone sneezing on you or towards you.
snyphilis - The red irritation of the skin around the nostrils due to blowing one’s nose too frequently.
-Reileen
everybody's talkin' 'bout blowin' up the neighborhood