2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[bluekarin]

This a list the OED have in a secret vault of some of the words that aren't currently being used, but may do at some point inthe future.

 

Thanks to A chickychickychick-ENN!! for originally bringing this to my attention

 

DICTIONARY OF NON WORDS;

Accordionated – being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time

Asphinxiation – being sick to death of unanswerable puzzles or riddles

Blogish – a variety of English that uses a large number of initialisms, frequently used on blogs

Dringle – the watermark left on wood caused by a glass of liquid.

Dunandunate – the overuse of a word or phrase that has recently been added to your own vocabulary

Earworm – a catchy tune that frequently gets stuck in your head

Espacular – something especially spectacular

Freegan – someone who rejects consumerism, usually by eating discarded food

Fumb – your large toe

Furgle – to feel in a pocket or bag for a small object such as a coin or key

Glocalization – running a business according to both local and global considerations

Griefer – someone who spends their online time harassing others

Headset jockey – a telephone call centre worker

Lexpionage – the sleuthing of words and phrases

Locavor – a person who tries to eat only locally grown or produced food

Museum head – feeling mentally exhausted and no longer able to take in information; Usually following a trip to a museum

Nonversation – a worthless conversation, wherein nothing is explained or otherwise Elaborated upon

Nudenda – an unhidden agenda

Oninate – to overwhelm with post-dining breath

Optotoxical – a look that could kill, normally from a parent or spouse

Parrotise – a haven for exotic birds especially green ones

Peppier – a waiter whose sole job is to offer diners ground pepper, usually from a large pepper mill

Percuperate – to prepare for the possibility of being ill

Pharming – the practice of creating a dummy website for phishing data

Polkadodge – the dance that occurs when two people attempt to pass each other but move in the same direction

Pregreening – to creep forwards while waiting for a red light to change

Quackmire – the muddy edges of a duck pond

Scrax – the waxy coating that is scratched off an instant lottery ticket

Smushables – items that must be pack at the top of a bag to avoid being squashed

Spatulate – removing cake mixture from the side of a bowl with a spatula

Sprog – to go faster then a jog but slower then a sprint

Sprummer – when summer and spring time can't decide which is to come first, usually hot one day then cold the next

Stealth-geek – someone who hides their nerdy interests while maintaining a normal outward appearance

Vidiot – someone who is inept at the act of programming video recording equipment

Whinese – a term for the language spoken by children on lengthy trips

Wibble – the trembling of the lower lip just shy of actually crying

Wurfing – the act of surfing the Internet while at work

Wikism – a piece of information that claims to be true but is wildly inaccurate

Xenolexica – a grave confusion when faced with unusual words

 

I particularly like Furgle and Whinese I am sure some are already in use though, ie Freegan and Earworm, and isn't Sprog a child?.

 

Enjoy!

[Lavenders_Blue]

I thought a sprog was a child too

 

I like Peppier I've always wondered why you have to have the pepper ground for you, but you are left to your own devices with the salt?!

 

I don't see point of 'spatulating' - I prefer to stick my head in the bowl and use my tongue!

[bronze]

I too thoguht the same about sprog and freegan

 

 

I want to meet a local freegan cos I'm too wussy to go on my own

 

we already use wibble here too

[sadietoo]

i think I may have perfected Optotoxical.......

[Tiggy]

intoxiamble -drunken staggering oh this thread is very funny

[Tiggy]

intoxiamble -drunken staggering oh this thread is very funny