Friday, October 2, 2009

neologism:

1 : a new word, usage, or expression
2 : a meaningless word coined by a psychotic

how to use in casual conversation:

"you can't just throw out some neologism and expect that crap to fly."

not to be confused with:

neodarwinism

how it makes me feel:

my first though was 'borrrrrinnnnng' but the more i thought about it the more i kinda like it. new words and phrases are constantly being introduced into the language and it's good to have a word for that. more importantly it's good to have a word for this because i'm constantly making things up, for example:

crotchal: of or generally pertaining to the crotch

"could you get your dog's nose out of my crotchal region for a couple minutes?"

people are always telling me "hey pony, that's not a word" and i say "people make up words all the time" and they look at me like i am crazy. but now i can say "whatever, it's a neologism, i win". whether or not using the term neologism would make me appear to be the psychotic mentioned in the second definition is another issue. that is, would "neologism" seem like a neologism to someone who doesn't know what a neologism is? what i'm also wondering is why the meaninglessness of the word is exclusive to it being issued by a psychotic? if some fun-loving bum is walking around making up new words and phrases, why is that somehow different than if a guy in a business suit does it? is this like the difference between being bat-shit crazy and being eccentric?

editorial note:

i'm having a bit of trouble using the english language today. whoever finds the typos wins the prize!

what's the prize?

you buy me a plane ticket and i come to your house and drink all your beer and make your pets love me more than they love you and you feel bad about it forever. if you don't have pets i'll just make out with your sister. if you don't have a sister i'll just pee in the corner of your living room. it'd be better if you got a pet before i arrive....you should probably buy some beer too. grab some absobent pads as well, you know, j.i.c.

oh yeah, have a nice weekend.

1 comment:

  1. so weird! I heard this word for the first time about 6 hours before it was posted as the word of the duh. *cue eerie music*

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