New Words

Over the last while, I have invented some new words. In some cases, this was due to necessity, other times serendipity.

I have described these words to two friends who have degrees in English. The TCD alumni thinks they are excellent. Unfortunately, the Oxford alumni was unimpressed, though I think that was an attempt to be controversial.

So, without further fanfare, here are my new words:

Anti-deliberately: Something that is not deliberate. Accidental, occuring by chance, as in

I didn't say it deliberately! The whole rant just seemed to flow out anti-deliberately.

predonym: Two words that occur together in predictive text in mobile phones. Common examples of predonyms are 'gone' and 'home' and 'smirnoff' and 'poisoned'.

girlfed: The concept of having to change all your plans at ludicrously short notice because your girlfriend has decided you two, as couple, need to do something.

Jim: Hey lads, where is Dennis, wasn't he supposed to be meeting us here twenty minutes ago?

John: Yeah, he was, but he can't come. But he was girlfed about an hour ago.