Mirriam-Webster's top 10 "non-words"

Undertoad · 05-29-2005, 08:27 AM

1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
2. confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
4. chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends
5. cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you're on the highway
6. gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription."
7. phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
8. slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
9. snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
10. lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms

Undertoad · 05-29-2005, 08:30 AM

I guess we have to wait for next year's list for...

11. pwned (interj, adj): readily defeated through the use of powerful tactics.

wolf · 05-29-2005, 08:33 AM

I do not use any of these, and have not heard of most of them.

garnet · 05-29-2005, 10:52 PM

Isn't the name of the dictionary MERRIAM-Webster?

SteveDallas · 05-30-2005, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous

I would have guessed it had something to do with gin.

wolf · 05-30-2005, 08:57 AM

You mean like a really big martini?

ashke · 05-30-2005, 10:28 AM

A bigtini? But that would be an oxymoron...

cowhead · 05-30-2005, 01:41 PM

naw, that would be a bigtiny.. wouldn't it? and i've only heard gignormous.. slight regional variation I suppose

chainsaw · 05-31-2005, 11:25 AM

I started using "ginormous" after seeing Elf.

Buddy: Have you seen these toilets? They're GINORMOUS!

breakingnews · 05-31-2005, 11:38 AM

Funny, I've been using "ginormous" for as long as I can remember. I think I heard it first from my brother when I was 12 or 13, old enough to know it was not really a word but used it anyway.

Another common one in my vocab -

Fratastic (also Fratacular) (adj): situations, usually involving alcohol and ego-driven homoerotic behavior, of "Animal House" proportions

jaguar · 05-31-2005, 11:55 AM

I use 5 of these. I suddenly feel disturbingly trendy.

breakingnews · 05-31-2005, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguar

I use 5 of these. I suddenly feel disturbingly trendy.

Which five?

lookout123 · 05-31-2005, 12:33 PM

if i had toguess, i'd say Jag uses #'s 1,4,5,7,10.

jaguar · 05-31-2005, 12:48 PM

2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 6 not so much.
I wasn't aware there was a delay on callerID.

russotto · 05-31-2005, 12:51 PM

Of those, I only use "ginormous". "woot" and "confuzzled" annoy me, the rest I've never heard (and #10 was made up for the list).

05-29-2005, 08:33 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I do not use any of these, and have not heard of most of them. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-30-2005, 08:57 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You mean like a really big martini? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-30-2005, 01:41 PM	#8
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	naw, that would be a bigtiny.. wouldn't it? and i've only heard gignormous.. slight regional variation I suppose __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

05-31-2005, 11:25 AM	#9
chainsaw Wingnahningning... Er somethin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 90802 Posts: 368	I started using "ginormous" after seeing Elf. Buddy: Have you seen these toilets? They're GINORMOUS! __________________ I have no life, so I watch movies.

05-31-2005, 11:55 AM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I use 5 of these. I suddenly feel disturbingly trendy. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-29-2005, 08:27 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mirriam-Webster's top 10 "non-words" 1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous 2. confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time 3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement 4. chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends 5. cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you're on the highway 6. gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription." 7. phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number 8. slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy 9. snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed 10. lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms

05-29-2005, 08:30 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I guess we have to wait for next year's list for... 11. pwned (interj, adj): readily defeated through the use of powerful tactics.

05-29-2005, 10:52 PM	#4
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	Isn't the name of the dictionary MERRIAM-Webster?

05-30-2005, 10:28 AM	#7
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	A bigtini? But that would be an oxymoron...

05-31-2005, 11:38 AM	#10
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	Funny, I've been using "ginormous" for as long as I can remember. I think I heard it first from my brother when I was 12 or 13, old enough to know it was not really a word but used it anyway. Another common one in my vocab - Fratastic (also Fratacular) (adj): situations, usually involving alcohol and ego-driven homoerotic behavior, of "Animal House" proportions __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.

05-31-2005, 12:33 PM	#13
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	if i had toguess, i'd say Jag uses #'s 1,4,5,7,10. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-31-2005, 12:48 PM	#14
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 6 not so much. I wasn't aware there was a delay on callerID. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-31-2005, 12:51 PM	#15
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Of those, I only use "ginormous". "woot" and "confuzzled" annoy me, the rest I've never heard (and #10 was made up for the list).

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