Remember sniglets? These are words that are not in the dictionary, but should be. There was a mini-craze in creating them a number of years ago. You can see many examples at:http://bertc.com/sniglets.htm
Some are just a totally made up word which doesn’t really have anything to do with the definition, such as:
Brimplet (brim’ plit) - n. A frayed shoelace that must be moistened to pass through a shoe eyelet.
To me, the funnier ones are those where the word is related to the definition, such as:
Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating.
Yesterday, my son came home and announced that he had made up a new word, which makes a pretty good Sniglet:
Prostitot-- a 12 or 13 year old girl who hangs around a mall dressed in a miniskirt, too short tank top, tons of makeup, etc. (you’ve seen those…)
Years ago, I clined the term:
Snud-- that unique blend of frozen snow and mud that accumulates on your car’s mudflaps in the winter.
Any other suggestions-- preferably original ones. Whistle related ones would be all the better!
Celtodelic
describes the costumes worn by contemporary competitive irish dancers.
(I didn’t invent the term, of course, but think it applies perfectly here.)
- Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund,
which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite
period.
6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating.
These are not my own but common where I come from.
Plastic Paddy: Someone who is not Irish but pretends to be.
West Brit: Irish person who would like to be English
Wagon: ugly person
I realise that these are not Sniglets in the true sense of the word, but it’s Saturday and raining hard here!
Slan,
D.
Prostitot…hilarious!! Similar to pop tarts (Madonna wannabes, Britneyclones, etc.), I suppose, but gainfully employed for it.
How about:
Shite-reader (n. -brings tomes of notation to non-practice sessions)
Flutulence (n. -did this one already; multipurpose)
Plangsty (n. -O’Carolan played with sturm und drang)
Borenamentation (n. -same old same old)
Fuddle (v. - also done before; bowing at odds with the tune in question)