A Whole New Word

Each English-speaker knows that funner means more fun than fun, and weirder means more weird than weird. And yet nary a one of "proper" dictionaries has neologism words - the editors must think 'nonce words' are all words for the birds! There's googobs of new words you may not find in dictionaries but whether they're real words or not - public opinion varies. The Bard invented many words that now are often seen: coldblooded, blushing, bump, impartial, pious, and obscene. Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss did this without a flinch with phizzant, gritchen, gink and zantz; or lorax, sneetch, and grinch. Who can forget the Lewis Carroll words galumph and chortle? Just hearing brillig, mimsy, wabe, and frabjous makes me snortle. Two words squished into one word Carroll called a "portmanteau" like Brexit, brunch, motel, romcom, or (yum) frappucino. Phonesia: calling someone (then forgetting whom you dialed) Tongueferno: getting hot sauce (when you thought you asked for mild), Cronut: (croissant plus donut) makes you want to lick your lips, and snackmosphere: the empty space found in a bag of chips. Remember Sniglets? That's when language needs a word brand-new like Chwad: disgarded chewing gum found under school desks (eww!) or aquadextrous: turning off bathwater with your toes, and pupkiss: moisture dogs leave on the window with their nose. A jokesult: someone insults you, then claims "I'm only funning" ughnition: when you start your car, but it's already running. Some new ones: fighting bellyglob, you've jogged and even fasted, then staring at your scale in angry shock, you're flubbergasted. To smallify: decrease in size; to splode is make it larger, and pifflefratz: a swear word when you lose your one phone charger. Bananawhoops: you drop your peel and some poor soul slips on it, and poetrance: when someone falls asleep to your new sonnet. A freegan: one who only eats what others give away, and slowcomotive is a train that takes. All. Blessed. Day. The hozone: where your laundered sock goes when it disappears and pubbery: a brewery that serves the latest beers. A subgenre of science fiction now is cyberpunk, and who'd have thought there'd be two in the short phrase: who'da thunk? Pet owners who believe that cats are best may seem catmatic, an argument dog lovers tend to think is troublematic. An idioddysey: a trip you'd rather not be taking and CookieD'oh a burnt mistake you'd rather not be baking. And speaking of the Simpsons (were we?) let's try to embiggen our vocab with such cromulent words (something Bart is diggin'). At one time, every word was new and took some getting used to, accepted as vernacular only when zillions choose to. Some may prefer to use a new word's functional forerunner, but as for me, I love nonce words, they're just weirder and funner. [Note: A Nonce word (also known as a neologism) is a new word created to describe a particular occasion or situation for which a word doesn’t already exist.]