Say what?
Schadenfreude is a loan word from German, and means "joy at the misfortune of others." Whenever I use the word, people ooh and ah, then slap me on the back and tell me how smart I sound.
I'm really in to making up my own words, and have been all my life. Over on another board, I mentioned my word for premium dog treats -- for the money I pay for them, Pupperonis are referred to at Maison Wurd as snack-rahs.
Tuna-pasta quick-dish is catface, or more formally, catface-in-tuna surprise.
The other day, as also mentioned elsewhere, I was looking for a word to describe an emotion I felt at certain times, one that seemed to be associated with a childlike sense of wonder and beginning. It's a complex feeling, very fleeting, and hard to describe. I finally decided to make up a word, and settled on Postenkindheitfreude. (Again with the word "freude.") I fed the English words "post childhood joy" into this iMac's translation app, and that's what I got. It works for me. I make a brief introduction for it, use it in a sentence, then go happily on my way, describing my postenkindheitfreude moments.
How about you, what highly personal words do you habitually use? Cute kid names for bodily secretions don't count, I'm serious here.
I'm really in to making up my own words, and have been all my life. Over on another board, I mentioned my word for premium dog treats -- for the money I pay for them, Pupperonis are referred to at Maison Wurd as snack-rahs.
Tuna-pasta quick-dish is catface, or more formally, catface-in-tuna surprise.
The other day, as also mentioned elsewhere, I was looking for a word to describe an emotion I felt at certain times, one that seemed to be associated with a childlike sense of wonder and beginning. It's a complex feeling, very fleeting, and hard to describe. I finally decided to make up a word, and settled on Postenkindheitfreude. (Again with the word "freude.") I fed the English words "post childhood joy" into this iMac's translation app, and that's what I got. It works for me. I make a brief introduction for it, use it in a sentence, then go happily on my way, describing my postenkindheitfreude moments.
How about you, what highly personal words do you habitually use? Cute kid names for bodily secretions don't count, I'm serious here.
