I have invented the following words, but have not yet decided what they should mean. Screw etymology (even though, or perhaps just because, I love it). Suggestions are welcome.
Ksnø (alternative spelling for the less Scandi-inclined: Ksneu. The k is not silent).
Yuips (best uttered when slightly tipsy, so the meaning should probably be related).
Geddlelog.
Pouiyrtre (not to be confused with Poiuytre).
Whhsnosis (thinking this might be something for the medical communtiy?).
Fogbliggerfoullervat (most likely a rather literal translation of something German).
Thank you for your attention.
(For the record, I did not invent these last 23 words. Nor the first 29 of this post.)
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Saturday, April 30, 2011
On ZOMG
ZOMG.
I have
recently decided to employ this word in my vocabulary. The problem is, in the
current economy it is not exactly easy to find a position for a new word. I
have tried to substitute it for other words, but somehow this tends to make the
meaning of my sentences less clear. The other day on the bus I gently asked a lady
to get out of the ZOMG as she was blocking my passage. However, she did not
ZOMG this and just kept ZOMGing at ZOMG.
In
addition, some of the substituted words are getting angry. Yesterday the pronouns accused me of exaggerated silliness, and today the verbs have threatened to boycott me if I keep using nouns as verbs. The last thing I
need is angry words unioning on me.
I have
tried to consult the internet as well. From the urban dictionary (which is a
name that confuses me greatly as this online dictionary can be accessed
anywhere, including rural areas. They do have internet access there now, you
know) I gathered the following:
zOMG is a variant of the all-too-popular acronym "OMG", meaning "Oh My God". The "z" was originally a mistake while attempting to hit the shift key with the left hand, and type "OMG" Also used in all-caps, 'ZOMG' is generally used in a sarcastic manner, more often than not a humiliating fasion[sic]. It is also used as a device for stating the obvious."zOMG! you r teh winz!!one!!eleven!"[sic]
(It also
confuses me that an institution that claims to be a “dictionary” is so terrible
at spelling, but again this might have something to do with its “urban” image.
Itz never cool to zpell poprly in the ceetay.)
Of course
the problem with employing ZOMG as it was intended – as an enforced OMG – is
that I don’t use OMG all that much in the first place. I have been known to say OMD (Oh, My
Digression), but ZOMD just doesn’t have the same ring to it (it sounds oddly
like I was trying to type “zoomed” while drunk [and as fun as frunk posting is,
it isn’t half as fun when you’re not actually frunk]).
Thus, I
turn to you, dear readers. What shall I do with the word ZOMG? Should I give up my arduous attempts at of expanding my vocabulary in this fashion? Or should I keep flagging at the barricades, ignoring the fact that ZOMG and other acronym-turned-common-usage-words such as LOL, WFT and the esoteric FTW are made for other generations than mine? Must I accept that I am linguistically outdated at 25?
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