Know anybody that created a word or saying?

magic_murph · 22-11-2019 04:24PM #1

Does anybody know somebody that has created a word or saying that is now common place?

Thelonious Monk · 22-11-2019 04:27PM

Gareth : What ones are yours that I use?

David Brent : Same sh*t, different day, that's mine. Exsqueeze me, instead of excuse me.

Tim : **** you very much.

David Brent : Yeah, I invented that.

El Weirdo · 22-11-2019 04:30PM

magic_murph wrote: »

Does anybody know somebody that has created a word or saying that is now common place?

That Shakespeare fella.

nthclare · 22-11-2019 04:33PM

A friend of mine from Notting hill calls choking the goose a Jodrell, because of one of Jodrell Banks creations in London.

Banks rhymes with ****

So he'd say I could do with a Jodrell

Captain Havoc · 22-11-2019 04:34PM

I was working with someone who said "I gonna chillax" or something to that effect, then claimed that she'd just invented the word there and then. I can't remember if I told her or not it was already a word, she definitely would have got a stare from me though. She had a few fanciful claims.

Thelonious Monk · 22-11-2019 04:34PM

nthclare wrote: »

A friend of mine from Notting hill calls choking the goose a Jodrell, because of one of Jodrell Banks creations in London.

Banks rhymes with ****

So he'd say I could do with a Jodrell

They're a bit lah di dah in Notting Hill to be using rhyming slang, unless it's because he's black bruv

beejee · 22-11-2019 05:00PM

I've coined quite a few, from the likes of "flagon" and "naggin" down to "lagoon" and "snickers".

When I'm buying alcohol for 13 year olds hanging around the off-licence it gives me a sense of great satisfaction when they ask for "naggin's".

I also popularised the name "geoffrey", but it was a friend who actually created it. Fair play to him

22-11-2019 05:11PM

I invented Leitrim.

As in, the county......not just the word "Leitrim", though I did invent that also and all of the townlands and parishes therein. I mean, "Drumshanbo" and "Dromahair" and "Cloonsheerevagh"......c'mon, like?

I did it the day after my brother invented Roscommon as I wanted to jump on the bandwagon. I was so envious when he came up with "Roosky" that I even stole a little parcel of it for myself.

Ipso · 22-11-2019 05:16PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I invented Leitrim.

As in, the county......not just the word "Leitrim", though I did invent that also and all of the townlands and parishes therein. I mean, "Drumshanbo" and "Dromahair" and "Cloonsheerevagh"......c'mon, like?

I did it the day after my brother invented Roscommon as I wanted to jump on the bandwagon. I was so envious when he came up with "Roosky" that I even stole a little parcel of it for myself.

Sorry, that’s not a cromulent word.

Andreas77 · 22-11-2019 05:30PM

I never heard the expression "lick my sack" until I was at school. It was by Phil Anselmo.

monty_python · 22-11-2019 05:33PM

Snew, the past tense of snowing

Eg-. It snew yesterday and it's still snowing now

Your welcome

mr_fegelien · 22-11-2019 05:42PM

My mother created the word "deng" for to take a dump, go to the loo, ****.

It came from a Chinese guy back in her college during the 90s that she didn't like.

SafeSurfer · 22-11-2019 05:57PM

To blast with piss - which was originally used to describe the removal of **** stains from a toilet bowl by aiming piss at them from a standing position.

the beer revolu · 22-11-2019 05:59PM

I tried to popularise Helen as rhyming slang for a very bad word.
Helen Hunt.....
Didn't catch on.

bogwalrus · 24-11-2019 11:58PM

Neil de grasse Tyson had his word manhattanhenge put into the dictionary recently. Thinking we could do something similar for a location in dublin where the sun is between buildings. Graftonhenge?

25-11-2019 12:22AM

"Omnishambles", from The Thick Of It.

Andreas77 · 25-11-2019 12:23AM

I dislike when comedy actors dabble in 'science'

retalivity · 25-11-2019 12:39AM

I know a guy who was/is involved in conradh na gaeilge and creating Irish words for new things that there isnt a translation for yet. He claims that Idirlíon is his invention, the irish word for Internet

Your Face · 25-11-2019 12:43AM

I don't like sayings.

mr_fegelien · 25-11-2019 05:35AM

I know some lad in my school who was called "buttwanker" as an insult cause he said he had a fetish for frotteurism porn.

Ipso · 25-11-2019 07:24AM

bogwalrus wrote: »

Neil de grasse Tyson had his word manhattanhenge put into the dictionary recently. Thinking we could do something similar for a location in dublin where the sun is between buildings. Graftonhenge?

Spirehenge.

Ficheall · 25-11-2019 08:49AM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

I know some lad in my school who was called "buttwanker" as an insult cause he said he had a fetish for frotteurism porn.

I'm not sure frotting is the same as what one must imagine buttwanking refers to..

ILoveYourVibes · 25-11-2019 08:51AM

How would i know they were the first though?

I mean how can we prove it? In all likelihood they just heard it somewhere ..

Know anybody that created a word or saying?

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