Do makey-uppy words piss you off ?

pickarooney · 26-07-2011 05:36PM

Aren't all words just inventevised like this?

I'll take Jabberwocky over anything you've ever written, OP, if it's all the same.

/gets coat from portmanteau

Fluorescence · 26-07-2011 05:48PM

Nah, some of em are awesomesauce :pac:.

In all seriousness, no. I enjoy language, and sometimes playing around with it can be a lot of fun. Online usage of made-up words is often a good way of indicating tone or mood as well, since it's often hard to tell by text alone. Besides, it's just the evolution of language, which is almost always a cool thing to see.

GLaDOS · 26-07-2011 05:49PM

emptybladder wrote: »

It's a word. Estimate is based on an analysis of information and statistics. A guesstimate is similar, but involves more of an element of guesswork.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/guesstimate

I knew it was a word, it still pisses me off though, and it follows the same train of thought as the thread

mikemac · 26-07-2011 05:53PM

The thread will slip down After Hours but I think it has bouncebackability and it'll be kept going

When we were in school and bored we'd have a go at spelling this.
You know it from Mary Poppins.
Have a glance, then try

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Xivilai · 26-07-2011 05:56PM

Made up words are fun, nothing says pezaz like a catchy new word

mikemac wrote: »

The thread will slip down After Hours but I think it has bouncebackability and it'll be kept going

When we were in school and bored we'd have a go at spelling this.
You know it from Mary Poppins.
Have a glance, then try
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

We used to have to spell that out on the dusty old green blackboard too

mikemac · 26-07-2011 05:59PM

The OP was looking for opinions and came here to run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it

FloatingVoter · 26-07-2011 06:01PM

Shakespeare made up words where none would do - lets ban him now. Oh, and if you don't believe me - google it.

While we're at it, I think Joyce was at the same trick.