I subscribe to Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day. The majority of time I know the word but the etymology still is intriguing. Today's word, the obscure ""commove" \kuh-MOOV\ verb
*1 : to move violently : agitate 2 : to rouse intense feeling in : excite to passion. Did you know? Eighteenth-century English lexicographer Samuel Johnson declared “commove” as being “not in use,” but the word had not really disappeared from the language; it was simply, at that time, popular primarily with Scottish writers."
*1 : to move violently : agitate 2 : to rouse intense feeling in : excite to passion. Did you know? Eighteenth-century English lexicographer Samuel Johnson declared “commove” as being “not in use,” but the word had not really disappeared from the language; it was simply, at that time, popular primarily with Scottish writers."
While I believe this word should be retired, I love the idea of creating new words. http://www.merriam-webster.com/ has created an 'open dictionary' where new words can be submitted.
Example: "dyslexerciser (noun) : A person who continually moves left when everyone else is moving right, or is always on the wrong foot in an exercise class.
I don't want to stand near the dyslexerciser.
Submitted by: Diane Gibbs from Texas Nov. 10, 2007 11:55 "
I don't want to stand near the dyslexerciser.
Submitted by: Diane Gibbs from Texas Nov. 10, 2007 11:55 "
Today's challenge, create a new word.
Or if you are feeling lazy - create a definition for:
Textolator
4 comments:
Textolator . . . I love this word.
Let's see, could it mean, someone who is the constant mode of texting? Like all of the teenage world is doing?
A Textolator could be the person who comes up with all those goofy codes that are used in text messaging, like MVBF.
Maybe a textolator is someone who interrupts the data of texting for the FBI, CIA, NSA and determines if they're a terrorist's threat.
Take your pick.
I'm thinking it has to do with texting, also. Either someone who creates code or can't pull themselves away from it long enough to DRIVE!
Textolator reminds me of the Terminator. It's someone sent back through time to murder the English language.
My word is Malyarism:
\’mal-,yar-,izm\
1: a misused word
2: the distortion or improper use of a common phrase
example 1: I think she misconscrewed what I was saying.
example 2: Well, prior to that, but at the same time.
Jenn - too funny! And I know exactly who uses the malyarism. The same person that said we had to 'inter' the costs.
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