Invent a new word

they think coming in here is letting themselves go

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Originally Posted by TheDave

they think coming in here is letting themselves go

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:ohmy: It isn't!!

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

Speculum

A forum for the discussion of chimneys.

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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Main Entry: spec·u·lum
Pronunciation: 'spe-ky&-l&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural spec·u·la /-l&/; also -lums
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, mirror, from specere
1 : an instrument inserted into a body passage for inspection or medication
2 : a drawing or table showing the relative positions of all the planets (as in an astrological nativity)
3 : a patch of color on the secondaries of most ducks and some other birds

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new???????????? :blink:

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Originally Posted by JPaul

Discombobulate

To remove any traces of people called Robert.

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Oops!!! :lol:


Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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One entry found for discombobulate.


Main Entry: dis·com·bob·u·late
Pronunciation: "dis-k&m-'bä-b(y)&-"lAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing
Etymology: probably alteration of discompose
: UPSET, CONFUSE <the offensive had discombobulated all the German defensive arrangements -- A. J. Liebling>
- dis·com·bob·u·la·tion /-"bä-b(y)&-'lA-sh&n/ noun

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Nice one, Yogi :doh: :lol:

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Originally Posted by manker

Nice one, Yogi :doh: :lol:

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i know........... :lol: :lol:
But it gets better!!!!! :devil:


J'Pol:

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Culvert

The destruction of all things green

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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One entry found for culvert.


Main Entry: cul·vert
Pronunciation: 'k&l-v&rt
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 : a transverse drain
2 : a conduit for a culvert
3 : a bridge over a culvert

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And!!!

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Multifarious

A large gathering of gay men.

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One entry found for multifarious.


Main Entry: mul·ti·far·i·ous
Pronunciation: "m&l-t&-'far-E-&s, -'fer-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin multifarius, from Latin multifariam in many places
: having or occurring in great variety : DIVERSE
- mul·ti·far·i·ous·ness noun

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Edit: Another one:

J'Plagiar:

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Scumble

A Chav falling down.

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Main Entry: 1scum·ble
Pronunciation: 'sk&m-b&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): scum·bled; scum·bling /-b(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: perhaps frequentative of 2scum
1 a : to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color b : to apply (a color) in this manner
2 : to soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly

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YoBJ

Methinks JP is pulling your leg. Anyone with a rotund vocbulary we be aware of these words although would most probably not use them in banal interaction.

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Originally Posted by brenda

Methinks JP is pulling your leg. .

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He'd only wish............... :rolleyes:

And i don't think it's the case.

What's the fun in quoting existing words with a new meaning in a new word

thread; me thinks he starts to twist his own leg............

Funnily enough we've been talking about reinventing the meanings of words already in use to create new words today in my seminars/lectures. I'll have to ask one of my professors if reinventing a word does in fact constitute it being classified as a new word or not.

We shall see.