Resolutionary! Combining two words to make new word with meaning
Co-worker and I were laughing at Apple's new term, "Resolutionary", combining two words to come up with a new meaning that incorporates the two words.
Thought it would be fun to come up with other combined new words.
Here's one we came up with:
You know when you recommend a movie to someone, and you're so positive they'd like it, you put your whole reputation on the line... You just know they'll love it.
That's called a Recumentation.
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Queen Elizabeth's love of her Corgi's is well known. I know that this love of hers has gone back at least 70 years or so since she received her first Pembroke Welsh Corgi as a present from her parents. Her sister, Margaret, had a Dachshund. However, when one of the Queen's corgis and one of Princess Margaret's dachshunds "had some fun" together, it resulted in a litter. Princess Margaret called them a Dorgi. Now, any Dachshund / Corgi Hybrid Dog is called a Dorgi.
Thus, a new breed of dog was created .............. and a new word.
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Very similar to the Mensa words concept. Change or add only one letter to a word and develop a new meaning.
One of my fave's and not my own creation was "ignoranus" denoting someone who lacks knowledge but is also an a-hole.
Not my fave, but my own along these lines is "metrognome" referring to those folks who spend their days moving from highrise to highrise in subway tunnels and underground plazas.
The winner of the Mensa words contest one year got extra points for barely modifying the original description to fit the new word...
"Osteopornosis" - a degenerates disease rather than a degenerative disease.
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Germans are of course famous for this. One rather terrifying example: Geheime Staatspolizei=Gestapo("Secret State Police")
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One of our dogs Bailey is a mixed breed. His Dad was a Terrier/Poodle mix and his Mum was a purebred Schnauzer... so we say he is a Terripoozer.
Bailey, the Terripoozer
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