NEW Words
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That's weird: I first saw this word only yesterday, in a book or article published in 2018, which I now can't find.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Alternatively a neolanteau!
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
But it would be a malaportmologism to use 'neolanteau' in place of 'portmologism'.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Quite.
sufi
lala
This geezer has gone all in on coining new terms
en.wikipedia.org
i kind of quite like it - some of the situations he's applying neologisms too are nicely defined and echo some of our conversations, but the actual words he invents are somehow not that great, sort of bloodless and lacking poetry, dare i say it
i expect that he considered mixed up etymologies - like combining bits of word picked from different origins, quite carefully, or maybe not, i'm not feeling the onomatopoeia, anyway he doesnt give a shit now cos his blog/book got on the nyt top10
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows - Wikipedia
i kind of quite like it - some of the situations he's applying neologisms too are nicely defined and echo some of our conversations, but the actual words he invents are somehow not that great, sort of bloodless and lacking poetry, dare i say it
i expect that he considered mixed up etymologies - like combining bits of word picked from different origins, quite carefully, or maybe not, i'm not feeling the onomatopoeia, anyway he doesnt give a shit now cos his blog/book got on the nyt top10
william_kent
Well-known member
This geezer has gone all in on coining new terms
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows - Wikipedia
i kind of quite like it - some of the situations he's applying neologisms too are nicely defined and echo some of our conversations, but the actual words he invents are somehow not that great, sort of bloodless and lacking poetry, dare i say it
i expect that he considered mixed up etymologies - like combining bits of word picked from different origins, quite carefully, or maybe not, i'm not feeling the onomatopoeia, anyway he doesnt give a shit now cos his blog/book got on the nyt top10
anyone who has paid attention will realise that @Clinamenic pisses all over the "obscure sorrows"guy when it comes to neologisms, I'm standing up for our own
vershy versh
Well-known member
"Each period uses a particular vocabulary to exorcise the demons that plague it."
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Cancelling, mind virus, problematic, toxic
sufi
lala
herostratic is not a new word but it's new to me,
and nicely applicable to our age
IdleRich
IdleRich
Herostratus was the ancient Greek who burned down the temple so that his name would be remembered.
en.m.wikipedia.org
There's also a film putting a more modern twist on the legend.
Herostratus - Wikipedia
There's also a film putting a more modern twist on the legend.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Herostratus was the ancient Greek who burned down the temple so that his name would be remembered.
Herostratus - Wikipedia
There's also a film putting a more modern twist on the legend.
Unfortunately could be said to apply to a lot of mass shooters, no?
sufi
lala
phoenixism
28. The procurement of security services gives serious cause for concern. NE Security Ltdreplaced established security service providers after the TWL JV arrangement was
agreed. The company emerged from a “phoenixism” of a business that went into
administration owing large amounts to HMRC’s anti-avoidance unit a few years ago.
Relatively straightforward examination of the group’s corporate filings would have
established this. Further checks on the company’s recruiting practices would have
suggested ongoing tax avoidance/evasion, by paying staff who will clearly be employees
as self-employed. They would also have revealed the longstanding association between
Chris Musgrave and the company’s owner David Garside Snr, as well as the serious
record of his son David Garside Jnr in criminal activity of the sort to which freeports are
particularly exposed. In 2015 he was given an 11-year prison sentence for a leading role
in organised drug crime and is now re-employed by NE Security. No competent
procurement and governance system could have awarded around £5m of security
contracts – covering for example the perimeter of the freeport customs zone and oversight
of highly valuable scrap - to this company.
