While surfing a new passion of mine... Seeded Buzz, I came across a seed that looked really fun and interesting, linking to this post and originating with a London Telegraph article entitled "Secret vault of words rejected by the Oxford English Dictionary uncovered"
The seed basically asked us to take a look at the list and pick our top ten favorite non-words for this year... so in no particular order, my favorite rejects are:
Nonversation – a worthless conversation, wherein nothing is explained or otherwise elaborated upon
Smushables – items that must be pack at the top of a bag to avoid being squashed
Blogish – a variety of English that uses a large number of initialisms, frequently used on blogs
Earworm – a catchy tune that frequently gets stuck in your head
Whinese – a term for the language spoken by children on lengthy trips
Stealth-geek – someone who hides their nerdy interests while maintaining a normal outward appearance
Polkadodge – the dance that occurs when two people attempt to pass each other but move in the same direction
Pregreening – to creep forwards while waiting for a red light to change
Accordionated – being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time
and finally:
Xenolexica – a grave confusion when faced with unusual words
What do you think? Will any of them make it into the vernacular and become words by next year?
Check out the list and let me know what your favorite non-word is for this year... or better yet, create your own top ten post!
