I'm interested in those words you always think should be words- had a chat with friends recently and came up with a few:

Swiddle, num and Crint

How many of you out there have wondrous words we can incorporate into the world of Ffordian text?
If possible use it in a sentence.

Can't think of any I always thought were words, but then what do I know.

I know I always used to pronounce "paradigm" as "para- dijum" and got mocked for it.

What do swiddle, num and crint mean?

Swiddle ended up being something to do with a certain kind of movement- to swiddle out of the room or to swiddle whilst commuting? Instead of wobbling, sort of faster and more humourous...

Maybe paradijum SHOULD be a word!

Crint is a kind of facial expression and num is tasty food.

So just to be clear we are talking about extreme mondegreens, aren't we?
wikipedia Rather than mis-heard words, you get words that do not exist. I guess the obvious one is "Monty Greens"- as in I have just spent the past two hours distracted researching Monty Greens for this post!

If you are interested this is a good resource - [www.sfgate.com]

Paradijum- really REALLY good mustard...

I like to use the nonsense words as if they really are real- then watch people as they realise it's fake ten minutes later.
This works especially well with business-rape-of-language-lingo.

Ah, fond memories of my days at the corporate coalface.

Woo

Mondegreens.... I had a look- looked like they needed to include "my ears are alight"...

Mondegreens could be a kind of hat.
I was walking down the street, wearing my trusty mondegreen...

Talking of corporate coalface - still there. One of my "favourites" is grow the business. For some strange reason I always get the mental image of the offender applying liberal doses of fertiliser and watering - I'm guessing that that is not what they mean.

Verbal fertiliser- could give a name to it, how about oh I don't know *scratches head* ... verbfert?

Regular application of bull(cough) required to keep it looking good?
Are you *SURE* thats not what they mean?

Noteacrobatics. The sound played by a leaf instrument perhaps?

Although XM might disagree that it isn't a real word, I like "banjaxed".

I feel that as long as the reader/listener gets the message/idea/meaning then the word is a word!

(Thats my excuse and I am sticking to it!)

I met a flute player this summer who made up her own part of speech. Like a gerund, but the other way around. She called it "verbing". So we'd say, we have to go opera. Or, I have to make sure I cello tonight. I think verbing would be a fun addition to the language. :)

Not really a word that should be added to the language, but pretty close, right?

Sounds good to me!
I'm also curious about what you think the following colours taste like, I have asked these questions for years and find it very interesting!

Yellow
Blue
Green
Pink
Orange
Purple
Red
Black
Grey
Puce

=+++++++I think blue tastes like licorice.
Yellow tastes of linseed oil
Green tastes of cloves
Pink tastes like alcoholic fumes
Orange like pine sawdust
Purple tastes like coffee mixed with wine
Red is radish
Black tastes like blueberries
Grey tastes like copper
and puce tastes like mushrooms+==========

I always thought primrose meant there was some red involved in it somewhere.

Tari, be careful: verbing weirds language.

I've got into the weird habit of referring to money as monkeys, beer as bear, and munchies as moon cheese, or cheese from the moon.

Wucking Funderful, is a favourite anr seems to convey the appropriate meaning.

Ginger Bears do exist, and they pack one hell of a punch - thank you Buderim!

Re: BibwitHart…
I don't really taste colors (though I do get colors from tastes and smells). But I do see the alphabet in different colors:
A: bright red
B: brownish-orange
C: light blue
D: green
E: dark grey with hints of purple
and so on…

I feel that after 'Twas brillig....' any use of symbols to convey meaning is acceptable, however, it has to be sufficiently used in context that outsiders can pick up the word and meaning.

Any culture that creates 'ongoing' and 'prioritize' cannot complain of others creating neologisms.


Somone should create a matrix of letter, colour, and sensory effect and post it on here some where, so those of us who see Jaffas, red and sense chocolate can work out where cherry ripes and hama nd avocado wholegrain sandwiches can appear.

Also what letter would bring the impression of a deep fried mars bar?

And remember Tiffany - she thought that 'noonlight' should be a word.