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ibstubro's avatar

Can I coin a new term? Invent a new word?

Asked by ibstubro (18804points) June 15th, 2014

Intermation.

Internet information.

Short for, “I drew that little tid-bit from the internet where is was given as information.”

Meaning, I’m not invested in my answer, but it was the best I could find to answer your question.

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Dan_Lyons's avatar

Sure. I coined one; wondrosity, as in, “Oh the wondrosity of it all!”

kritiper's avatar

Go for it! I’ve done it myself but I can’t remember what it was just now… Have heard a couple of others use it… Maybe I’ll remember later.

cookieman's avatar

Certainly. I use “cookielicious” all the time. I expect it will catch on any day now.

zenvelo's avatar

@ibstubro Go ahead and submit it to Urban Dictionary! I’ve done that a few times, it’s fun and you can claim authorship!

Mimishu1995's avatar

I want to claim my new terms too!

El_Cadejo's avatar

I coined one in my area :P

Awkward Cloud. Those people that as soon as they come around this cloud of awkwardness descends upon the conversation and everything just kinda stops…

Khajuria9's avatar

El Cadejo, thanks for the chuckle. :)
Yes, Ibstubro, I am waiting to see the innovation coming out from your great brain! Go ahead, please!

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Try to slang it up a bit…

“Internet” + “Information” = “Intermation”.

A close relative of masturbation, as in ”knowledge gathered from the mental masturbation of others, and shared.”

Here’s my word Plannish. Co-authored with Kyle and Marc, after a night of pool and vodka.

Darth_Algar's avatar

No. All possible terms have been coined. All possible words have been invented.

Paradox25's avatar

I do this all of the time. Religionism, pseudo-scepticism (Truzzi beat me out there), conservative leftism, libertarian-communitarian and probably a few more.

ibstubro's avatar

Good one, @Dan_Lyons. Maybe you should submit to Urban Dic.

Let us know, @kritiper.

Surefire snicker——doodle—, @cookieman.

I tried, @zenvelo and I got an error message, but I don’t have an account there. Thanks, though.

I think we may have an awkward cloud in the room, @El_Cadejo.

In the details, @Khajuria9.

I tried to submit with your format, @RealEyesRealizeRealLies, but failed. Thanks.

That’s not a shock to many here, @Paradox25. :)

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