2021 Neologisms
 

These are alternate meanings for common words during this time of Covid.


1. Coffee (noun), The person on whom one coughs.


2. Flabbergasted (adjective), Appalled over how much weight you gained.


3. Abdicate (verb), To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.


4. Esplanade (verb), To attempt and explanation while drunk.


5. Willy-Nilly (Adjective) Impotent.


6. Negligent (adjective) Answering the door in your nightgown.


7. Limph (verb) To walk with a lisp.


8. Gargoyle (noun) Olive flavored mouthwash.


9. Balderdash (noun) Rapidly receding hairline.


10. Rectitude (noun) Formal dignified bearing of a Proctologist.


11. Pokemon (noun) Rastafarian Proctologist.


12. Flatulance (noun) Ambulance for anyone run over by a steamroller.


Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.
-MoreJoe

Re: 2021 Neologisms
 

Another one for you…

Snaccident (verb) eating accidentally….like when you pick the melted cheese crust from a cheese topped baguette without thinking you are eating something.

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never seen that word ever, Neologisms?

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Scoff- deride another person with your mouth full.

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cheers less must use it in America i think cos i never even seen it before?:confused:

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flamboyant - urgently needing to attract attention when your liferaft is on fire.

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Cashy it is just a posh word for newly coined words…not sure it is particularly American.
Less…I love yours….they made me laugh…especially flambouyant…..but then I have got a twisted sense of humour.

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I changed the spelling because I thought it was appropriate…..I hope you don’t mind…as I say…my sense of humour!

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philistine - Hey barkeep, stop going on about things you don't understand and give this man another drink!

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Nonversation….a boring, boring spiel by a boring boring person.
Also known as a Boregasm

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Deja-brew….a second cup of coffee…or tea, depending on your preference.

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Askhole(noun)…someone who asks pointless, irritating questions.

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beats me why people use posh words ? in fact beats the hell outa me? do they think they are clever or what? theres plenty of ordinary words they can use! dictionarys are full of em.

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No Cashy….it is just the way it is….and there will be a lot of words in the dictionary that neither of us have heard of or come across.
Life is a learning experience.

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Because we can mate! English is a "monumental" language, our "profundity" to express ourselves with our "immeasurable" options, only found with our English "vernacular" are second to none!


Plus it totally screws up Johnny foreigner (and admittedly some of our own), all part of being British & because obviously God was an Englishman, he blessed us with such a divine aptitude for language. :D