Neologogenesis: Words That Don't Exist, But Could

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1. 'Only the most spelicolous of Americans could have avoided the hype surrounding Lee's latest film.' If 'spelicolous' were a word, what would it mean? tragically unhip distrustful of foreigners forgetful and confused cave-dwelling

2. 'Stanton's dream is to achieve complete omphalysis.' If 'omphalysis' were a word, what would it mean? sexual and social domination of a man by a woman perfect logical circularity, such that first principles are entailed by conclusion a state of total relaxation lack of body hair

3. 'A seasoned politician like Gingrich has accumulated many years' worth of advice for the freshman elected official, including a number of effective captimendic stratagems.' If 'captimendic' were a word, what would it mean? of or relating to disguised falsehood of or relating to conquest from within of or relating to aggressive negotiation of or relating to flattering discourse

4. 'Snow's vision, although intriguing, could be merely pygiolocutionary.' If 'pygiolocutionary' were a word, what would it mean? relating to speech issuing through the nether orifice expressing the opposite of the truth tending to enhance the reputation of the speaker seeking to provoke conflict or aggression

5. 'Judging from press accounts, the Lay administration was run along essentially faquodvisian lines.' If 'faquodvisian' were a word, what would it mean? characterized by cruel disregard for others motivated by greed unregulated and unrestrained lacking adequate foundation for self-support

6. 'I have never encountered a finer example of cacolalia than in Bush's recent speech on the importance of education.' If 'cacolalia' were a word, what would it mean? extremely poor speaking speech dwelling on scatological themes highfalutin discourse use of archaic language

7. 'Stone's penchant for fetanimous humor is apparent throughout his creative oeuvre.' If 'fetanimous' were a word, what would it mean? relating to pop culture petty-minded relating to farts generous-spirited

8. 'The debates leading up to the GOP's Los Angeles mayoral primaries, where Riordan was tapped, were less of a moromachy than in previous years.' If 'moromachy' were a word, what would it mean? an unbalanced contest a battle of imbeciles an exercise in king-making a futile action

9. 'Most sophisticated critics agree that Binks is a proctal konungsar.' If 'konungsar' were a word, what would it mean? a double-agent a racial stereotype a character without personality a royal pain

10. 'There was a time when Carter, a celebrated oryctophile, was the darling of the world press.' If 'oryctophile' were a word, what would it mean? a lover of digging a lover of negotiation a lover of nuts a lover of agriculture