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Termyn8or -> Words ??? why not ? (8/28/2011 3:13:00 PM)
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OK doctors and scientists learn Latin and shit partly to be able to make up new words, and also to be able to understand words that are made of by other doctors and scientists, whatever. I am not going to get all that technical.
The fact is that YOU can make up words too ! I've done it a few times although they slip my mind right now. The rules are simple. Construct a word which is pretty much self explanitory. Avoid proper nouns, not in the roots of the word, but the form of the word itself.
Now I will give an example but I cannot take credit for it, I ran across it in an electronics newsgroup. The person who used it is very highly respected in the field so I will not give his name, and I'm not sure he made it up anyway. However :
unobtainium
Noun, this refers to parts that you can't get for something. In this particular instance it was a Tektronix oscilloscope, but it can apply to many things. Common usage :
"That part is pure unobtainium"
Get the idea ? Properly spell your made up word (you really don't have to make it up yourself) , give a brief definition and an example of it's probable usage.
Oh, and while I am actually serious, it's OK to have a little fun with this.
T^T
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