Non-Word for October

Here you go…the non-words for October, with thanks to Robert Arellano, Jeremy Speer and Terry Rivas.

domify, v. to build houses, with the intention of building community and culture. 2 Oct

insobnia, n. the temperament that resists crying when it is appropriate to do so. 3 Oct

recombobulate, v. to reorganize something that has fallen victim to entropy. 4 Oct

paradigmatism, n. reflexive designation of old epistemologies as retrograde or novel ones as fads. 5 Oct

flall v. to perform a desperate act badly; e.g., a failed Hail Mary pass. 6 Oct

tuse, n. someone you friend on Facebook but don’t know personally, also tuser (one with many tuses). 7 Oct

endashen, v. to replace commas or parens with dashes in a piece of writing–and by extension to overuse dashes. 8 Oct

roit, n. an unidentified floating object (UFO) in a swimming pool. 9 Oct

enterdisciplinary, adj. introductory methods, insights and protocols that prepare one for advanced study in a field. 10 Oct

emerit, v. to honor retirees or others who are leaving an organization in good standing. 11 Oct

tidysis, v. to do one’s housecleaning in the nude (from tidy + ecdysis). 12 Oct

moralarkey, n. a facile assertion of one’s moral values to do something or avoid doing something. 13 Oct

pavl, v. to condition someone to do something or behave in some way (hence the expression “to pavl into submission”). 14 Oct

misprehend, v. to purposely misunderstand instructions in order to get more time or help for a task. 15 Oct

gratzi, int. a way to both acknowledge and scold a grammar nazi who corrects you. 16 Oct

acromynesia, n. confusion of two acronyms or the inability to remember what an acronym stands for (tks, Robt Arellano). 17 Oct

malelujah! int. an expression of joy when someone you dislike unexpectedly and hugely fails (from mal + hallelujah). 18 Oct

Googellian, adj. the impending total control of data by a supposedly benevolent infoverlord (thanks to Jeremy Speer). 19 Oct

extendation, n. the act of growing larger (thanks to Terry Rivas). 20 Oct

evertheless, conj. adv. to assert a possibly contrary point with a complementary sense (= moretheless, withstanding). 21 Oct

409ers, n. people who obsessively clean their homes on the weekends and find it fulfilling and relaxing. 22 Oct

supplete, v. to complete a thing by supplying a item from elsewhere (eg, using a salt shaker as a chess piece). 23 Oct

metaphorganism, n. the use of organic metaphors to refer to inorganic or corporate entities (body politic, trailhead). 24 Oct

survivisect, v. to do experimental surgery on part of an organism hoping the larger entity will more readily thrive. 25 Oct

inflababble, adj. people who are able to eat whatever they like without gaining weight. 26 Oct

transponyms, n. words that differ only in the switching of two letters, like “chai” and “chia”. 27 Oct

galent, v. to pompously assume authority one does not have or has not earned.. 28 Oct

resilofication, n. attempts by an organization to break down intellectual silos but which unintendedly create new ones. 29 Oct

substand, v. to make a below average effort or to perform below average, but not quite failing, work. 30 Oct

parasymptomnoia, n. assuming the worst about medical symptoms after consulting online health information and advice. 31 Oct

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