FollowWe made it. Here are the Non-words for December. Thanks Bobby Arellano, Brian Wagner and Leroy Fulwiler. There’s more non-word fun to come, including some non-words that didn’t make it. So stay tuned.
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peasle, v. to object to every new idea on the basis that it has been tried before. 1 Dec
fregenyms, n. words or phrases with different meanings but the same reference (the Morning Star and the Evening Star). 2 Dec.
decembreditorial, n. a retread holiday reflection on the meaning of giving or appropriate season’s greetings. 3 Dec
dreamonstrative, adj. extremely gesticulatory sleep, with or without vocal accompaniment. 4 Dec
capacability, n. the ability to have capacity to do something, if properly funded (thanks to Brian Wagner). 5 Dec
humorality, to reconsider whether a joke is worth telling even if it seems funny to you. 6 Dec
cougarageously, adv. describing the behavior of women who flirt with much younger men. 7 Dec
adjunctivitis: when an underpaid teacher w/o benefits gives a tenure-tracker the stinkeye (courtesy of Robt Arellano) 8 Dec
apopostrophe, n. a series of incorrectly used apostrophes in a piece of writing. 9 Dec
thriddle, v. to cough repeatedly on a cold day to clear the lungs. 10 Dec
slothendipity, n. to achieve a fortunate result due to procrastication. 11 Dec
criterisize, v. to establish criteria for the evaluation of something. 12 Dec
outst, v. to oust someone from a position by revealing a potentially embarrassing secret of theirs. 13 Dec
vigilantry, n. to wait up for a family member to return home. 14 Dec
whelc, v. to wait a long time until someone runs out of words before asking a question. 15 Dec
ethicatious, adj. events for which good behavior is both right and efficient. 16 Dec
dystropic, adj. proneness to mixed metaphors. 17 Dec
snattered, adj. to be enslaved by one’s data even if it is wrong. 18 Dec
bossculation, n. when the person in charge of strategy or policy changes their mind so often as to be
disruptive. 19 Dec
anarcissist, n. one who believe that only in complete anarchy will his or her true value be perceived. 20 Dec
mayaintism, n. the ironic sense of disappointment that arises when end-of-the-world predictions don’t come true. 21 Dec
advocracy, n. a form of management or government in which the loudest voices get their way. 22 Dec
gastimate, v. to judge whether you have enough fuel to make it to the next service area as you pass up a current one. Dec 23
santasms, n. the Christmas Eve imagined sightings of St. Nick by young children. 24 Dec
presentensial, adj. referring to something happening right now. 25 Dec
vomotion, n. the undulations of a car or plane that cause motion sickness. 26 Dec
larmth, adj. being both approachable and inaccessible (from lukewarmth). 27 Dec
disparation, n. to have so many distinct, competing options that one is unable to come to a descision. 28 Dec
commadeify, v. to be religiously devoted to certain rules of usage and treat them as commodities at the same time. 29 Dec
goshblame, v. to employ minced oaths, like dad-blamed or gosh darned, rather than the full-throated alternative. Dec 30
dangover, n. queasy feeling you get waking the day after having screwed up in some profound manner (thanks L Fulwiler). Dec 31
