What a lovely bunch of vocabularians<\/b> (persons who make up new words) you are! Lasterday<\/b> (refers to any day before today) we squinched<\/b> (action required to fit something into a space that is slightly too small) a schmiglet<\/b> (a small unit of measurement) of your awesomtastic<\/b> (so wonderful the words just meld in your mouth) one-of-a-kind entries into this space in preparation for our Top Ten reveal. With so many chizzy<\/b> (awesome, super, happening) creations to choose from, we admit to becoming a bit flusterpated<\/b> (a state of being flustered that's so intense, one's actions and words become bound up) and fahoodled<\/b> (confused, esp. when trying to think of too many things at once). We craughed<\/b> (to cry and laugh simultaneously), we troddled<\/b> (to wander around without knowing of doing so), and finally decided to use the schwack<\/b> (a large amount) of multiple entries received as the basis for the Top Tenthis is, let's not forget, all about favoritism.<\/p>\n
From the thousands of submissions we received, here, then, are the ten words (not in the dictionary) entered the most often:<\/p>\n
Top Ten Favorite Words (Not in the Dictionary)<\/p>\n
1. ginormous<\/b> (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous<\/p>\n
2. confuzzled<\/b> (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time<\/p>\n
3. woot<\/b> (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement<\/p>\n
4. chillax<\/b> (v): chill out\/relax, hang out with friends<\/p>\n
5. cognitive displaysia<\/b> (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you're on the highway<\/p>\n
6. gription<\/b> (n): the purchase gained by friction: “My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription.”<\/p>\n
7. phonecrastinate<\/b> (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number<\/p>\n
8. slickery<\/b> (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy<\/p>\n
9. snirt<\/b> (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed<\/p>\n
10. lingweenie<\/b> (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms<\/p>\n
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ESPN-onage<\/b> (n): secretly viewing an all-sports network when your wife leaves the room<\/p>\n
polkadodge<\/b> (n): the pseudo dance when two people attempt to pass each other, each moving in the same direction<\/p>\n
scrax<\/b> (n): the waxy coating that must be scratched off an instant lottery ticket<\/p>\nLANGUAGE<\/h1>\n
dunandunate<\/b> (v): to overuse a word or phrase that has been recently added to one's vocabulary<\/p>\n
lexpionage<\/b> (n): the sleuthing of new words and phrases<\/p>\n
whinese<\/b> (n) a language spoken by children or spouses on long road trips<\/p>\nWEATHER<\/h1>\n
slush turtle<\/b> (n): the snow that collects on your mud flap<\/p>\n
spinter<\/b> (n): the season between winter and spring where everything is drowning in a slush\/mud mixture<\/p>\n
sprummer<\/b> (n) when spring and summer can't decide which is going to come firsthot one day, cold the next<\/p>\nPEOPLE<\/h1>\n
headset jockey<\/b> (n): a telephone call center worker at the other end of a toll-free number<\/p>\n
knitpicker<\/b> (n): a person who selects your knitted sweaters. Beware the Christmas knitpicker or the put-the-family-in-the-same-sweater-for-the-photo knitpicker.<\/p>\n
stealth-geek<\/b> (n): one that hides nerdy interests while maintaining a normal outward appearance<\/p>\nANATOMY<\/h1>\n
fumb<\/b> (n): the large toe<\/p>\n
jimberjaw<\/b> (n): a protrusive chin<\/p>\n
wibble<\/b> (n): a trembling of the lower lip just shy of actually crying<\/p>\nMENTAL & PHYSICAL CONDITIONS<\/h1>\n
asphinxiation<\/b> (n): when you are sick to death of unanswerable riddles<\/p>\n
museum head<\/b> (n): being mentally exhausted, and unable to take in anything more; usu. follows after a full day at the museum<\/p>\n
precuperate<\/b> (v): prepare for the possibility of being ill<\/p>\nTECHNOLOGY & THE INTERNET<\/h1>\n
shanghaIM<\/b> (v): Instant Messaging somebody who's in the process of IM-ing somebody else, causing them to inadvertently type (and possibly send) their message to you<\/p>\n
vidiot<\/b> (n): one inept at programming a VCR<\/p>\n
wurfing<\/b> (v): the act of surfing the Internet at work and rationalizing that it is for work purposes<\/p>\nTRANSPORTATION<\/h1>\n
detroitus<\/b> (n): car parts found alongside the highway<\/p>\n
junkstaposition<\/b> (n): when two or more immobile vehicles are parked next to each other<\/p>\n
pregreening<\/b> (v): the tendency to creep forward while waiting for a red light to change<\/p>\nFOOD<\/h1>\n
onionate<\/b> (v): to overwhelm with post-dining breath<\/p>\n
smushables<\/b> (n): the groceries that must be packed at the top of the bag or separately to avoid being mangled by the time you get home<\/p>\n
spatulate<\/b> (v): remove cake batter or other substances from the side of a mixing bowl with a spatula<\/p>\nMISCELLANEOUS<\/h1>\n
dringle<\/b> (n): the ring-shaped stain on wood caused by condensation from a glass of liquid<\/p>\n
espacular<\/b> (adj): especially spectacular<\/p>\n
furgle<\/b> (v): to feel in a pocket or purse for a small object such as a coin or key<\/p>\n
hoyle<\/b> (n): the point at which a genius transcends our reality and becomes a madman<\/p>\n
nudenda<\/b> (n): a nudist's unhidden agenda<\/p>\n
optotoxical<\/b> (adj): of or pertaining to poisonous looks that could kill, esp. from a spouse<\/p>\n
parrotise<\/b> (n): a haven for exotic birds, esp. green ones<\/p>\n
quackmire<\/b> (n): muddy edges of a duck pond<\/p>\n
sinspire<\/b> (v): to compel one to be creatively wicked<\/p>\n
sprog<\/b> (v): to go faster than a jog but slower than a sprint<\/p>\n
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What a lovely bunch of vocabularians (persons who make up new words) you are! Lasterday (refers to any day before today) we squinched (action required to fit something into a space that is slightly too small) a schmiglet (a small unit of measurement) of your awesomtastic (so wonderful the words just meld in your mouth)…<\/p>\n