#neologizing

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Even More New Words (that you didn't know you needed)

Enormouse: a giant mouse

Carpet: a dog that likes to ride in a car

Crumpet: a dog who eats crumbs off the floor

Hopen: to open with hope

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New Word Needed

We all know that English has its limitations. Heck, we only have one word for “snow.” But I would like to bring to your attention a serious shortcoming that demands some quick action on the part of word inventors. The word “sorry” is used both to apologize and to express sympathy. This gets us into inevitable misunderstandings....

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Should-Be Words

Assuridy should be a word: “I can speak with a great deal of assuridy on the subject.”

Sneet is a combination of snow and sleet and describes that stuff that has properties of both and falls early in winter. “What is that – snow or sleet? Oh, it’s sneet.”

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