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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Words not in the dictionary

I firmly believe that any word not in the dictionary is not a word.

 That being said, I firmly believe that anyone, including you (yes, you!) can make up a word fairly easily. Shakespeare did it all the time.

Like the word compromise, which I tend to NOT use a lot., was made up by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice."

Now "compromise" was made up by Shakespeare ( I have very little research to actually back that up) and used in documents like the "three fifths compromise."

Which kinda and kinda didn't condone slavery

You're welcome America - but not really



It's easy to make up a word though:
All you have to do is make up a word that sounds like BOTH Shakespeare AND Dr. Seuss would use it.



Example Nestrumbulous:



Nestrumbulous means something that is NOT "Stumbulous"


Clearly "Strumbulous" is also a made up word.


So Strumbulous I have decided means something that can be strummed a lot- like a guitar. Now you could see Shakespeare using this:

As Romeo hit his guitar
Juliet did herself swoon
and the strumbulous effect
Was evident beneath the moon

Clearly a Shakespeare line. Right? But what about Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss (the original rapper?)

Once again - You're welcome America - This time seriously.

Strumbulous sounds like a Dr.Seuss word, right?

I would not could not have a fit
About the guitar as it sits
But if it were stumbulous
Then if would be fit to sit?

THATS A DR.SEUSS  book waiting to happen!

Finally - You're welcome America!!!

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