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Recently, on Radio 4, the programme Word of Mouth ran a competition to invent some new words for the english language. Here are some of my favourites:

horseproofs - the footprints left by horses (kids entry)

festillities - a gathering of relatives that don't all get on very well

sprognosis - the process of determining the sex of a foetus (the winner)

Any more suggestions?

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Spong - don't care what it could mean, it's just a funny word :D

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My favourite worf is "thingus" I use it all the time :)

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www.unwords.com is a site devoted to this. Some good ones there, like

pupkus: the moist residues left on a window pane after a dog presses its nose against it

telecrastination:the act of letting the phone ring at least twice even if you're sitting right next to it

mousturbate To constantly move the mouse in circular motion while clicking and browsing, thereby demonstrating your impatience with the computer. As in: "Bob, stop mousturbating." Also: mousturbating, mousturbation, mousturbator

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And there's a word that means precisely that, a new word. What is it?

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My favourite word which doesn't officially exist is 'twunt' - a socially acceptable combination of two extremely obscene expletives....

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Splunge
It means ... it's a great-idea-but-possibly-not-and-I'm-not-being-indecisive!

heh gotta love python humor unless your female and most likely hate it (prove me wrong)

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there is one word to describe all these words..... lame!

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you can have my Spong if you want. I have a Spong, it is a black, cast iron, hand cranked kitchen grinder. You use it for grinding nuts/ coffee beans etc.
Manufactured by Spong, not sure if they are still in business though.

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A neologism...

edit: from neo -new, and logos the Greek word for word.

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That's the one I had in mind.

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Here you are, I had to dig it out of the loft and as you can see it has never been used.
Any offers for my Spong.:D

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Can I pay for it with spongdoolics?

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Not sure of the current conversion rate of spongdoolics.;)

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I'll start the bidding @ £2 for the spong....
I have some coffee beans but no grinder :erm:

I could have offered you a box of washer spares but I recently gave all mine to a friend whos still in the business, nevermind cash is king I guess.

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The buyer will have to pay the postage, it is rather heavy.:D

BTW, just checked on the back and it is a Spong No:2 which if I am not mistaken makes it much more valuble.;)

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No problemo If its under 2kg then it'll go through the royal mail, otherwise you may have to split it over a number of parcels or send it via a parcel carrier. But I think It will look very nice if I can ever afford the kitchen we want.

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If its a spong number 2 then please revise my offer to £2.50 :)

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I thought you said it was for grinding coffee... yeuck ;)