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Originally Posted by w1k0
Merriam-Webster’s Top Ten Favorite Words (Not in the Dictionary):
- ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
- confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
- woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
- chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends
- cognitive displaysia (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
- gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription."
- phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
- slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
- snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
- lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms
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Interesting that neither twerk nor
selfie made that list. Less interesting perhaps that I have never even seen any of the words in print, nor heard them.