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h2><p id="05f8">When you think you’ve coined a neologism, but discover the word already exists. Worst of all is when you find out it’s in common usage. Whilst writing this article, I “made up” the following nologisms: <i>grasser, trest, kittenish </i>and <i>farrow.</i></p><h2 id="04f6">Ghoast</h2><p id="a8eb">When your toast is as pale as a polar bear. If you’re already simperteaing when you’re handed a slice of ghoast, this can be the final straw.</p><h2 id="6683">Treasy</h2><p id="ae45">When you do all the easy things on your to-do list and trick yourself into thinking you’ve been productive. Right after treasy, you tend to feel queasy when you realise you now have one day to finish that big task that’s been looming over you for weeks.</p><h2 id="6e73">Waitag</h2><p id="df8e">When you’ve been prompted to respond to an article but leave them hanging for a long time. I have been guilty of waitagging <a href="undefined">Holly Jahangiri</a> and <a href="undefined">Desiree Driesenaar</a>. It’s a fridea to invent excuses to redeem your waitag: the best response is to brazenly deny the delay with a diversionary declaration, e.g. time is a construct.</p><p id="9853">I also came up with another word that I forgot before I managed to write it down. If it ever comes back to me, there might be a Part Two!</p><p id="11bf">This article is a response to

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<a href="undefined">Tree Langdon</a>’s prompt to which I didn’t waitag excessively! Read Tree’s entertaining neologisms here:</p><div id="ff48" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/new-words-that-need-to-be-in-the-dictionary-81b29068de48"> <div> <div> <h2>New Words That Need To Be In the Dictionary</h2> <div><h3>Vlock is one</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*h8H9PyLi6nsMq7bw)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="0c5f">I also recommend her fascinating article about travelling in South Korea:</p><div id="04d9" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/greetings-from-the-foreigner-34994c8cc0f5"> <div> <div> <h2>Greetings from the Foreigner</h2> <div><h3>Ann-yeong-haseyo</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*WezNuXOt1c5bm2HnNjDUuQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

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‘Grumpelstiltskin’ and 6 Other Words We Should All Be Using

Handy words for common situations

Simpertea

When you’ve been made a dismal cup of tea and you smile excessively to offset the disappointment. You don’t feel angry he put the milk in first and the tea bag barely touched the water; you feel only sympathy for this poor fella who knows not the wonders of a well-brewed cuppa.

Fridea

A bad idea. The sort you might make late on Friday afternoon when you’re literally counting down the seconds to the weekend. And it goes without saying: fried ear is a fridea.

Grumpelstiltskin

A person who is in a bad mood because they can’t work something out. You might be a Grumpelstiltskin if you’re struggling with a crossword, a sudoku or guessing the name of the miller’s daughter. Not all Grumpelstiltskins meet a Grimm ending.

Nologism

When you think you’ve coined a neologism, but discover the word already exists. Worst of all is when you find out it’s in common usage. Whilst writing this article, I “made up” the following nologisms: grasser, trest, kittenish and farrow.

Ghoast

When your toast is as pale as a polar bear. If you’re already simperteaing when you’re handed a slice of ghoast, this can be the final straw.

Treasy

When you do all the easy things on your to-do list and trick yourself into thinking you’ve been productive. Right after treasy, you tend to feel queasy when you realise you now have one day to finish that big task that’s been looming over you for weeks.

Waitag

When you’ve been prompted to respond to an article but leave them hanging for a long time. I have been guilty of waitagging Holly Jahangiri and Desiree Driesenaar. It’s a fridea to invent excuses to redeem your waitag: the best response is to brazenly deny the delay with a diversionary declaration, e.g. time is a construct.

I also came up with another word that I forgot before I managed to write it down. If it ever comes back to me, there might be a Part Two!

This article is a response to Tree Langdon’s prompt to which I didn’t waitag excessively! Read Tree’s entertaining neologisms here:

New Words That Need To Be In the Dictionary

Vlock is one

medium.com

I also recommend her fascinating article about travelling in South Korea:

Greetings from the Foreigner

Ann-yeong-haseyo

medium.com