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I Escaped the ‘Managerie’, And Now I Feel ‘Workless’
New Words We Need Now
This article was created as one of an ongoing series where a group of writers (The Crew) coin words that should be in the dictionary. It’s a lot of fun and we’d love you to join us.
These useful new words are part of a challenge where we create words that should exist and give them a definition. I invite you to play along — tag me in your article when you do.
Workless
When you’re procrastinating, wasting time and not getting any work done because you’re on TikTok or watching endless depressing news. A combination of work and worthless.
I felt ‘workless’ for the entire morning. I’m stuck in a state of ‘worklessness’.
Sadxious
When your sadness is making you feel anxious. Sadxiously — the act of walking around when feeling sad and anxious at the same time.
‘Sadxiously, she turned off the news’.
Derson
A dog who thinks he is human. This is the very best kind of dog.
‘Rocket was a derson who knew what he wanted and we made sure he received it.’
Variyum
A variety of deliciousness found in performing certain activities.
‘He set out on his road trip with great variyum.’
Crumbrely
The state of a relationship where one party is providing only crumbs and the other is doing all the work.
‘She would not accept their crumbrely relationship anymore, so she ghosted him.
Managerie (coined previously by a member of the Crew)
A menagerie of managers, typically a group of people in large corporate houses, whose only visible role is shifting work between people.
‘The managerie produced copious amounts of red tape and then wrote policy that established it’s importance.’
Join The Crew by sharing words that you think should be in the dictionary, but aren’t.
- Include a definition for your word, and use it in a sentence.
- Put this in your kicker: Writing | The Crew | Play On Words Project
- Tag the rest of the members of the crew, see below.
Introducing The Crew
Eli Snow , Daniel G. Clark , Tree Langdon ♾️, Eashan Reddy Kotha, Paroma Sen, Keno Ogbo, James G Brennan Uchechi Obasi, Timothy Key
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Daniel coined Waitag, which I’m often guilty of. Waitag is for the times when you’ve been prompted to respond to an article but leave them hanging for a long time
Uchechi shared the useful word Slurt, for the friend that cannot keep secrets and blurts them out.
James coined Powgry, a great word for power hungry.
Keno coined Aweshortsome for feeling awesome while selling yourself short just in case the other person does not think so.
Tree coined Classifried for fried food eaten in a classy restaurant.
Paroma shared Confoundium, the state of distraction brought on by multitasking.
Eashan shared the word Foodspire, to describe sweating while eating spicy food.
Eli Snow coined Neglecticle for that forlorn article of clothing in your closet.
Timothy provided us with Dipnoodle, a G rated curse word. Recently, he coined Catastrolypse as he was searching for the perfect word in a story he was writing.
I’m tagging you because you’ve expressed an interest in projects in the past. I’ve also tagged some new writers that I’m met on Slack. Welcome!
Dr. John Rose, Alison Tennent, Earnest Painter, B. A. Cumberlidge., Timothy Key, Desiree Driesenaar, Claire Michaeljohn, QuadConjures, Infiniti, Paroma Sen, Eli Snow, Daniel G. Clark, Eashan Reddy Kotha, Paroma Sen, Keno Ogbo, James G Brennan Uchechi Obasi, Timothy Key, Holly Jahangiri, Joe Luca, Charlotte Zobeir Ali, Kathryn A. LeRoy, Ph.D. Earnest Painter, Eeva Metssalu, Jennifer Geer, Amna Fiaz, Karen Madej, Brian E. Wish, PhD
Kapil Goel, Vaidehi Telkar, Maria P., AHK, 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒓, Jeremy Ray Payne, Stu Cavill, Elliot Ames, Jaysankar D Talukdar, Dr.Gulnazmirza, Tran Nguyen, Athif Ibrahim, Eric Sangerma, Amey, Fọlábòmí Àmọ̀ó, Bren Anne Bondy, Ibrahim John, Ann, Lucy Milanova, Jennifer Dale,
Krutarth Trivedi, Libby Mitchell, The Maverick Files, Payal Khare Bhatnagar, Denise Garratt, Felicia J Norfor, Anna Z. Iter, Cristo Lopez, PhD, Urshel Lee Metcalf, Alice Toneatto, Dave Sellar, Danell teNyenhuis Black, TJ Rentoy on Transport and Travel, Anne Varvel, Liv Mello
Join The Crew by sharing words that you think should be in the dictionary, but aren’t.
- Include a definition for your word, and use it in a sentence.
- Put this in your kicker: Writing | The Crew | Play On Words Project
- Tag the rest of the members of the crew, see below.
Karen Madej, you know you want to ❤
