The Wordinary: Entry No. 16

bondiment

bon-di-men-t
noun

1.  A close human relationship forged over a shared love of particular condiments.  

E.g. "This sushi mayo has changed my life."
       "Me too! Isn't it the best?!"
       "Will you marry me?"

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 15

fanimals

fan-i-mals [fˈæn ə məlz]
noun

1. Super enthusiastic supporters of anything from basketball to burlsesque, whose over zealous dedication makes them appear feral to outsiders.  Primary example: Twihards (which, I might add, is a most excellent example of word amalgamation.) 

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 14

a crapella

a-cra-pell-a
adverb or adjective

1.  How you actually sound when you attempt to sing without the usual backing of your super-loud stereo system or other musical accompaniment.  Most evident when one sings with ones head phones in - i.e. your performance may be X Factor material to you, but a crapella to everyone else in your vicinity.

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 13

congreenient

con-green-ient [kuhn-green-yuhnt]
adjective

1.  Used to describe persons who appear to be environmentally friendly only when it suits them.  (Arch enemy of the recyclopath.)

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 12

introdouche

in-tro-douche [in-troh-doosh]
verb
Pretty self explanatory really.  You know those awkward moments when you:

a) Have to introduce a douche; or
b) Make yourself look like a douche whilst attempting to introduce yourself...

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 11

shelf esteem

shelf es-teem [ʃɛlfɪˈstim]
noun

1. A favourable image of oneself gained from various self help books.

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 10

lacktivist


lack-ti-vist  [lak-tuh-vist]]
noun

1. A person whose vigorous advocation for a cause can only be traced through their Facebook status updates...

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 9

fatisfaction

fat-is-fac-tion [fat-is-fak-shuhn]
noun


(adjective: fatisfied)

That feeling you get when you've just finished a whole packet of Tim Tams / an entire block of chocolate / a family sized combo (insert large portion of unhealthy food here) all to yourself.  Usually followed by slouching under a blanket and watching television.

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 8

brofessor


bro-fess-or [bruh-fes-er]
noun


1. The most knowledgeable person in your circle of friends.


2. A rather friendly academic.


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The Wordinary: Entry No. 7

carnevoyeur


car-ne-voy-eur [kahr-nuh-vwah-yur]
noun


1. A former carnivore turned vegetarian who watches others eat meat in an attempt to fulfil their craving for their long lost diet.


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The Wordinary: Entry No. 6

sunoku


su-no-ku [soo-noh-koo]
noun

1. The belief in a sudoku free society where people can once again ride buses and trains without being bombarded by the obsessive sighs and hair pulling of sudoku playing passengers.

E.g. "Please refrain from bringing your numbered boxes in this space.  We practise sunoku here."

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The Wordinary: Entry No. 5

moustachio

mou-sta-chi-o [muh-stash-ee-oh]
noun

1. The result of one getting pistachio crumbs in one's moustache.


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The Wordinary: Entry No.4

recyclopath

re-cy-clo-path [ree-sahy-kluh-path]
noun

1. A person who intensely and somewhat scarily enforces the practise of recycling.


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Wordinary Entry No.3

fertleneck


fer-tle-neck [fur-tl-nek] 
noun

1. A turtleneck sweater made specifically for, and worn by, ferrets


Note: I would just like to say that I do not in anyway condone what you are looking at right now.  Anyone that knows me well, knows that I have a slight aversion to animals wearing clothes.  "But they are sooo cute!" you say. To that, I say "Nay!" (but in an ironical horse kind of way).  I'm sorry people, I just can't dig the dogs in denim or the cats in cashmere.  It creeps me out.  However, I had to include the following image to back up my word amalgamation.  Thanks Sez!

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Wordinary Entry No.2

dorkward


dork-ward [dawk-werd]
adjective


1. Used to describe a situation where ones dorkiness has led to an awkward situation - or

2. When one is heading in the direction of dorksville
e.g. "And then I realised my skirt had been tucked into my tights the whole time.  I'm on a downward, dorkward spiral..."

(Refer to all back episodes of New Girl  and Never Been Kissed for ample examples).

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Wordinary Entry No.1

beardo

beard-o [beer-doh]
noun, plural beardos. Informal.


1. a person who looks weird with a beard.

E.g. "Bro, you should shave.  You look like a beardo with that face carpet you got goin' on".

Origin: Term first used during Neolithic period (or "Stone Age" during which homo sapiens first began to develop the use of tools).  It is believed that the term was a primary trigger in the development of the first razor prototype.

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The Wordinary: An Introduction

We all have hobbies.  Some of us like to collect stamps, crochet, struggle through Sudoku puzzles or fervently bake their way through their Grandma's old recipe books.  Others sew patchwork quilts, take long bicycle rides, watch copious amounts of bad reality television, or plan imaginary marriage ceremonies to Ryan Gosling while simultaneously practicing what their signature will look like post conduction of said ceremony.  Whilst I may or may not have dabbled in any number of the above (cough), I have one hobby which takes precedent on my procrastination list (closely followed by "Pinning" of course).  Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce you to the wonder of:

 Word Amalgamation.  

It needs no in depth explanation.  One simply takes two words (or three even, the more the merrier - it'll be slightly harder to decipher but we like a challenge) that fit together rather easily, thereby creating a new  word to enhance and enrich ones vocabulary.  An example:

My lovely Mum's name is Shona.  Sometimes my brother and I like to light heartedly make fun of her just to show her how much we really do love her.  This is all fine and dandy until Shona decides to fight back.  If she manages to come back at us with a scathing retort we call it getting "Shoned"; as in, getting "owned" by "Shona".  E.g. "Damn, you just got Shoned, girl!".  See how this works?  Doesn't it sound like fun? (I mean the word amalgamation part, not the getting Shoned.  That's not fun.  It's actually quite embarrassing.)

The idea for this hobby came about in the workplace by accident.  My colleague referred to a small white dish as a "ceramekin" and I automatically assumed she was some kind of hilarious genius who had merged two words to so adequately describe said item: a ceramic ramekin.  Alas, she had merely erred and truly believed that to be it's name.  The phenomenon was explained and thus began my hobby.  Which leads me to the point of this rambling.

I have decided to add a weekly feature, whereby I share a word amalgamation - either invented by myself, or fellow Word Amalgamation Enthusiasts (WAE).  I realise this exercise predates the "ceramekin" incident: Brangelina anyone? I will be leaving examples such as those out of the Wordinary however, for obvious reasons.

"Wordinary!" you say? "I see what you've done there!" You exclaim.  Welcome to the game friends.  I have decided to call the collection of amalgamations the "Wordinary" - the combination of "ordinary" "words" with a slight homage paid to the "dictionary". 

I will be featuring one word every week.  If you have some potential entries for The Wordinary please e-mail me: as a dedicated WAE I am more than willing to delight in new amalgamations and will happily post them with a link to your website/blog etc.  You can send them to kirstyhelen@gmail.com.

(One of my favourites! Cushion from this Etsy store).