Idiologisms

From time to time, a new word will pop into my head (e.g., a portmanteau, sniglet, nomalgam, preprotologism, and so on). While some of them turn out to be reinventions, others are unique (i.e., a true idiologism). If such an item shares the form of an existing word (however unconventional), then I will only list it here if the meaning varies (from ones found in the likes of the Urban Dictionary, for example).

Why bother to record them? I don’t know, really. It’s just fun. And I suppose that it might be my version of hoarding.

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anifest (a., v.)

1. to boldly flow whence no sun has glown before.

[PIE *hehno- (“ring”) > Latin ānus (“ring”, “anus”)] + [PIE *dʰer- (“to hold”) > PEI *dʰers- (“to be bold”) > Latin -fest] (“boldly of the anus”)

anifestation (n., pl. anifestations)

1. an anifest emanation.

See anifest.

detoxymoron (n., pl. detoxymorons)

1. a type of quack who treats an indiscriminate toxin as a remedy (e.g., injecting bleach to cure COVID, or watching FOX “news” to combat ignorance).

portmanteau “detox + oxymoron + moron”

idiologism (n., pl. idiologisms)

1. a word peculiar to one individual (and possibly peculiar) person.

Ancient Greek ἴδιος > ἴδιο- ( “of one person”) + λόγος (“word”) + -ισμός (nominalizer)

rectoplasm (n., pl. rectoplasms)

1. an anifestation of a spirit from a mystic medium.

portmanteau “recto-“ + “-ectoplasm”

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