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* Somewhat famously, the [[ComicBook/{{Warrior}} Ultimate Warrior]] coined the word "Destrucity", which he described as "a compromise between Destiny and Reality". Nobody besides him has seemingly ever used it except in relation to him.
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* In a ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch, the word "splunge" is coined by frightened screenwriters to provide temporary respite from tyrannical Hollywood producer Irving C. Saltzberg. It means, "It's a great idea, but possibly not, and I'm not being indecisive!" [[note]]He does not like Yes-men, but does not like it when people disagree with him.[[/note]]
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* In a ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch, the word "splunge" is has another definition[[note]] it is also an obsolete alternative form of the verb "plunge"[[/note]] coined by frightened screenwriters a screenwriter to provide temporary respite from tyrannical Hollywood producer Irving C. Saltzberg. It means, "It's a great idea, but possibly not, and I'm not being indecisive!" [[note]]He indecisive!"[[note]] He does not like Yes-men, but does not like it when people disagree with him.[[/note]]
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* Blogger/humorist JamesLileks is known for popularizing "contrude". An example from TheBleat - May 1997- "Don't contrude with my train of thought, I'm on to something here"
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* Blogger/humorist JamesLileks Creator/JamesLileks is known for popularizing "contrude". An example from TheBleat ''The Bleat'' - May 1997- "Don't contrude with my train of thought, I'm on to something here"
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* Scholars perusing OlderThanPrint texts sometimes find words which only appear in one document. As language study is comparative (the more a certain word is found, the better the chance of working out what the word is supposed to mean), and because of the possibility that other texts in which the words might have been used are either still yet to be found (or worse, straight-up MissingEpisodes), the scholars tend to obsess over these ''hapax legomenon'' (the official term).
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* Scholars perusing OlderThanPrint texts sometimes find words which only appear in one document. As language study is comparative (the more a certain word is found, the better the chance of working out what the word is supposed to mean), and because of the possibility that other texts in which the words might have been used are either still yet to be found (or worse, straight-up MissingEpisodes), {{Missing Episode}}s), the scholars tend to obsess over these ''hapax legomenon'' legomena'' (the official term).term, singular ''hapax legomenon'').
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These are real words. Depending on whether Adrian's using them correctly (probably not) it's either Delusions Of Eloquence or Sesquipidalian Locquaciousness
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* ''Literature/AdrianMole'' prides himself on his massive "intellectual" vocabulary, and in ''Prostrate Years'', uses the word "contrapositional" during an argument with Daisy, who is not impressed. Another word is "expectorated", seen in ''True Confessions''.
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* From the ''WebVideo/MapMen'' episode "What will the world look like in 250 million years?":
-->'''Jay''': It was thunderingly unlikely that this unique Triassic animal could have evolved on three separate occasions. The more logical explanation was that these landmasses must once have been connected.\\
'''Mark''': "Thunderingly"?
-->'''Jay''': It was thunderingly unlikely that this unique Triassic animal could have evolved on three separate occasions. The more logical explanation was that these landmasses must once have been connected.\\
'''Mark''': "Thunderingly"?
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': Volo the bard was captured by goblins and forced to sing a ballad extoling the virtues of their leaders. By the time the party finds him, he's making up words and hoping that the goblins don't notice.
-->'''Volo''': Goblinkind will attease you and frelk you, areaded!
-->'''Volo''': Goblinkind will attease you and frelk you, areaded!
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And the mome raths outgrabe. [[note]] In case you were wondering, "brillig" means five PM, "slithy" is a cross between lithe and slimy, a "tove" is a type of pig, "gyre" means to spin around, "gimble" means to make holes, a "wabe" is an area surrounding a sundial, "mimsy" means miserable and flimsy, a "borogrove" is a type of bird, "mome" means lost, a "rath" is another type of animal, and "outgrabe" is the past tense of "to outgribe", meaning to squeal. [[/note]]
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And the mome raths outgrabe. [[note]] In case you were wondering, "brillig" means five PM, "slithy" is a cross between lithe and slimy, a "tove" is a type of pig, "gyre" means to spin around, "gimble" means to make holes, a "wabe" is an area surrounding a sundial, "mimsy" means miserable and flimsy, a "borogrove" "borogove" is a type of bird, "mome" means lost, a "rath" is another type of animal, and "outgrabe" is the past tense of "to outgribe", meaning to squeal. [[/note]]
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*** [[Literature/TheBible The Lord's Prayer]] says, "Give us this day our ''epiousion'' bread". The problem is that a different word is used elsewhere in the Bible for 'daily', so word historians and Bible scholars have obviously been studying contemporary sources to figure out what it could possibly mean.
*** A 9th-century Old High German poem found written as marginalia in another book contains the line 'and no man shall help his neighbor before the ''muspili''': the italicized word seems to be the key subject of the poem, and scholarly best-guess is that it is a proper noun for some kind of apocalyptic event, given the surrounding context.
*** A 9th-century Old High German poem found written as marginalia in another book contains the line 'and no man shall help his neighbor before the ''muspili''': the italicized word seems to be the key subject of the poem, and scholarly best-guess is that it is a proper noun for some kind of apocalyptic event, given the surrounding context.
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*** [[Literature/TheBible The Lord's Prayer]] says, "Give us this day our ''epiousion'' ''epiousios'' bread". The problem is that a different word is used elsewhere in the Bible for 'daily', so word historians and Bible scholars have obviously been studying contemporary sources to figure out what it could possibly mean.
*** A 9th-century Old High German poem found written as marginalia in another book contains the line 'and no man shall help his neighbor before the ''muspili''': the italicized word seems to be the key subject of the poem, and scholarly best-guess is that it is a proper noun for some kind of apocalyptic event, given the surrounding context.
*** A 9th-century Old High German poem found written as marginalia in another book contains the line 'and no man shall help his neighbor before the ''muspili''': the italicized word seems to be the key subject of the poem, and scholarly best-guess is that it is a proper noun for some kind of apocalyptic event, given the surrounding context.
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* Scholars perusing OlderThanPrint texts sometimes find words which only appear in one document. As language study is comparative (the more a certain word is found, the better the chance of working out what the word is supposed to mean), and because of the possibility that other texts in which the words might have been used are either still yet to be found (or worse, straight-up MissingEpisodes), the scholars tend to obsess over these ''hapax legomenon'' (the official term).
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*** [[Literature/TheBible The Lord's Prayer]] says, "Give us this day our ''epiousion'' bread". The problem is that a different word is used elsewhere in the Bible for 'daily', so word historians and Bible scholars have obviously been studying contemporary sources to figure out what it could possibly mean.
*** A 9th-century Old High German poem found written as marginalia in another book contains the line 'and no man shall help his neighbor before the ''muspili''': the italicized word seems to be the key subject of the poem, and scholarly best-guess is that it is a proper noun for some kind of apocalyptic event, given the surrounding context.
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*** [[Literature/TheBible The Lord's Prayer]] says, "Give us this day our ''epiousion'' bread". The problem is that a different word is used elsewhere in the Bible for 'daily', so word historians and Bible scholars have obviously been studying contemporary sources to figure out what it could possibly mean.
*** A 9th-century Old High German poem found written as marginalia in another book contains the line 'and no man shall help his neighbor before the ''muspili''': the italicized word seems to be the key subject of the poem, and scholarly best-guess is that it is a proper noun for some kind of apocalyptic event, given the surrounding context.
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* ''Series/AdrianMole'' prides himself on his massive "intellectual" vocabulary, and in ''Prostrate Years'', uses the word "contrapositional" during an argument with Daisy, who is not impressed. Another word is "expectorated", seen in ''True Confessions''.
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* ''Series/AdrianMole'' ''Literature/AdrianMole'' prides himself on his massive "intellectual" vocabulary, and in ''Prostrate Years'', uses the word "contrapositional" during an argument with Daisy, who is not impressed. Another word is "expectorated", seen in ''True Confessions''.
