econolypse n.—Gloss: The current economic crisis. Note: “Economy” + “apocalypse.” «The question now is whether the company can manage itself successfully past what the wags now commonly refer to as the...
vacationship n.— «A newly coined portmanteau for a relationship formed during, and usually ended immediately after, a vacation, e.g., “Paris was amazing. A harmless little frisson over a croissant turned into a full-blown...
autastic adj.— «Autastic…It is a mix of autistic and fantastic…Evan and I have come to the agreement that we are a little of both.» —“Our New Word” by Osh the house that osh built (Oshkosh...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski drops by with a puzzle involving overlapping words. He calls it, of course, “Overlap-Plied Linguistics.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Overlap-Plied Linguistics Puzzle” You’re...
What do you call a word made from a blend of two other words, like motel from motor and hotel? A listener says his term for them is “Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup words,” after the old commercial: “You got chocolate in my peanut...
sidequel n.— «Sidequel (Side Story)—A sidequel is a neologism describing a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, set in the same “universe,” with arbitrary...