whatifery
n.— «I am glad that my hon. Friend has admitted what I believe was going through many of our minds—that we are baffled by the Minister’s explanation of what the clause is trying to do. I am certainly baffled. I suppose that the opposite of “whatifery’” is anecdotalism. I shall therefore go for anecdotalism, because at least that provides me with a firm example.» —“Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill” by Andrew Turner House of Commons Standing Committee A (United Kingdom) Oct. 14, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Jameela in Charlotte, North Carolina, says her family refers to their television’s remote control as the clicker, but her friends insist on calling it the remote. These devices go by other names as well, including doofer, flicker, zapper, and...