whimperative
n.— «Sadock, Jerrold M. 1970. Whimperatives. In: Studies presented to R.B. Lees by his students. Edited by Sadock and Vanek Edmonton, Linguistic Research, Inc. 223-228.» —, 1970. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Is there such a thing as a “neutral” accent, and if so what does it sound like? And that quirk in the way southern Californians talk about freeways. They’ll say things like take the 405 and get on the 8. Why the definite article...
Cria means a baby llama or alpaca. The English word comes from Spanish cría, related to criar, “to rear” or “to raise” a young animal. The four-letter word may seem merely like a useful Scrabble play, but it’s also the everyday term for those long...