Brilliant Words You Didn’t Know You Needed

27 Apr

I love this post by Nicholas C. Rossis. You have to check out these words––they’re hilarious!

Nicholas C. Rossis

From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books Photo: Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed / unsplash.com / Via urbandictionary.com

Continuing on the subject of words, you may have heard me say now and again how I marvel at the beauty and flexibility of the English language.

So why aren’t these beauties found on BuzzFeed part of our everyday conversations already?

Errorist
(n) Someone who repeatedly makes mistakes, or is always wrong

Carcolepsy
(n) A condition where a passenger falls asleep as soon as the car starts moving

Textpectation
(n) The anticipation felt when waiting for a response to a text

Bedgasm
(n) The feeling of euphoria experienced when climbing into bed at the end of a very long day

Nonversation
(n) A completely worthless conversation

Destinasia
(n) When by the time you have reached your destination, you have forgotten why you were going there in the first place

Cellfish
(n) An individual so caught up on their cell phone that…

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16 Responses to “Brilliant Words You Didn’t Know You Needed”

  1. Nicholas C. Rossis April 27, 2015 at 1:46 pm #

    Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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  2. JESS44903 April 27, 2015 at 11:22 pm #

    Ha! How neat…learned something new today! 🙂

    Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!

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  3. Francine Rose Hirst April 29, 2015 at 7:12 am #

    Haha! These are so funny! Thanks for passing them on. 🙂

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  4. veronica lee April 30, 2015 at 9:03 am #

    LOL! Thanks for sharing this.

    About my cookies – I made them just for fun! I would gladly give them to you FREE but we live continents apart !

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega April 30, 2015 at 9:08 am #

      Hi Veronica! Thank you that’s very sweet of you to offer. I understand. I thought maybe you had a bakery. Why don’t you have a bakery? You do great work! 😀

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  5. marjma2014 May 1, 2015 at 5:22 pm #

    Bedgasm, really? Tee hee.

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega May 5, 2015 at 8:34 am #

      It does feel like that sometimes, after a long day at work (on your feet). 😉 I love ‘Cellfish’. Ha, ha!

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      • marjma2014 May 5, 2015 at 9:23 am #

        Yes, we do tend to get over dependent on our cell phones! Can’t leave the house without them, whatever did we use to do before…..

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      • Vashti Quiroz-Vega May 5, 2015 at 1:09 pm #

        Honestly, I don’t know how we survived without cell phones in the past. However, that being said, there should be some cell phone etiquette established. 😉

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  6. doreenhousehoneys May 1, 2015 at 11:22 pm #

    Textpectation?! Really? Now why didn’t I think of that?!

    Don’t answer that ;).

    xxx

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega May 5, 2015 at 8:48 am #

      Ha, ha! It’s funny how some of these words make so much sense after we’ve read them. Like bedgasm and cellfish. 😀 Some of these are going to stick for sure.

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  7. Joy @ Yesterfood May 2, 2015 at 1:26 pm #

    Heeeee, love these; so clever. I’ve had carcolepsy since I was a baby, and I fear that all my chairs are chairdrobes. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this with us at Treasure Box Tuesday, Vashti! 🙂

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega May 5, 2015 at 8:51 am #

      Hi Joy! I have a puppy who definitely has carcolepsy and a couple of acquaintances who are a little on the cellfish side. 😉 It was my pleasure sharing with you on Treasure Box Tuesday. 😀

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