Thursday, August 07, 2008
Forday
Why is a table called "table" and not "chair" or anything else?
......
Yesterday, the Linguistic Prof gave an example of how her nephew came up with his own word, "pruned" which is used as such: "We are pruned！" (when winning a soccer game for example). And he is actively using it among his group of friends in the hope that the word would be picked up by others.
It got me wondering who has the right to invent new words. I suppose the answer is anyone. It's a matter of how to popularise that word.
Today, I accidentally invented a word while trying to think of a heading for my timetable:
Forday - (verb) pretend to forget or attempt to cause delay due to reluctance to do something
Eg. I admit that I was fordaying time because I didn't want to go for lecture.
By the way, it's not an any-no-how invention. By rationale, "forday" comes from the word "forget" and "delay" while by instinct, "forday" just feels very draggy. Haha.
Looking at my timetable, there is no reason for me to forday time:
Do spread the word. Haha.
Why is a table called "table" and not "chair" or anything else?
......
Yesterday, the Linguistic Prof gave an example of how her nephew came up with his own word, "pruned" which is used as such: "We are pruned！" (when winning a soccer game for example). And he is actively using it among his group of friends in the hope that the word would be picked up by others.
It got me wondering who has the right to invent new words. I suppose the answer is anyone. It's a matter of how to popularise that word.
Today, I accidentally invented a word while trying to think of a heading for my timetable:
Forday - (verb) pretend to forget or attempt to cause delay due to reluctance to do something
Eg. I admit that I was fordaying time because I didn't want to go for lecture.
By the way, it's not an any-no-how invention. By rationale, "forday" comes from the word "forget" and "delay" while by instinct, "forday" just feels very draggy. Haha.
Looking at my timetable, there is no reason for me to forday time:
Do spread the word. Haha.
# posted by 婷 : 4:35 PM
