English being what it is, there are endless possibilities for the addition of new words. Apart from the acquisition of new words through the kind assistance of invaders of the British Isles, some of our finest words were coined by the likes of Chaucer, Shakespeare and a whole host of imaginative writers since gleefully unshackled by convention. If it is not merely to reside in dusty tomes on museum shelves, then English should be a malleable living thing that reflects the needs of the day.
New words, therefore, appear all the time and their continued usage is attested to by their usefulness. Here below are a selection of contemporary terms that are soon to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary (like these):
Stringth – Beginner’s definition when building muscles
Perplay – Any convoluted beginning of a game
Dripple – Liquid that escapes between cup and mouth
Trousellation – Creases in legwear
Prolongual – A tendency to extend an activity, e.g long goodbyes
Qurongue – The unfortunate propensity to join the wrong queue
K’smank – A feeling of wretchedness that accompanies bad kisses
Groloinal – Enlargement through stimulation – in a similar vein to genitals
Horsh-Idlib – Unsubstantiated claims made about horse racing
Xindy – A rush of air that exposes underwear
Timmerrush – The thrill that accompanies social uncertainty, a perversion
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