And now, wise words from the boy wonder, I have been introduced to coof (a sound a pigeon makes when you kick it), bootchyfliff (the small lumps of fluff that are discovered inside the bellybutton) and poopyplip (someone with an irrational fear of molluscs) How on earth we got onto this conversation is beyond me, but apparantly these were all new words added to the dictionary in 2004. Who actually decides whether or not words get included? And how long would a word have to be around before it was considered for inclusion?
Ostrichised ... try looking for this in the Collins English, I doubt you will find it, however jump online and search the controversial urban dictionary and there you will find this word. A word added by my good friend of the south who drives a vee after I had said it to him and explained my meaning of it. It will probably be the only ever word I have written to get some kind of recognition and so for that I am proud!
Looking at words and how we use and interpret them obviously leads me to just one photographer, Barbara Kruger, Im sure her individual postmodern approach to feminism, consumerism and other such ideals is easily recognised by most.
art21 / Barbara Kruger
Cool stuff huh, "I shop therefore I am"
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How brilliant! New words are fab, although I always feel sorry for old words which don't get used any more.
ReplyDeleteAuthor Carrie Jones in her book "Need" came up with a rather alarming new word. At present it doesn't seem to be in the lexicographers bible - The Oxford English Dictionary, but maybe this is only a matter of time.
The word? Pixiophobia.
"Zara White is plagued by PIXIOPHOBIA—
(n) A fear of pixies, often triggered by a trail of gold, glittery powder.
She knows that pixies are living among us, hidden by a trick of the eye."
I like Barbara's art work, very good. Nice to see her emerge from the unfortunate shadow of her brother Frederick.
Oh dear. I am so sorry. Please delete this nonsense.