;Posted on 09/26/2012 5:10:06 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, September 26, 2019-- neologism
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
neologism [nee-ol-uh-jiz-uhm]
noun
1. a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
2. the introduction or use of new words or new senses of existing words.
3. a new doctrine, especially a new interpretation of sacred writings.
4. Psychiatry. a new word, often consisting of a combination of other words, that is understood only by the speaker: occurring most often in the speech of schizophrenics.
Origin: [Greek, combining form of néos; akin to new+ -logism, from Greek logos word, saying]
Related forms:
ne•ol•o•gy, noun
ne•ol•o•gist, noun
ne•ol•o•gis•tic, ne•ol•o•gis•ti•cal, adjective
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Outstanding! We're well on our way to 1984's Newspeak.
Thank you! “I love big brother”-not...
If you have not read Ira Levin’s “This Perfect Day”, you might give it a look-similar premise of humanity ruled by evil-in this case, a computer (and its programmers), two members of a defiant underground group fall in love, etc happy ending, but scary s***.
I would want to go up there and mail it for him!
My own made-up word is sluttoo, as in Madonna’s back ink is also called a sluttoo.
I like TatHo myself.
A++++ for each of your neologistic efforts concerning tramp stamps.
I like that take on her tats, but “tramp stamp” still comes to mind...
This talk of Nazi-like and Communist social engineering gave me an obscure funk earworm from the early 80’s-
“Zwei, drei, vier
One, two, three
Its easy to see
But its not that I don’t care so
‘Cause I hear it all the time
But they never let you know
On the TV and the radio
She was young her heart was pure
But every night is bright she got
She said sugar is sweet
She come rappin’ to the beat
Then I knew that she was hot
She was singin’
Don’t turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar’s in town, uh-oh
You’re in his eye
And you’ll know why
The more you live
The faster you will die
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?”
I wonder how many still do the “bump” on the dance floor?
Someone told me that the original song was made by a German group, in that language.
You beat me to that by minutes...
GMTA.
(Great Minds Trampstamp Alike.)
Yes. I have the mp3 of the German language original. There’s a smattering of English in it.
Thanks for confirming that. I usually “get” what a song is about, even if it is between the lines, so to speak-but I never quite figured out just what was being protested in that one...
So alles not klar?
I think it’s just Reagan era Berlin wall euro angst.
Okay-that does make sense-the timing and atmosphere in that part of Europe fit.
Falco is the original artist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GmkjnL4EYw
Der Kommissar - 1982
After the Fire - English version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guvo7gUdUnE
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