Have you ever invented a word that might be useful to others? [View All]

[BurtWorm]

My brother and I invented a word--thaga--when we were kids almost onomatapoetically to describe certain painful, annoying or irritating situations that one is powerless to do anything about. Like, for example, when a teacher would erase the blackboard and leave little streaks of chalk at the edges, that was thaga. I was thinking this when I saw a thread title here with an important word misspelled in it. As I waited and waited for the poster to edit it, thaga came to mind.

Thaga is also applicable in situations that cause extreme discomfort: nails scratching on the blackboard, teeth touching aluminum foil, fingers bending backwards. Or when someone describes an accident that involves that kind of pain, I immediately recoil and think, "Thaga!"

So what words have you invented?