The "Create a New Word" Thread

[CO Liberal]

This thread is inspired by LuminousX's thread that mentioned how a new word has been developed based on Terri Schiavo's name:

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schiavo

vt: To pursue the untimely death of a disabled person for personal gain or convenience.

In the early part of the 21st century, it became necessary for Americans to draw up detailed legal documents to avoid being schiavoed by their relatives or the government in case of becoming disabled.

Source: Snickelfritz, Mar 25, 2005

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schiavo&r=f

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I opined that the act of hopelessly pursuing an unattainable goal might be called "schindlering", after her parents.

So .... let's see how many otehr new words we can come up with, based on names in the news.

[jandrok]

1. "fristing", "to frist"

The art of pontificating on a subject you clearly know nothing about.

"I'll just frist my way through this term paper."

"That speaker was just fristing the whole time he was on the podium."

[Redstone]

3. "Deschiavotate"

to shut off the TV and / or skip pages in the newspaper, or avoid certain forums in DU, in order to get a little peace from a "hot news topic" that has utterly taken over the country and all of its media.

Redstone

[CO Liberal]

2. "Limbaughing"

The act of knowing the truth about a subject, yet telling a lie to obscure that truth.

The boy limbaughed about the window he had broken with his baseball.

[CO Liberal]

4. "Michael Reagoning"

The act of earning a career off the memory of a dead parent. Synonomous with "Lucie Arnazing".

[_TJ_]

5. Flamebaitative

adj: Likely to cause a rapid deterioration in the quality of
posted material.

[CO Liberal]

6. "Skinner"

The act of changing the character of a message board by restating existing rules, or establishing new ones.

After the lounge was skinnered, there were no more sex threads.