Have you ever wanted to say something but there wasn't any word to express it? If yes, I am asking you to try to invent a neologism (new word) to express something new or already well known!
(The title of the discussion refers not directly to a book written by Ben Schott, where the author does exactly the same. He creates new Komposita (in German) to describe the human contidion.)
@Troglodyte
Ahaha, thanks for your comment. I will really use "hangry" in my daily life. It really describes my human condition ;)
I really love how my discussions are always so popular...
Sure Teresia
Examples from Ben Schott:
Plauschplage (prattle-plague) = the pressure to make small talk with people you interact with every day
Mahlneid (meal-envy) = in a restaurant, the envy that you feel for the meal on someone else's table
Leertratung (empty stair) = to stumble with a inexistent step
My words:
Inco-living (from incontious) = when you know you don't have to do something because it is bad to your health but you continue doing it
Hoping-hope = when you strongly hope something, even if you know it is impossible to get real
I'm interested, how does it work? Could you give an example?
