An Exercise in Ververology
arglepluff: a sweet, bluish fruit of the drupe family which is a genetically engineered combination of the plum, grape, blueberry, blackberry, and banana
balliclavorous: insufferably loud
cretorpic: relating to spiky, saltwater crustaceans typically residing in urpdoms
defabricate: to unmake through large scale unproduction
erronify: to blunder
fibratorque: the feeling that one's entrails are squirming
gesticaceous: tasty
hazardium: a term encompassing any dangerous or toxic chemical element
iggle: to annoy
jumbledom: assorted clutter
kriggish: excessively warlike
luctisonous: sad-sounding or melancholy
melisectary: of or pertaining to the sensation of something being better the second time than the first
norb: an awkward or clumsy person
opusculator: someone who does very little work but tries to pass it off as more
polymazerous: made up of many smaller parts
quilch: to gulp in a loud or exaggerated way
rictitious: shaky
sekera: a Slovakian ax
tryblic: bowl-shaped
urpdom: any hypothetical, subaquatic arctic region
ververology: the study of inventing made-up words
wyth: a humorous or erroneous archaic spelling of with
xiphic: characterized by having a long, sharp nose
yemph: to speak while one's mouth is full
zothecule: a microscopic hole
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The challenge: make up some words! A minimum of 5 per post, please.The harder challenge: make up a word for every letter of the alphabet. You can post them all at once, or slowly add to your post by editing it.
A further challenge: make up a story (or poem) using all the words in your post, or in a post by someone else.
You can post your story (or poem) here: http://www.protagonize.com/exercise/home-grown-words-story-extension
And link to it at the bottom of your word list. Or, if you used a list by someone else, add a comment on their list and your link.
If you want: you can bold up to 3 of your favorites, like I did. This is if you have a lot of words.
Max: of 26 words per post please. And no mature content.
Have at it!
-Foggie
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