Thursday, May 17, 2012

Congratulations Neologism Nate!


You make up new words.

That’s all you do.

“Chumpsolth.”

That was you in 1991, during the first Gulf War, when you were just starting out and needed a word to describe the suffering of bored soldiers forced into a war they didn’t understand with adequate support and often inadequate mission descriptions. Also, exposure to some pretty awful chemicals.

“Grudcheque.”

That’s a word you invented in 2007 for the rising price of cheese on the national market. It came in handy for a small number of very strange economists who wanted to talk almost exclusively about why cheese imports from new and interesting places started to displace cheese imports from France.

“Awekrakular.”

That’s a word you made up to describe how great the idea of a kraken is in one movie (Lord of the Rings) and how awful it is in another movie (Rise of the Titans). It’s also a word you often lend out to people who want to have sex with giant squids. It’s been around for a while, but its meaning is being constantly refined.

Today you’re going to kill it yet again with a new word invented just for our cupcakes.

“Granutastacular.”

This word will indicate how awesome something that makes you feel gross can be if you eat it when you’re drunk or stoned. It’ll be a lesson in how we should eschew our perception on the importance of preconceptions in society and how we all need to become more open people in general. It’ll also make perfect sense to stoned people, who will be the primary audience/user base for this word moving ahead.

Great work all around!

Congratulations Neologism Nate!

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