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I’ve made up a few words 

1) Neopolitism: Showing favoritism toward the flavors from the chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry families.

2) Procrassination: Putting off being insensitive and unrefined

3) Errudite: Having or showing great incorrect knowledge 

4) Siezmograph: A confiscated earthquake measuring device

5) Dirgible: A sad song about a crashed blimp

My mom, who didn't speak English (spoke German) until she was around six years old even though she was 5th generation American, used to say "dasn't." I think it was in place of dare not but not sure. Maybe something German that was contracted. All I know is that I better not do whatever it was!

*Edit - huh. I was correct - a contraction of dare not. I was surprised to find it in an online dictionary.

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some words I've learned over the past few years, and my best guess at their meaning

infantroopen  =  infantry troops  OR  some type of child proofing device

heroilynn  =  heroin, OR a hero named Lynn

occifers  =  offices OR officers

susbesdig  =  subsidies OR a submersible dirigible

deligitimatize  =  delegitimize (which isn't a word, irregardless)

transpants  =  transplants, unless discussing lgbTq clothing

resaption  =  reception OR a nation of reciprocity

herridje  =  heritage OR a female edging room

benefishers  =  beneficiaries, OR gone fishing

pivittible  =  pivotal OR a 70's sex swing/pivot table

foistered  =  foisted OR a very wet fisting

lawmarkers  =  lawmakers OR sharpie used when drafting EOs

Mike Bolton  =  John Bolton OR maybe actually Michael Bolton (Office Space character or the singer - I'm betting Office Space character)

bipartiss solucius  =  bipartisan solutions OR the distant cousin of Spartacus

forsiva  =  forces OR a foreskin/vulva mutation

apliculibulls  =  applicable OR an abacus made of apples

mini-on-apolis  =  Minneapolis OR miniatures of Apollo crafts

slock rocket  =  stock market OR sock puppet

veneswaylass  =  Venezuela OR venus weight class?

oranges  =  origins OR actually oranges

enentheyannounced therewasnobyesno  =  and then they announced there was no bias OR Venezuela

Last edited by H5

I’ve made up a few words 

1) Neopolitism: Showing favoritism toward the flavors from the chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry families.

2) Procrassination: Putting off being insensitive and unrefined

3) Errudite: Having or showing great incorrect knowledge 

4) Siezmograph: A confiscated earthquake measuring device

5) Dirgible: A sad song about a crashed blimp

I had a friend in high school who had everyone convinced he couldn't say "ish" words. 

"Hey Chris, say fish".

"Feeeuuusssch"

He could do it with such a straight face and then pretend to be offended it was perfection.

Then there was the time my parents went to Germany to visit Dad's relatives, and the relatives took my parents to feed the pigs one Sunday after church.

It turns out Dad misheard.  He was translating for Mom, who didn't speak German, and thought his cousin said they were going to feed die Schweine, or the pigs.  In fact, they were being taken to feed die SchwÃĪne -- the swans.

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