(From Chuck Whiting: As some of you know, my firm handles publicity and publishing for National Vocabulary Coach of the Year Debbie Watts. Here are some more "Wordabulous" words of wisdom from Middle Tennessee's "Word Woman".)
Hope you're having a wordabulous day. I'm catching my breath following a very busy, yet successful school year. I'm also in the thick of planning for my book signing on June 18th at Border's West End in Nashville. I'll be signing copies of my book from 6:00-7:00 p.m. If you're in the Nashville area, I'd love to see you there! Thought I'd talk about word coinages this month. You know, sometimes the words who reside within the covers of dictionaries, God love 'em, just don't do justice to the right ambience at the right moment. Therefore, I have taken great pleasure in creating my own words to name, describe and show action, when recognized words just don't do the trick. Here are a few of my favorites: Leave your own in the comment section:
Gingersnap - (noun) A breakdown suffered from having watched too many "Gilligan's Island" tv reruns.
Proboscimony - (noun) Using one's alimony check to purchase a nose job.
Siliconimony - (noun) Using one's alimony check to purchase a breast enhancement.
Spraycation - Using funds saved up for a trip to pressure-wash the house.
Youtubular - (adjective) "You oughtta be on television.
X-it - (verb) As the great Paul Simon once said, "Get yourself free."
As you can see, coining your own words can provide stress relief. Try it. . . .and share some of them with me...
As I said, come and see me on June 18th, and by the way, giving credit where credit is due, if you need a publicist, Chuck Whiting is the best. Everything good that has happened with my book, I owe to him.
In wordly love,
"Word Woman"
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