Comments on: In which I am neologistic

By: Ian Andreas Miller

Ian Andreas Miller — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:09:10 +0000

Ecce verbifex!

By: Wil Grewe-Mullins

Wil Grewe-Mullins — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:18:33 +0000

I didn’t invent that word, but back in 2006, I coined a variation of the S word (Schadenfreude, not the other one) that you might find amusing:

http://blacknewblack.blogspot.com/2006/07/part-38-in-which-our-hero-invents-new.html

Give it a looksee, please. Thank you.

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:17:08 +0000

OKI, it looks like there are other extremely smart people out there who made this word up independently of mew.

But Patrick (#10) you can’t prove that they didn’t use a time machine to steal the idea from me in the future and bring it to the past. So you’ve let me down too.

By: TheRationalApe

TheRationalApe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:53:13 +0000

Phil, you’ve coined others, don’t feel down! What about “embiggen?”

You motivated me to stake my claim on a new phrase we can all use well:

http://www.rationalape.com/2010/01/re-in-which-i-am-neologistic-by-phil.html

By: Bill the Splut

Bill the Splut — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:49:43 +0000

I came up with that in September 2003:

http://www.thoughtviper.com/new/new64.html

But it’s kind of obvious when you think about it. It’s like how everyone on 9/12/2001, from Lileks to Zippy the Pinhead, came up with the “Hey, Mr Taliban, tally me bananas” joke. Even though the joke made no sense, and trivialized the event. One internet douchebag actually tried to sue everyone in the world who also simultaneously came up with it. He was not successful.

By: Bill the Splut

Bill the Splut — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:39:24 +0000

I came up with that in September 2003:

http://www.thoughtviper.com/new/new64.html

By: ccpetersen

ccpetersen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:16:19 +0000

Heh. So,I went to vote for Carolyn Porco in science and the page blipped out to blank (white screen of death) when I voted. When it came back, it looked like my vote didn’t go through. So, I tried to vote again and I think the second time it went through twice. I wonder if they’re having massive hits on the page? Anyway, I hope it doesn’t mess up Carolyn’s count. Nonetheless, I’m now leery of voting over there since the page was acting so strangely.

By: pajh

pajh — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:19:32 +0000

6,390 Google results and plenty of prior art? Sounds a little credulous of you, Phil. It seems that all the sceptics on this page are in the comments.

“A neologism? Phil, that’s a word you just made up.”

By: Oday

Oday — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:17:58 +0000

I want to make a song with that, right now. Sadly, I have a cold, so I can’t sing/rap for now. But, some day.

Don’t worry, all my music is free. No profiteering here.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:49:09 +0000

Phil, phil, phil…

The least you could have done was to do an internet search on Schadenfreudelicious and you would have seen its use in prior art. You let me down. You let yourself down. Research and evidence should come before ego-fueled proclamations.

By: jtradke

jtradke — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:40 +0000

Sorry, but the skeptic in me must point out that this is not a new coinage. Language Log scooped you:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1729

By: Tree Lobsters

Tree Lobsters — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:32:04 +0000

Larian LeQuella: You can but only the most recent one counts.

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:09:40 +0000

That’s right up there with Will Ferrell’s “Scrumtrulescent!” but in a Germanic sort of way, though Will’s term has positive connotations. I think Olberman has used the term “Schadenfreudelicious” once with regard to Faux News.

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:05:42 +0000

Can you vote for someone more than once?

Already voted for her. <3

By: Tree Lobsters

Tree Lobsters — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:27:49 +0000

This link should submit a nomination for Rachael Dunlop: http://bit.ly/nomrachie – It opens up Twitter and pre-fills with appropriate wording.

By: stefan

stefan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:15:01 +0000

“MMR Scare Doctor Acted Unethically”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8483865.stm
A good article and I think it might qualify for your newly coined term.

By: Lewknukem

Lewknukem — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:11:46 +0000

Unfortunately you didn’t appear to coin that word, only re-coined. First use according to google for Schadenfreudelicious was back in 2005. Too bad that word was already cromulent.

By: Naked Bunny with a Whip

Naked Bunny with a Whip — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:09:18 +0000

That’s a good chunk of a Twitter post all by itself.

By: Bubba

Bubba — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:03:56 +0000

I won’t vote for her. Mike Adams says she’s fat.;)