Coin a new word?

**Wits' End** · 04-20-2007, 05:53 AM

Talking about spell check. My son wrote 'onomonopoaeic' and off the top of my head I said (typed) It isn't runderlined "red Underlined" So is that a new word? Or did I see it else where?
If it's new consider it public domain

**Kristofg** · 04-20-2007, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by Wits' End

'onomonopoaeic' and off the top of my head I said (typed) It isn't runderlined "red Underlined" So is that a new word?

Shouldn't it be onomatopoeic? as in sound-mimicking?

**PhotonBoy** · 04-20-2007, 09:23 AM

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomatopœia) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as “bang”, “click”, "buzz", or "pop" or animal noises such as “moo”, “oink”, “quack”, or “meow

**nikon** · 04-20-2007, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by Wits' End

Talking about spell check. My son wrote 'onomonopoaeic' and off the top of my head I said (typed) It isn't runderlined "red Underlined" So is that a new word? Or did I see it else where?
If it's new consider it public domain

Were you wearing runderwear at the time?

**greenlight** · 04-20-2007, 12:42 PM

'Tarn', a proper noun derived from the participle 'tarnished', used as a nickname for a co-worker who doesn't know what she is doing, makes up rules and regulations for things that we don't do, and can't stop hassling me about some baloney she thinks she sees. I go to work ready to have a good time and she 'tarnishes' my fun.

Useage: "That stupid b1tch Tarn was hassling me again."

PJ · 04-20-2007, 06:49 PM

My cousins daughter, way back when she was about 5, asked him to nukerowave some mac and cheese for her.

**Alteran** · 04-20-2007, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by greenlight

'Tarn', a proper noun derived from the participle 'tarnished', used as a nickname for a co-worker who doesn't know what she is doing, makes up rules and regulations for things that we don't do, and can't stop hassling me about some baloney she thinks she sees. I go to work ready to have a good time and she 'tarnishes' my fun.

Useage: "That stupid b1tch Tarn was hassling me again."

Originally Posted by dictionary.com

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source tarn

(tärn) Pronunciation Key
A small mountain lake, especially one formed as a glacier melts, filling a cirque with water.

I did know this, but dictionary.com helped me say it.