Neologism, word playing, idiosyncratic humour

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what does "revotomana" mean? it's gotta mean something. my favorite is a "redundant" word [a word not assigned any meaning, made out of "left over" letters not assigned to an actual recognized word], it is "volvap" which happens to be "Pavlov" spelled backwards.

Revotomana - this word has no meaning. I may imagine it as a name of a city in a fictional word. I may imagine a map with this city and other cities, such as Senvigalasta which are inhabited by the tribe named Cunnegaviti.

The existing word "ideology" is pronounced at least two different ways.

I (and most other people I hear uttering the word in real life) pronounce it EYE-DEE-ology.

But newscasters usually say eh-DEE-ology ( starting with the I sounding like the I in "it").

That way of saying it has always struck me as an 'accidental neologism'.

The way I say it -it sounds like its derived from the word "idea". And the word means "a system of ideas" ( like a political ideology like communism, or democracy, or whatever).

But the way folks on news shows say it -it sounds like its derived from the word "idiot". So it always sounded to me like they are talking about "the intense academic study of idiots, and of idiocy".

So I propose that that media pronunciation of the word SHOULD be reserved for only that separate new meaning. But you would have to change the spelling to "idiology".

Idiology 101 should be the entry level course, and it should be a major in college!

" I got my PhD in 'idiology'. So now I am the world's foremost authority on idiocy!"

The concept could be taken different ways-it could "the study of how to BE an idiot", or just "the academic study of idiots (like the Monty Python documentary on "village idiots")", or it could be a practical guide to avoid idiocy (There would be books with titles like "Idiology for Idiots").

mebbe it could be "idiotacacalogy"

Yeah, I've done this alot over the years. One example is that I combine the words "gross" (as used for something that is icky) and the word "disgusting".

Grosgusting!

That is like, so totally grosgust'! (Shortened usage)

I am the only one who's been using it in real life.

The best context is for when the words gross and disgusting are just not enough.

I did not realize there may be an ASD connection, though. That is super skweet!

I often add "K's" and "R's" in bertween letters theyk don't belong. The sprell checker droesn't like that, though. I literally talk like that to everyone. It feels good, though I know that's not really a good reason.

there must be a word for the phenomenon of people adding letters to words or names. I knew somebody back in the day who kept referring to comedian jerry sTeinfeld.

Maybe the part of your brain in charge of language has been activated or excited because you're in a country with people who speak languages different from your default one. The tendency to be playful with words could be a manifestation of the extra mental pliability needed to facilitate the adoption of the new language, like dough that has to become soft before molding into a new shape.

I read this the other day and thought it was wonderful. Through the ages the Scottish have had 421 words for snow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34323967

Here's a few:

feefle - to swirl
flindrikin - a slight snow shower
snaw-pouther - fine driving snow
spitters - small drops or flakes of wind-driven rain or snow
unbrak - the beginning of a thaw

Beat that Kate Bush.

I made up the word 'confuzzled' from confused and the fizzle spell from Dragon Quest. I often feel like Shakespeare when I make up new words. I have a smart and quirky sense of humor, but sometimes I have to explain my jokes to other people.

I like alliteration, making up sentences with words all starting with the same letter.

Schizautis, schiauti, schaut - blends of "schizo" and "autism".

Oschun - shortening of Polish phrase "osoba chora umysłowo" ("mentally ill person" (shortening "meilpe"), mentally ill individual (shortening "meilin").

a big cheese directed extra farmers go harvest in july.

Nonkanformism - wordplay from non-kanneric (not like Kanner's syndrome) and nonconformist which I use for condition which I can name "pathological nonconformism syndrome" (I use this term to name my sort of Aspieness, which significantly differ from "typical" autism spectrum disorders and I think that my sister may have "lite" version of it).

^^^ I like that

I call Aspies either Aspergians or ASP-people [a play on the term ESP].