Lexicographic Funnies

Okay, this might not pertain to dictionaries, but lexicographic is a fun word all on its own!
The latest great app for my phone is Dictation. It is there along with Dragon Naturally Speaking which is a great computer program. Dictation does a great job, but as with all voice recognition programs, falls short on some things. Tonight, it fell short with Worcestershire Sauce writing out instead "work worse this year sauce." It was a tasty meatloaf and proved that I didn't work worse this year with that sauce.
Long ago, I had a wholesale scrapbooking business and I mainly dealt in eyelets. I thought myself quite the linguist with my two lines: Theme Addict (thematic) and Assorted Affair (a sordid affair). Those lines might come back again for another business. Wait and see!
Some other funnies that I have been stock piling from Phoebe & I. Actually, I can only take credit for the first one, the rest are hers:
care o' scene (kerosene)
sword of (sort of)
insect aside (insecticide)

Puissant Ike

We are so glad about the amount of data and coverage available to us concerning hazardous weather.
But at the same time, it is turning into some type of B-rated sports coverage. The Weather Channel has the Law & Order *dun dun* down pat with the Hurricane 2008 coverage screen shot. Hurricane Ike was "Stubborn Ike" yesterday. Today, it was "Mighty Ike." Now, it is "Powerful Ike." After a tour through the thesaurus for powerful, I anticipate that it will be "Puissant Ike" by tomorrow morning.
That being said, your word of the day is: puissant.

Making Real Words

I watched this TED talk last night: Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary. She was witty and truly geeky-right after my own heart, particularly her saying If you love a word, use and make it real. I love to make up my own words, particularly suffixxing them with -orama, -ista, -izationally, or -inator (you must speak it like a Terminator). Culture and language-fun stuff with which to play.

I love how culture changes. Take the rubber shoes that are so hot now for example. Mike bought me green rubber Berkenstocks in 1999 while I was pregnant with Phoebe. I worn those things out! There were holes in the toes from where the metal protection on the stairs sometimes caught them (I wear a size women's 11). So, imagine my surprise when rubber shoes became so popular! My paranoia also set in since I am convinced that there is some fashionalographer (photographer of cultural fashion) assigned to me now.

Vicky Beckham's hair style is another example. I sported that style Summer 2007 for my donation to Locks of Love. I cut it like Aeon Flux so I could maximize the length of my donation. I then did a touch of traveling and I know that fashionalographer followed me!

Now I know that I am being watched, possibly even heard! I will use my words and make them real and see how long it takes before Erin puts one of my words in the OED.