These 18 handy new words deserve a place in the dictionary - The Poke - Dictionary

Poke Staff. Updated January 10th, 2023

Redditor u/Lebowski99 posted a question in r/funny – presumably anticipating some of the answers.

What are some words that you or your family have created that should be in the dictionary?

They got the ball rolling.

I’ll start with two. When we decorate the Christmas tree as we did last month this is the time of year that we “Dedecorate” the tree.

When my daughter would overfill the toilet she would scream oh my God there’s an “Overflosion”

They both work. We thought these did too.

1.

c_avg
Via

2.

Anticipointment – when you’re looking forward to something and it is underwhelming.
memeorise

3.

Peeish – as in, “I’m feeling a bit peeish, can we stop soon?” on a road trip.
crindycat

4.

Nagrivator – person giving driving directions.
benwyte2k

5.

Gasological – doing errands in an order that wastes the least gas.
ParisaDelara

6.

Squircular – square with rounded edges.
panicinbabylon

7.

Sneezure- when you sneeze multiple times in quick succession.
Joppa_Yeat

8.

Vuja-de: The feeling this never should have happened.
haltline

9.

Kleptovers ~ secretly taking home leftovers from a party or someone’s house.
fuzzarelly

10.

Villionaire. Describes a billionaire that uses their money selfishly. Musk, Bezos, etc.
littl3bastard

11.

Wonderstanding. An epiphany essentially.
Jetpackkiwi

12.

AbefrohmanTSKOC
Via

13.

Whelming- when you have a meal that’s neither great nor bad. Its not over, not under, just whelming.
dlcollins

14.

Diatripe a tirade of trash.
Impossibletouch9401

15.

When we first moved to the US from South Korea, my mom didn’t know what the vacuum cleaner was called. So when she came home from working all day, she would ask us (me and my siblings) if we “weenged” the house because that was the sound the vacuum cleaner made lol.
MYipper

16.

When the airline passenger next to you won’t stop talking so you can sleep – disturbulance.
ericgonzalez

17.

Nervicited – when you are both nervous and excited.
gingersrule77

18.

glabrous
Via, Via

BONUS – out of the mouths of babes …

2 years ago my 3 year old called tongs “BBQ snaps.” We don’t even have a bbq so I don’t know how he knew that’s what they are for. But they have been Barbecue snaps ever since.
thatsthewayihateit

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These wild guesses at what British words mean are so much better than the real definitions

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