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Friday, March 05, 2004

Genericize - To make generic.

Aparently this is not a word. I use it often, and I thought I had heard others use it. Only today I was confronted about my use of the word, and no one seemed to agree that it was a word. Upon a visit to dictionary.com, sure enough, it's not a word... but genericity is, go figure.

Witnesses: Robert Tripp, Paul Hoffman, Kenna Braddock, Vicki Langford
¶ Friday, March 05, 2004

Shawn's Non-Existent Word(s) of the Day

These are words I have been heard saying that don't actually exist. Yet.

New words are popping up all the time and being "officially" added to dictionaries. For example, dot-com, slamming, megaplex, e-tailing, are all recent dictionary additions and therefore part of the English language for good. Maybe if I keep this up, some of my words will be remembered for all time. Or not...