How Do You Create A Made Up Word?
A Dublin theater proprietor named Richard Daly made a bet that he could create a nonsense word and within 48 hours that word would be on everyone’s lips and they would have made up a meaning for it. He won that bet by painting the word “quiz” all over town. While this may not be the true story, or even your intent when creating a made-up word, making up words can be fun, and by following a few simple steps you can expand the ways you do just that. Be careful, though. You might end up creating insquantulous muskaroons that are downright sprunky. • Understand that English words are created in the following ways: • Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. By taking a glance at the links below by Infoplease, you may recognize some common word portions already. • Technology, especially as it relates to computers and the Internet. Examples of these can be found at Technology Dictionary. • Other countries. For example, “restaurant” is a word that was picked up directly from the French.
