Favorite new words??

testforecho · **Joined:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:42 am **Posts:** 75

howling fantods

tallreader · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:29 am **Posts:** 6

apocopes and dipsomania. so far.

Cassandra · **Joined:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:43 pm **Posts:** 3

denisess · **Joined:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:04 pm **Posts:** 18

Byzantine's a good one to mention. Used as an adjective it means intricately complex or devious and surreptitious, which describes the whole book pretty well.

knayte · **Joined:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:17 am **Posts:** 3

How about words that seem to have new meanings in the IJ universe? I.e., demapped, promoted, interfacing, etc. Or words apparently invented by DFW, like my favorite, "kertwang."

Roxanne · **Joined:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:45 am **Posts:** 47

ephebic
chiasmae

katrinaruth · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:15 pm **Posts:** 16

someone already said it, but: post-prandial!

i get so tickled when i'm doing something after dinner and then can use the word post-prandial in relation to it. i just wish it sounded as good out loud as it does in my head.

mischa.porter · **Joined:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:42 am **Posts:** 2

I'm still not familiar with other chat abbreviations like "rofl" or "lmao".
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