How Do I Get A Word Into The Dictionary

How do I get a word into the dictionary?
October 16, 2013 by: Dictionary.com 410 Comments

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I coined a new word. How do I get it into the dictionary?
This is, by far, the question lexicographers hear the most. People invent new wo
rds all the time, but which ones actually make it? When lexicographers decide wh
at words to add to dictionaries, they try to imagine what words users actually w
ant to look up. There are two important factors to keep in mind here: 1) Is the
word in widespread usage? 2) Does the word have staying power?
The usage question is an important one that gets at the heart of how dictionarie
s are written. When modern lexicographers define words or find words to add to d
ictionaries, they tend to approach their work from the angle of descriptivism. T
hat is, they observe how the language is being used, and then write definitions
based on that research. Compare this to a prescriptivist approach, which is more
concerned with determining how things should be. While prescriptivists might sa
y a slang term like cray-cray is not a real word, descriptivists will look at the
same term and do some research to see if it s a common phenomenon. Lexicographers
are very unlikely to proclaim, That s not a word! unless they are challenging an opp
onent in Scrabble.
Widespread usage does not, however, guarantee a word a shiny new definition in a
dictionary. Is the word going stay around for a while, or is it just a passing
fad? Does it fill a gap in the language? Is it likely to be in use in 5, 10, 20,
or even 100 years? These are important questions to ask because there are far m
ore updates and new words to be added to dictionaries than lexicographers have t
ime to write.
Which brings us to the question at hand: how do you get YOUR word into the dicti
onary?
Are you famous? Do you have influence?
If you re famous and have a following, that could definitely up your chances of ge
tting a word into a dictionary. Are you a writer? That could help. Take, for exa
mple, William Shakespeare, who coined (or at least popularized) hundreds of word
s and phrases commonly used today. And there s Dr. Seuss, who coined the term nerd
. But writers aren t the only ones who tend to have coinages. Politicians also ten
d to do very well. Abraham Lincoln coined the word neologize, among other words,
and Winston Churchill has the first citation in the OED for many words, includi
ng fluffily and fly-in. Maybe you re a blogger. The term blog is a relatively new
coinage, which arose in 1999 when Peter Merholz made a lighthearted comment on t
he sidebar of his then weblog telling his readers I ve decided to pronounce the word w
eblog as wee -blog. Or blog for short. Or perhaps you re a media personality. Take, for
example, Stephen Colbert s coinage truthiness, which received the honor of becomin
g a 2005 Word of the Year, as appointed by the American Dialect Society. If you re
a person with influence and a following, the words you use can spread into comm
on usage, which, as discussed above, is a very important metric when it comes to
attaining immortalization via dictionary-entry.
Have you invented or discovered anything amazing lately that previously had no n
ame?
If you re not famous, there are other ways to make a word go viral. Have you inven
ted or discovered anything amazing lately? Maybe you re a scientist introducing ne
w concepts to the public. Take, for example, the Higgs Boson particle, named aft
er physicist Peter W. Higgs. But you don t have to be a scientist making important
contributions to knowledge to get a word in the dictionary. Just look at Domini
que Ansel, the pastry chef who captured the stomachs of New Yorkers with his hyb
rid portmanteau dessert, the cronut. His culinary invention even inspired copyca
ts in the form of doissants and duffins.

So, why do some words make it into dictionaries while others don t? As discussed a
bove, main factors include widespread usage and staying power. Apart from these,
it does sometimes help if the word is fun to say, like blog or nerd. Words can
also stick around longer if they fill a gap in the language, as with truthiness.
With this knowledge in hand, go forth! Use language creatively! Lexicographers
are listening!
410 COMMENTS
justin - May 15, 2015 - 9:36 am
I would like to create the word guaphu its something that has to do of being coo
l or someone trying to be cool.
justin - May 15, 2015 - 9:43 am
guah-fu
Max - May 14, 2015 - 6:53 am
I thought of a word for a person who knows something, as in a knower of random fa
cts . I looked everywhere and there doesn t seem to be a reference to the word! It w
ould only be used in rare circumstances, but can be used in first or third perso
n contexts. You don t say, I hunger you say I am hungry, so why say I know things tha
t you do not you could say I am a knower of things that you do not . It doesn t always
seem useful, but in a list of attributes it seems reasonably useful.
N'ic - May 19, 2015 - 7:18 am
I am not a privit as I don t know your random fact.
What is your word for it?
Ariel - May 13, 2015 - 9:45 pm
I would like to add the word smil
It means to smile happily
justin - May 15, 2015 - 9:37 am
nice very guaphu
Kyle M. Andrews - May 13, 2015 - 12:06 pm
Pert ner
Meaning almost/ so close.
#me - May 10, 2015 - 5:10 pm
gogh
gaurdians of gahoole
#me - May 10, 2015 - 5:08 pm
oes
oral exams suck
justin - May 15, 2015 - 9:37 am
no
Alex - May 15, 2015 - 9:54 am
Nice
Serina - May 6, 2015 - 12:08 am
Okay, two words.
Gerd = Combination of geek and nerd
Also,
Grelfie = Group selfie.
Lucy - May 6, 2015 - 2:33 pm

A group selfie is called an ussie
#me - May 10, 2015 - 5:12 pm
luv it it sounds like aussie though but i will use it alot
Maia - May 17, 2015 - 4:13 pm
It s actually called a groupie. It was trademarked in China.
Rachel Daw - May 14, 2015 - 11:58 pm
I would like the word sneezel it means u keep sneezing
Unknown - May 6, 2015 - 4:19 pm
Lame
lizzie - May 9, 2015 - 3:23 pm
Bae should be in the dictionary
Person - May 12, 2015 - 3:59 am
Umm Its called an ussie
Person - May 12, 2015 - 3:59 am
That got relpies fast
N'ic - May 19, 2015 - 7:26 am
relpies ?
Is that the plural of
really lame patois
Robin Vansal - May 13, 2015 - 11:46 am
MaybeGroupfie (for group selfie!)
Duncan Quick - May 5, 2015 - 6:29 am
I have been using the word cafubulate for two decades now. It is used to describe
something that is currently broken or unusable. Not permanently, it can be repai
red or remedied. I didn t realize the sticking power until my 7 year son started u
sing it in front of his friends (and now they use it). it conjugates nicely, caf
ubulated, cafubulation and sometimes even just cafubbed.
Sophie marlow - May 6, 2015 - 9:05 am
I use the word exohemaphobia as the fear of blood that comes from everyone but y
ou.
Erry Kinlock - May 4, 2015 - 2:40 pm
Chadult(s) instead of having to say adult child(ren) or my child(ren) , even though y
ou are in fact referring to your adult progeny. Pronounced CHA
DULT(S) .
Pabby - May 2, 2015 - 8:46 pm
Snurge A good for nothing friend who visits your home and leaves. {Thats O.K.} Aft
er he is gone (A few days later) you notice that all of the buttons on the sofa
are missing. Then you realize that he ate the buttons by sitting on top of them.
(With his ass!! you don t know what he does and how does it)
Mmmmm. wonders never cease.
Pabby - May 2, 2015 - 8:38 pm
incit the location that lets you enter a highway from a local road. INCIT to the hig
hway
{We have always known about exits, here is mine for the entry to a highway.}
kk5000 - May 1, 2015 - 7:31 pm

theres butt, and theres butter, but where is buttest?
Tom - April 30, 2015 - 1:40 pm
Stickability
How well you can stick to doing something.
Example:
If you are painting a house and you give up half way through as you think it s ted
ious you have poor stickability.
David - May 5, 2015 - 7:08 pm
If you give-up half way through a tedious project, you lack sticktoitiveness.
Jack Randello - April 28, 2015 - 3:06 am
My word is
Ti s
as It is
John Fredrickson - April 28, 2015 - 3:13 am
tis a brilliant word
Shen - May 2, 2015 - 12:13 pm
Theres already another word for that its called
Its
vi - May 10, 2015 - 5:03 pm

lol nice itsa actally tis
Pat Alexander - April 26, 2015 - 4:43 pm
My suggested word is nevessary meaning never necessary .
CHIZNIC - April 22, 2015 - 2:44 am
CHIZNIC:
Chiznic is everything
Everything is Chiznic
Brittany - April 21, 2015 - 6:56 am
bmr
bring me rootbeer
lol my best friend made this up its also my initials
An - April 20, 2015 - 6:40 pm
Alphate
(pronounced al fate), verb
The act of an animal becoming the leader (alpha) of the group; pack; ect for the
soul purpose of keeping the group alive because the former leader has run away
and rejected their duties.
Amiah Lewis - April 17, 2015 - 4:02 pm
Gitate (Guy-tate) To shun a boy/man for the use of extensive inappropriate langu
age.
nate - April 17, 2015 - 4:20 am
dexaggerate because there is no opposite to exaggerate
Angel - April 20, 2015 - 6:43 pm
I would use that word
Adina - April 22, 2015 - 8:25 am
There is understate ?
Derek Delgado - April 14, 2015 - 2:52 pm

diva a woman regarded as temperamental or haughty.2 sylables
Sam - April 16, 2015 - 2:34 pm
Just for your information, a man can be a diva too.
John Schumacher - April 12, 2015 - 7:22 pm
Cotinget- adj
1. Not always true.
2. Any argument that is not a tautology.
John Schumacher - April 12, 2015 - 7:29 pm
I spelt it wrong. It s Cotingent. LOL
Burt Smiley - April 9, 2015 - 9:44 pm
Nells: the marks your zipper makes when you catch your Johnson
in it.
Violet Mamala - April 11, 2015 - 11:10 am

The mark your zipper makes is a snag pull or a zip rip or a zip ripper. This is
what I think not what I know.
Michael Houle - April 8, 2015 - 7:04 pm
Clifunk ( Cli-fuh-nkh) Meaning or opposing opposition to the forward position of
power in the circumstance of eradicating the specific and fundamentals of speci
es of a greater or balanced internment.
Tim Hawk - April 8, 2015 - 5:40 am
I stumbled upon a word, I like using so much in the 4H industry, that I decided
to campaign for the coining of it.
clination: a presentation or clinic put on to teach others about a particular sk
ill. Roping Clination, Barrel Racing Clination, Horsemanship Clination.
What do you think?
Similar to the word clinician, but use as more of a clinic or class presentation
.
Clination .
Noah - April 9, 2015 - 9:00 am
The word Bionexus, all life is connected.
Intelligence - May 14, 2015 - 7:06 am
I would use Bionexus, but could you be more descriptive than
o I can have the exact meaning.
all life connected , s
Francisco J. Perez - April 6, 2015 - 8:23 am

I am a person who runs during my lunch so i have come up with a word to describe
this activity:
Runch; To run during the lunch hour.
Raziel Flores - April 2, 2015 - 6:55 am
EnrazzleTo become intensely engaged.
She was enrazzled by the conversation.
The depth with which the author writes is enrazzling!
He s so focused! I can only describe that determined look, as enrazzlement.
Adina - April 22, 2015 - 8:30 am
Your name is Raziel, like the archangel? :D So of course we need an enrazzlement
t what it really means is: to finally discover what the Secret of God really is,
which Ishtar was afraid to know at the time, and be totally amazed and never see
bu
the world in the same way again!

A pseudonym - April 24, 2015 - 1:47 pm
That was such a bad pun I felt like impalling myself on the flaming sword of Uri
el.
Anyways, Raziel, how did you come up with razzled to mean engaged. I m genuinely cur
ious.
Ant-sarujin - April 25, 2015 - 7:17 pm
hey Adina where did you hear enrazzeled means that. i have been reading sumerian
/akkadian stuff for years and have not come across that word but if you were makin
g up the definition that is a good one because there really isn t a word yet for t
hose awakened to the An.U.nA
Kaito - March 27, 2015 - 2:17 am
My vote is for the term adorrify: verb; to make an object simultaneously both ador
able and terrifying or horrifying. [adj. adorrifying; adorrified]
ex: That porcelain doll in the corner is adorrifying.
Darla Dimple is the adorrified villain of the animated film, Cats Don t Dance.
I m going to adorrify my work room with a pink and bloody scissors motif.
A dude - April 1, 2015 - 6:16 pm
I think the word adorrify would be a good word, actually.
Shippuu - April 24, 2015 - 1:02 pm
It could also be used as adorrific .
DolphinBerry2014 (Singapore) - May 1, 2015 - 11:01 pm
What about unadorify ?
Carl - March 24, 2015 - 5:26 pm
Scrabular: an adjective meaning formable with a standard set of Scrabble tiles . Fo
r example, pastrami is scrabular, while syzygy is not.
cory - April 1, 2015 - 11:55 am
This is ALMOST a tongue tugger (lol) but I like it!
Aricks - March 22, 2015 - 5:42 pm
GOODER NEEDS TO BE A WORD. NO EXCUSE NOW KEEPING ME FROM USING IT!!!!
cory - April 1, 2015 - 11:53 am
Could you use it in a sentence and still sound literate? (I m presuming not )
A dude - April 1, 2015 - 6:19 pm
Here is an example: I think chocolate ice cream is gooder than vanilla ice cream
. But, I think that the word better would basically be a synonym of gooder.
An even better dude - April 16, 2015 - 2:38 pm
Try saying that to someone and see what they think or even try saying that out l
oud
Alayna - April 7, 2015 - 6:55 pm
Ya I agree, so should funner, and all of those other words that are not words bu
t still grammatically make since!!
Agreed! Funner should also be a word, even though it is not, it still should be
a word because it grammatically still makes since!
mac and cheese - March 18, 2015 - 1:23 pm
I freakin love this website. You guys rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carolyn - March 21, 2015 - 6:51 am
Pronunciate :: as a new word!
I suggest a new word: pronunciate (pronounce clearly + enunciate). I m not an Engli
sh major, but the word pronunciative is too awkward to put into a spoken (or writ
ten) sentence, especially when you want to tell someone to speak more clearly so
people can understand what they are saying.
Please pronunciate so we can understand what you are saying.
With all of the USELESS words added each year, we should add at least one helpfu
l word!
I ve been saying pronunciate for decades because my Mom always told kis to enuncia
te and I thought that proper pronunciation was also required.
Seriously. You can ask my sister, she hated it when I said it. Jimmy Fallon also
used it on his show in August of 2014.
Kaito - March 27, 2015 - 1:30 am
Well, most importantly here, the word enunciate should carry the weight of not onl
y speaking the words clearly, but ALSO correctly. If you are truly enunciating,
you should also be pronunciating.
Kaito - March 27, 2015 - 1:34 am
You can check the definition on this website
Enunciate: to utter or PRONOUNCE (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an arti
culate or a particular manner.
Frank Casale - April 2, 2015 - 5:33 am
I agree, Carolyn. I think people should learn how to pronunciate, enunciate, and
most importantly, the proper
SPELLING of words that are already in the dictionary!
Your mother taught you well, Carolyn.
Clayton the Piscean - March 21, 2015 - 6:52 am
N.O.C. No one cares. I have heard this said a lot in Maryland. I don t know it s ori
gin. But, whenever I use it, people Love it!
Frank Casale - April 2, 2015 - 5:54 am
This is why communication is important, Clayton. I have just read your blog, and
have some questions: Is your blog a response to Carolyn s blog? What have you hea
rd said a lot in Maryland ? and What origin are you referring to?
The reason I ask these questions is this: If I turn on my computer to read blogs
and blog responses, I want to know what thought(s) a person(s) wants to convey!
I am not ridiculing you! I just want to understand where you re coming from.
Robert - May 1, 2015 - 1:32 pm
your welcome for everything!!
justin - May 15, 2015 - 9:48 am
guaphu
aaron sahonta - March 18, 2015 - 12:46 pm
Grudgemental. eg you don t have to be so grudgemental about it
helped me so much throughout life
this word would have
Eugene Miller II - March 17, 2015 - 1:03 pm

Well~~
I had a friend long ago that lived in Seattle. We met in boot camp and he used to
tell me about how rainy it always was there practically everyday. So after liste
ning to talk about the clouds, overcast days and rain for 30 minutes I just look
ed at him and said that sounds rather drizmal . (the attitude of one that has dealt
with rain,
driz zle and mist over a period of time that often leags to
mal content.
James - March 18, 2015 - 12:11 am

I being a farm person came up with a new hyphenated word.
It is Neeiighh-borhood which means a community of horses.
Ha!! Lol, that us funny, and instead of Rhode Island, it should be bread island,
a land if wheat and pastryz
Ashley - April 7, 2015 - 7:03 pm
That is a good one, there also should be something called a geek land, I m the gee
k!
Terese - March 15, 2015 - 4:24 pm
Still say, Perfectness is an excellent word.
You are the perfectness in my life.
That piece of art is absolute perfectness.
Anne - April 3, 2015 - 4:00 am
Perfection is the word, and it already exists
Who Knows - March 11, 2015 - 5:11 pm
Thingamajig anyone? Thingamabob?
Vaethe waters - March 13, 2015 - 5:56 am
Rekt, to get pwned in a game or compitetion.
Mine craft on Mars! - March 15, 2015 - 11:08 am
Nyet, no and not yet. A way to fix double negatives. It is actually a word in Ru
ssan, I be leave meaning just no.
Schadenfruede - March 29, 2015 - 3:03 pm
That would be confusing to me, and a lot of native Russians in English-speaking
countries, I m sure.
Mine craft on Mars! - March 15, 2015 - 11:10 am
I like the idea for your words,Who Knows. WHY ARE NT IN DA DICTIONARY YET?
Also Minecraft, Notched, and Youtuber should be in da dang dictionary.
Minecraft on Mars! - March 15, 2015 - 11:15 am
Minealoter. Someone who plays Minecraft 16/7 (16hours a day).
Aricks - March 22, 2015 - 5:40 pm
you know thingamajig is already a word right?
anonymous - March 25, 2015 - 6:34 pm
thingamabob is also already a word in the dictionary according to dictionary.ref
erence.com
anonymous - March 25, 2015 - 6:36 pm
thingamabob also already exists too
Allies - April 7, 2015 - 7:05 pm
I m also a thingamabob, good description if me and everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
SmartDude - April 23, 2015 - 9:45 am
u such a brown nose
Nate W - April 9, 2015 - 2:02 pm
Nice words but most of you,

pell.
Mine craft on Mars!
in general, need to learn how to s
A is for Abacus - April 13, 2015 - 4:36 pm

Nate his name references the ever popular video game Minecraft , not the words
nd craft
mine a
Rusty Brown in Canada - March 11, 2015 - 6:28 am

Nephrectomite
someone who has undergone a nephrectomy. I have been a nephrectomit
e since 1969.
Jonathan Riddle - March 10, 2015 - 11:30 am
Bioverse which is all life in the universe, to include potential and known life.
The concept is an expansion on the idea of the biosphere, but expands to life b
eyond the Earth, as related to astrobiology. The bioverse would include potentia
l exoplanets within the habitable zone.
Jonathan Riddle - March 10, 2015 - 11:31 am
This should be added, just a suggestion.
I agree.
A is for Abacus - April 13, 2015 - 4:38 pm
I also agree
Robert Koffi - March 10, 2015 - 7:36 am
The newcomer,
The creation of word stand point of linguistic application should have foundatio
n in root, prefix and suffix. The word should traceable to it origin, from nativ
e speaker to modern transformation to slang spelling.
Each generation perceives word differently, vogue and fashion, the stimuli creat
e allow young people to follow it use routinely in entertainment.
Robert K
Bob Sherman - March 11, 2015 - 2:35 pm
HEWWWO!!!!
Steve R - March 11, 2015 - 3:37 pm
Wordist- A person who creates a new word.
Matt - March 12, 2015 - 3:23 am
Don t forget
Fat arm .
[ to rest arm on car door whilst driving , window down , elbow hangin out slight
ly so u don't get done over by the cops ]
mamil .
[ Middle aged misses in Lycra ]
And my favourite
Badonkydonk butt
[ it's just got a ring to it ]
& no I don t have a mullet
jsun fin - March 10, 2015 - 7:09 am
phab (adv)1996 in the dictionary
it means fabulous,awesome, incredible idea.
Kiana - March 9, 2015 - 7:39 am
I would like perculation to be in the dictionary.
It would be a word for the phrase right on the dot
or
right off the bat .
Grace Attebery - March 3, 2015 - 7:33 am

I just looked up apothem length , and they only gave me the word apothem . I think the
y should put in the word and definition for apothem length , and I also think wight
would be a gr8 word, combining window + light .
bri - March 2, 2015 - 10:12 pm
my word is burgular
it is a stack of shapes
examples a burger round bun, square cheese, ruffled greens, round meat, squiggle
of sauce, round bun
a burger is a burgular shape
:)
MZ - March 5, 2015 - 9:11 am
Nice observation Bri. A stack of shapes. I like it.
ray - March 9, 2015 - 10:16 am
How about cheeseburgular ? Ex: Harold thought the Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger H
elper I prepared was bland and flavorless, but I thought it tasted quite cheeseb
urgular.
GLENN MORELY - March 2, 2015 - 11:40 am
My word I made up a while ago is MORONAUTON. It s a combination of moron and autom
aton. It means a person who is all output, with no information coming in, just h
is spiel going out, like those robocalls we get from people making phone calls w
ith a script in front of them.
Once you answer the phone, they re off and running, locked in their script. God fo
rbid you interrupt them with an actual question or comment. They get all frazzle
d and bent out of shape because they ve lost control of their script.
Therefore, a MORONAUTON is not meant to think on his own, but is a programmed pe
rson locked into being on autopilot.
Dylan - March 3, 2015 - 12:46 pm
Brony- A man who likes the show My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.
Weirdo - March 9, 2015 - 8:44 pm
I think that already exists.
Same.
tori crawford - March 1, 2015 - 6:58 pm
i think dramastically should be wprd i mea i was in the middle of a highschool p
resentation and it just came and my teacher was like thats a cool word
it combines dramaticly and drasticuly
Terese - February 28, 2015 - 9:19 pm
Great word! Perfectness.
My word is perfectness.
John - February 26, 2015 - 4:07 pm
Confuzzled
confused and puzzled
Ex: I am so confuzzled about this problem
Susie - March 10, 2015 - 5:11 pm
Puzzled and confused are synonyms

manpreet - February 23, 2015 - 9:34 am
I have always wanted to create more words so I thought of:
The word mantalysing /mantalysed because it could mean crazily possessive for e.
g:
my boyfriend is not mantalysed about me
Or
I have turned into someone mantalysing and am attached to everything I come acr
oss.
Dyrus - February 23, 2015 - 5:22 pm
I think
Naw Should be a word.
Naw- Synonym for no.
ex. Naw dude I don t think you should that.
me333 - February 25, 2015 - 10:56 am
you stupid
Carol Falconer - February 27, 2015 - 7:54 am
Yes, I agree. Makes perfect sense. This word has been in use
as a sort of slang for no for many years & should be recognized.
jsun fin - March 10, 2015 - 7:12 am
naw dude.. yawh man.. put it in
J_ME . R - May 7, 2015 - 3:04 am
Naaw ..
DESTRUCTIO7 - February 23, 2015 - 7:58 am
maybe sandgry which could mean that you are sad and angry at the same time
Izzy - March 4, 2015 - 11:23 pm
i m like that some times sad and angry at the same time my friends get soooo confu
sed
DESTRUCTIO7 - February 23, 2015 - 7:50 am
why don t we add soundbunctious as a word it could mean a rambunctious sound
Elitepic - February 19, 2015 - 9:51 am
The one and only word that I would like added to the dictionary is:
Spoombuzz (Sp-oom-buzz) (noun)
A made up creature based on a real life object. Ex: I thought up a Spoombuzz for
my story about objects that become alive.
me313 - February 25, 2015 - 10:51 am
You stupid
Elitepic - March 6, 2015 - 2:19 pm
I know
Robert - May 1, 2015 - 1:32 pm
you are the stupid one bc you called someone else stupid
rachel - February 17, 2015 - 11:24 am
i think that thx should be in the dictionary because its just a shorter way of s
aying thanks
Madi - February 17, 2015 - 4:39 pm
I think that shizzlenut should be a word! It mean that you had forgotten to do s
omething that you were supposed to do/bring

Elitepic - February 19, 2015 - 9:38 am
I agree that shizzlenut should be a word but i do not agree with the definition
given.
tariku - February 22, 2015 - 9:31 am
I found on book this word but i coudnot gate ,from where you gate this word is i
t Englesh word? THANK YOU
Lorraine - February 18, 2015 - 10:14 am
The word African-Centric should replace afro-cenric. Because usingthe word Afro is
inappropriate as in mocking at the afro which is alone a hair style, not the na
tion, come on.
Lorraine - February 18, 2015 - 10:18 am
The word African-Centric should replace afro-cenric. Because using the word Afro t
o represent a people is inappropriate as in mocking at the afro which is alone a
hair style, and not the nation of the indigenous Afrikan black ppl, come on.
mairyn corey - February 24, 2015 - 2:01 pm
what your last name
mairyn corey - February 24, 2015 - 2:02 pm
what your last name rachel?
i would like the word blabbleberry it means someone talks to much and they need
to stop !!!!!!!!!!! thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jerrina - February 16, 2015 - 7:51 am
Thot:
that-hoe-over-there
a hoe or someone who has alot of sexual intercorese with more then one man or wo
man
someonne who is sluttie and has problems staying away from men
sarah - February 16, 2015 - 7:53 am
i freaking love it
sarah - February 16, 2015 - 7:53 am
i love it put it in
Jeremy Wilson - February 16, 2015 - 1:55 am
statueous:A very formal pose found on statues.
istatueous:A normal pose found in school/work photos.
instatueous:An (very) informal pose such as; giving the forks, Flipping the bird
and any other rude hand gesture.
Karin Melluish - February 15, 2015 - 10:20 am
I would like the word textument to be added to the dictionary.
An argument by text message.
Simples!!
These happen every day and it s unlikely to go out of fashion anytime soon.
Shippuu - April 24, 2015 - 1:37 pm
Then it kind of loses the meaning behind arguement. -ment is kind of like a stat
e of being, making textument mean a text that is a text or something similar.
A possible replacement could be debatext (DAY-buh-tex-st or duh-BAY-tex-st), a d

iscussion of opposing views via text.
Natalie - February 12, 2015 - 4:35 pm
If you have read the book Frindle , you would know that it meant Pen. According to
the book, It says that it made it to the dictionary. But, If you search this di
ctionary, there is no such word. and as I am writing this, the word Frindle is und
erlined in a red squiggly line, signalizing that it is either spelled wrong, or
is not a word. In my case, it is not a word. It should be.
Leteshia - March 7, 2015 - 7:43 pm
Unfortunately, Natalie, Frindle is a work of fiction. Some things the author may h
ave said, such as the word Frindle being in the dictionary, are figments of his im
agination. Not fact.
Also, as it says in the article, a factor considered in the printing of the word
in a dictionary is its likelihood to go out of fashion. People are, most likely
, not going to adapt a longer word for a simple object.
Thank you,
Leteshia
Poison Heart The Wolf - February 7, 2015 - 8:47 am
Fangirl - a girl who is-well- obsessed is a strong word uh a fanatic for a certain book
, movie, actor, or musical artist.
Fanboy - a rarer species but can usually score with a Fan girl of the same Fandom
Fandom - a kingdom of sorts where the fangirls/boys have the book, movie, actor, or
musical artist as the ruler and an people who don t like it get excecuted by having
quite a rampage of fangirls/boys attack them on any and all social media
Em - February 14, 2015 - 2:52 pm
Fanny-ing about came to mind! Ha He Ha
Humourible
Em - February 14, 2015 - 3:01 pm

Likabilities Is the word which sprung in my mind & couldnt spring off so much so
Here I am ..
Use/s this context (i.e)
Likabilities are endless! How very approachable are the staff working at the Com
pany HHBT
The people who work there seem truly sincere very inviting & the atmosphere glow
s. I am so happy with my new job the company is great so many Likabilities
& friendly
a fangirl!! - April 23, 2015 - 11:50 am
Fangirl and fanboy need to be verbs too
I m fangirling so hard!!
Valerie - February 5, 2015 - 6:47 pm

What about the word Zhanks. It it almost the same thing as thank you, but can be
used anywhere in the world without having to translate it into a different lang
uage.
Sarah - February 5, 2015 - 6:48 pm
I like it.It should be put in the dictionary
Pearl - February 11, 2015 - 4:32 am
Valerie,
No offense, but that doesn t really make sense. It can hardly be used anywhere. It s
creative, but just not really that exceptionable.
PEARL
i luv it i think it totaly be in the dictonary
rationalitust - February 23, 2015 - 8:53 pm

I have a marked anamor for this symbolic relic of letters as well . I also have ar
rived at the point of view that this SHOULD be in the great collective of the wo
rds.
No of fence intended Rachel, but at your most convenient te, please GTFO.
Edward Jones - February 5, 2015 - 5:46 pm
i think the word astrotechnic should be a word.
Definition: The technology having to do with astronomy.
Ex: The observatory had very advanced astrotechnical electronics.
Or is this a real word well if it is its a cool one
john - February 12, 2015 - 4:26 am
that is just the dumbest idea i have ever heard Edward and go change your name
john your so rude Edwards name is fine as a matter of fact i like the name Edwar
d.its a beautiful name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andrew Stevenson - February 16, 2015 - 4:18 pm
Edward, I think actually believe this word might have a chance
strictlyclassified - March 10, 2015 - 5:19 pm
me too I like it
I like the word astrotechnic it sounds cool and its unique.
AL - February 3, 2015 - 6:10 pm
I was arguing with my teacher that the word upsetness could be popular and that
it at least sounds like a word so yeah help lol
Robert - February 1, 2015 - 4:23 pm
Defervesco is a Latin word, so I m not sure if it is applicable for an English dic
tionary website, but it s definition is included in the following:
~ Calm down; subside
~ Cease boiling; cool off (fermentation)
~ Come to full boil
(The three C s)
Annika - February 10, 2015 - 1:18 pm
So it has a double meaning? You said it means to stop (cease) boiling and at the
same time to boil (come to a full boil). That makes no sense. Please explain
Em - February 14, 2015 - 2:50 pm
boiling point
Izzy - March 4, 2015 - 11:34 pm
i love LATIN
Delaney Brown - January 28, 2015 - 3:58 pm
How about:
CONSIPUTATIOUS
(con-sip-you-tay-shus)
Adjective
1. To be beautiful in a weird way
2. To be cute in a ugly way (Example: a naked cat)
Adverb
CONSIPUTATIOUSLY
(con-sip-you-tay-shus-lee)
1. To do something weird in a graceful or beautiful way
2. To do something beautiful in a weird way
Plural noun
CONSIPUTASHI
(con-sip-you-tay-shy)
1. A group of ugly people
2. Multiple ugly people
Verb
CONSIPUTATE
1. To convince someone that they are ugly
2. To convince someone that they are beautiful
marethyu ducrin - February 4, 2015 - 9:42 am
I would do it with a bit of latin or greek f.e.
anti(not)calli(beautiful)ist(person)=
anticallist (not beautiful person)
u are so mean thats very stupid and immature :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :
( :( :( :(
I think I know you
Delaney, I mean.
Cara a 13yr old girl - January 28, 2015 - 10:34 am
Hello, I was wondering if you might find interest in this word I have created, t
he word is
barbomptious
and it means crazy for example why would you do that? It s
such a barbomptious idea thank you
Delaney - January 28, 2015 - 3:39 pm
I like the sound of the word barbomptious . I think it should be in the dictionary.
carey - January 29, 2015 - 3:03 pm
why you put it in the dictionary?
Erin Nicole McNeil - February 4, 2015 - 10:12 am
I like the sound of this word. Should be in the dictionary.
i like the word barbomptious !
I like it to
Abigail Brown - January 28, 2015 - 5:06 am
I use the word penduled , meaning, I used a pendulum to ask a question, and the wor
d pendule, meaning I will ask the question. Example: I penduled that question and
the answer was
& I ll pendule that question and get back with you with an answer. Wo
uld that be an acceptable word?
I use it and have added it to my dictionary. I ve begun using it with other Spirit
ualists as well. Even without a definition they understand what I mean. It makes
sense to me that the word Pendulum should have a verb (to use) and a past tense
(to have used)?
sam - January 27, 2015 - 9:29 pm

Dear Dictionary.com,
I hope people who created this space for comments, people who have the tools to ma
ke a change or influence things, do make a habit of reading them!
I read this earlier:
When lexicographers decide what words to add to dictionaries, they try to imagine
what words users actually want to look up. There are two important factors to k
eep in mind here: 1) Is the word in widespread usage? 2) Does the word have stay
ing power?
BUT, but, but,
CONSIDER this: There are thousands of words already there in any di
ctionary that you care to open,
that are not in common use / and without any stayin
g power !
Examples of such words: Verbarmyrcia, Actinozooumln, Inlapidate, Denticulation,
Corbe, Whitsun, Immoderately, Convalescent, Rhizophorous, Unwearied, indefectibi
lity, imbecile, clod, Sperge, Nuisancer, Enhydrous,
There are thousands of them!
They are not widespread , have no staying power outside
the confines of dictionary covers they live in!
Moreover, how can anyone invent any word, and have a readymade staying power or wi
de usage before they are picked up and published in some way?!
You are unwittingly promoting a catch twenty two situation, a col-de-sac for the
poor stillborn words! (Aren t you?)
How many new words do you receive from people and how are they communicated to you
? You could have plenty more, if there is an inlet for words!
Ordinarily, new words are born & spread by new products or events or by imitations
! Examples: TV or television, Phone, iPod iPhone, Hoover, Dyson, spacewalk, moon
walk etc.
It is no use to anyone else (nor is it fair..) when you claim only famous people
are entitled
by implication - to invent/add any new words. The rest of us can eat
cake!
I urge, kindly; a revision of these criteria!
(Going by the adage, every problem has a solution )
(Perhaps, a new concept:- A halfway house. A new -mini- dictionary or a section wi
thin a normal dictionary, that houses only new words, or invented words; moderated &
vetted, of course!)
(People then can visit them & select words they like, and use them by choice!)
(If then, any of these words become widespread , gain staying power etc. can migrate t
o a proper dictionary!)
I have a word or two, I think! They are, or can be, useful if spread around and pe
ople got hold of them; but there are no avenues to spread the word, for anyone w
ho is not a big shot! People power is not utilised!
Lastly, inventing new shorter words can improve efficiency, save energy / time / p
age space / ink etc., ..Saving the country or the world lots of energy and time!
All the best.
Best regards,
Sam.
I disagree. I actually use a lot of secluded words like apotemnophile or imbecil
e, and especially clod! but you do have a point to that save energy thing. Howev
er, using words similar to the ones you have recently labeled could impress many
people and also make a difference so why don t you try using some complicated wor
ds? If someone is confused then you may tell them the definition and they would
learn a new, elongated word that would impress others!
Bright Dude - March 8, 2015 - 5:23 pm
Though words may be used by some to impress their origin is the need to communic
ate some idea.
Jose A. - February 17, 2015 - 9:56 am
There are also words used out there already that must be included on such websit
es for dictionaries as dictionary.com. Vestiphobia, gymnophobia, tricenarian, de

narian, supercentenarian, vicenarian, googolplexian, googolminex, scarer, and th
e prefix xenta-. Only gymnophobia is in this website as a definition. I see such
words like these in Wikipedia and a few other websites. So add all these words
and prefix into the dictionary!
Ummm convalescent is still used a lot and so is imbecile but other than that I a
gree
DUDE!!!!!!!!! NO :( :( :( :( :( :(: (:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
:( :( :( :( :( :(
justin - May 15, 2015 - 9:28 am
bro seriouslt who cares, we dont even use that many words these days. we usually
use acronyms now and it makes it so much easier.
earl bailey - January 27, 2015 - 8:27 am
wowderful
Laura - January 24, 2015 - 10:54 am
what about this word FLANCHEY It means sloppy looking or fat ? or was this word
made up already
Olivia - January 27, 2015 - 1:04 pm
no, its not a word, I think . mabey it is
. who knows!
Bright Dude - March 8, 2015 - 5:25 pm

Surely your word won t make it intoa a dictionary because it is flanchey itself =)
Kylie and Brittany - January 14, 2015 - 2:04 pm
Shopwn
[shop-win]
noun
How one feels if they are reminiscent or nostalgic and are at an equilibrium on
the happy-sadness continuum.
Can sometimes be a feeling of nostalgic regret of things not done
adjective
Of or having qualities of both happiness and sadness in a time of reminiscence.
Of or having qualities of nostalgic regret of things not done
verb
The act of experiencing or feeling a happy-sadness about a past time.
The act of feeling nostalgically regretful about an opportunity you did not take
.
John - January 18, 2015 - 1:33 pm
Legitamized to correct, or to make sound more plausible.
Eg. The criminal thought his alibi over and over, before legitamizing it.
Yottaphobic/Yottaphilic
to love/hate things in large quantities.
Leeritate to agree to a cause, even when the subject knows that it is wrong
Quickscope (I promise this one isn t a troll, way too many people use this word an
yway) to eliminate someone s sense of pride, only to continue taunting them.
CallaHan - January 21, 2015 - 12:10 pm
What about Sloading?
Definition- A game or page that is take a long time loading.
ex- This games it SLOADING!!
And what about Picperf?
Definition- Picture Perfect.
EX- I have the PicPerf! I am going to post it on FB now.

Engi Kenzie-Marie - February 11, 2015 - 4:40 am
Hey Kylie and Brittany,
Wow, you totally just perfectly explained how I feel sometimes but can t explain.
I love your idea! There should totally be a word for that, but maybe you should
add an extra letter so that it s easier to just look at and be able to pronounce.
And maybe a part of the word should be a root or prefix of some sort that means
something of what you are trying to say. But all in all, I really love your idea
; you explained it amazingly, and you should try to get it in the dictionary. Be
st of luck!
E.K-M.
Ivy - March 15, 2015 - 7:01 pm
This is perfect! The word saudades is a Portuguese word that has this exact defini
tion, but it doesn t have a perfect English translation yet! I agree with Engi Kenzi
e-Marie in that you should change it a bit to make it easier to pronounce, but t
his should DEFINITELY be in the dictionary! Go for it!
Wyatt - January 9, 2015 - 11:35 am
Has the word freal been invented?
Taylor White - January 17, 2015 - 7:08 am
Yes
Sebastian Johnson - January 6, 2015 - 1:32 pm
aliwag a word meaning annoying person
Kent - December 31, 2014 - 2:06 pm
These are some words that everybody in my school uses, but aren t in the dictionar
y. We use them all the time, and everybody (even the teachers) know what somebod
y is talking about when they use this made up word.
1. Gynatryne an insulting word to describe somebody who shows off
Eg. Harry was acting like such a gynatryne in that history lesson.
2. Drikt a little like crazy
Eg. That dog must be drikt; it s trying to climb a tree!
3. Cupcaking flirting, in a more subtle way.
Eg. Jase and Ashley were cupcaking in the middle of the crowd.
Does anybody else think these words should be used?
Selena - January 6, 2015 - 1:23 pm
Yes!
AlphaPiKappa - January 6, 2015 - 2:38 pm
Yes.
Nocturne - January 9, 2015 - 11:45 am
why yes certainly.
how about these:
Verciptication (Ver-sipt-I-cay-shun) To cause hallucination.
Example: Derrick started seeing things and presumed it was Verciptication.
Garustundal (Gahr-ah-stun-dahl) A mythical creature in ominous appearance that i
s worm like, and can grow up to 35 ft long &15 ft wide. It feasts on flesh & bon
es.
Paraphychel (pair-ah-sikel) A type of weapon made of two normal sized scythes th
at can be attached with one on each side(dual blade), Side-by side, or unattache
d (one in each hand!)
:D sorry, each fits my imagination (I have a dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, DARK
imagination.)
Cam - January 13, 2015 - 7:33 am

Heck yeah! I m gonna start using Drikt and Cupcaking in my school, see if it catch
es on
Sara Attar - January 13, 2015 - 1:47 pm
Yes I think they should be used
Taylor White - January 17, 2015 - 7:11 am
Sure!
Laura - January 24, 2015 - 12:19 pm
I ll use that word
{:D
gynatryne- almost literally translating in latin some one who wants a wife so wt
f?
cupcaking sounds like u r throwing cupcakes so
I like cupcaking. Very cute.
HenryWhitmore - December 28, 2014 - 4:33 pm
I d like to see people make words from Germanic instead of Latinate roots.
shelley - January 6, 2015 - 10:31 am
hi, could i ask what you mean please (sorry) thankyou
Allen N Wollscheidt - January 13, 2015 - 12:51 pm
Do you mean like dummish ?
Patrick - December 25, 2014 - 7:59 pm
Here s one I have started using quite a bit lately. It just popped out one day whe
n I was both surprised and amazed at something that happened. It s SURMAZED and it i
s possible to be both at the same time.
id use that :)
SuperNinjaMan - December 17, 2014 - 9:15 pm
How about apostrophic ? No spell checks recognize it, but It is already considered
a word in a few dictionaries. The definitions are as follows:
1. Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory
dialogue).
2. Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritic
al mark ).
Neither of these refer to apostrophic as an adjective describing an apostrophe-s
haped object, which would be a handy additional definition.
Also, one could be a pro-apostrophic or anti-apostrophic person depending on if
one is for or against the use of the apostrophe (e.g. The Apostrophe Protection
Society versus Kill The Apostrophe).
Slayerwulfe (@slayerwulfe) - December 23, 2014 - 4:10 am
what all of U R not c ing, permission is not required. www is all U need. create y
our own dictionary who is going to stop U ? use wordpress. Oh! i need oxford or
webster to recognize me, i can t do anything in language without their permission
because they own language.
slayerwulfe cave
you have a a cave?

Nocturne - January 9, 2015 - 11:47 am
LOL
Bibhuti Nath - December 17, 2014 - 6:47 am
My words : Lieophobia / Liophobia
meaning the fear of telling lie.
Lieophilia / Liophilia
meaning liking much to tell a lie
What about these words ??
Can we add these to the dictionary ??
Jecky - December 24, 2014 - 3:55 am
That s like the bestest
Is that even a word now? I mean like a dictionary officially recognised word tha
t is. It should be also added with funner! =)
My little sister has a craze on Junie B. Jones books have you ever read them? On p
ratically every page it says the word bestest and my sister is beginning to use it
at home. Actually, it s a pretty useful word.
Chloe S. - December 15, 2014 - 7:19 am
Funner
* everyone uses it anyway
Meaning:
More fun than something else; comparing something fun to something less fun
YasmineWilson - December 16, 2014 - 7:29 am
Hi I m 11 and I made the soffude. It means that you are a smart yet rude person th
at offers your items, ideas, or even sophisticated ness.
Chloe - December 22, 2014 - 4:15 pm
That s basically what pretentious means
then use the word in all appropriate communications. with your permission i woul
d like to use it also. i really like sophisticated ness. one of my words is Eloi
sical it means an extremely large number or other quantity that falls short of i
nfinite. create your identity
slayerwulfe@slayerwulfe , slayerwulfe , slayerwulfe cave
Jecky - December 24, 2014 - 3:53 am
That s like the bestest
Is that even a word now? I mean like a dictionary officially recognised word tha
t is. It should be also added with funner! =)
ok nice, but funner can so easily be mistyped as funnier and if so u r talking a
bout a fun but serious meeting (lets say) although that doesn t happen often so it
is funnier and your friends get upset.
Rune Pro - December 10, 2014 - 11:07 am
I came up with a word; terragantic, an extremely large word when gigantic is not
big enough. From Greek or Latin prefix Terra which means Earth.
kiefac - January 7, 2015 - 10:04 am
Adding to this, you could also have astrogantic, cosmogantic, and maybe some sor
t of portmanteau of universe or multiverse and gigantic .
op - January 20, 2015 - 9:35 am
horrible
James - December 9, 2014 - 6:16 pm

Qx to get rid of unwanted letters
James - December 9, 2014 - 6:13 pm
Glumpful witch means you have no idea what you were thinking/saying when you did
some thing
@James it was just 1
William the word enthusiast - December 8, 2014 - 1:35 pm
My word is Banic - meaning worries about financial matters, a compounding of Bank and
Panic . This word, like many things, was discovered by mistake; by means of a spel
ling mistake.
Crystal - December 5, 2014 - 10:52 pm

I think there should be a word for a grandparent-in-law to define the relationship
between step-children and the step-parent s parent. Also, when a child is born ou
t of wedlock there should be a proper term / word for the relationship between a
mother and the baby daddy s parents (child s grandparents) or vice-versa with a fathe
r and the baby mama s parents. There should be a better way to refer to your child s g
randparents other than my baby daddy s mom or my baby mama s daddy ect .. just seems a bi
disrespectful to not have had a better term by now for a child s grandparents if
the parents are not married.
Emily - April 23, 2015 - 12:02 pm
there is actually a word for that in my language
It s not a written language, but our word for grandfather-in-law is pronounced
e-guh and grandmother-in-law is shvee-guh.
shvo
TeeHee - December 4, 2014 - 5:28 pm

amazeballs- adj.
When something is just so amazing that you can t say amazing you have to say somet
hing else, so you say amazeballs. Also its funny to see people s minds turn inappr
opriate immediately.
jerrina - December 4, 2014 - 12:52 pm
I think bae should be in there bae means best friend or someone you love
jerrina one and only - December 9, 2014 - 12:08 pm
i feel you bae
not jerrina - December 10, 2014 - 8:44 am
No. Just simply no.
Jj blo - December 15, 2014 - 6:46 pm
stupid stupid
Lovely Lord - March 23, 2015 - 5:22 pm
Yes bae should be a word
guess? - April 23, 2015 - 12:02 pm
it s already a word, it means poop in Danish.
Annika Lund - December 1, 2014 - 9:02 pm
Courageable~ adj (Cur-aayge-abl)
the act of showing courage .
ex: The courageable warrior gave the town a sense of hope.
TeeHee - December 4, 2014 - 5:29 pm

isn t it already courageous?? same context.
Willhelm - January 12, 2015 - 11:45 am
Courageable should mean able to show courage , because -able means the ability to do s
omething , right? I m not sure how it would be used in a sentence, but based on my k
nowledge that is what the word should mean.
Darcie Dazzle - November 29, 2014 - 7:43 pm
Razzy- to possess pizazz
noun and verb
to be razzy
to preform a razzy; ie, a 360, a touchdown, and a double back flip, would all be
considered a razz.
why do we need this word? english language had become boring and there fore need
s another word to spice it up (i am not qualified to say that, it was an opinion
.) so add razzy to the dictionary.
slender man - December 2, 2014 - 3:21 pm
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ok - December 4, 2014 - 6:39 pm
hello.jpg
kingKiwi - December 8, 2014 - 6:13 pm
Can you babble like an idiot somewhere else?
No.
Just stop
Steve - January 29, 2015 - 6:42 pm
I m sorry but I don t want my soul eaten
hi - February 1, 2015 - 1:18 pm
qwertyuiokjhgfdxdcfvghuji
Ramo - February 8, 2015 - 4:49 pm
what?????????????????????????????
Naime - December 16, 2014 - 1:52 am
I second razzy
Kayla - December 22, 2014 - 1:43 pm
I third razzy !
Fourth - January 6, 2015 - 1:26 pm
fourth
I FIFTH RAZZY!!
I FIFTH RAZZY!

Sorry my message was only supposed to come out once not twice
My stupid computer keeps doing that!!!!!!
mushtaque ahmed - November 28, 2014 - 1:01 pm
in my thought word georays will be right geo is greek word means earth litteral
meaning the rays of earth
Kahmarithorpe - November 24, 2014 - 9:02 am
I agree wit Francesca!!!
applemacperson - November 23, 2014 - 10:19 am
-ish : Suffix used to indicate that in this particular instance, the preceding n
oun does not refer to exactly what the noun usually refers to, and rather someth
ing roughly equivalent to or of a similar nature to it.
Examples: old-ish , good-ish , early-ish
I didn t actually realise, but this meaning of -ish
y.com s article defining -ish . :D W I N :D
Kent - December
Ish has gotta be
k me if the math
hard but it wasn
is already included in Dictionar
31, 2014 - 2:22 pm

the most useful word! Just last week my friend emailed me to as
homework was hard. I wasn t too sure what to put because it wasn t
t exactly easy so I wrote easyish!
Tom Edwards - November 22, 2014 - 12:41 am

Not a new word but a new spelling. Close, as in close a door, to Cloze.
in being too close, will stay the same. Two spellings-two defintions
Close, as
Rodger - November 21, 2014 - 8:31 am

Banic: a state of being extremly worried about your personal finances
Frances Mitchell - November 19, 2014 - 8:40 am
Sibling-in-law is long overdue to be added to the dictionary. It is simple. A si
bling-in-law is:
-the sibling of one s spouse
-the spouse of one s sibling
-the spouse of one s spouse s sibling
This would save time, ink and paper when writing rules and guidelines for brothe
r-in-law and sister-in-law separately.
Jersi White - November 18, 2014 - 5:48 pm
my word is Lumpaceous pronounced (Lum,Pae,schous) and it means to try above stan
dard worjk even though not necessary.I came up with this word when i was at scho
ol watching my friend walk in to the classroom and came right up to the teacher
and say
Mrs.Vernon I did my homework and she did it before any body else and she
said look look and she shiowed the teacher and she did extra on everything she d
id i was amazed she was way above standard.
Sentence: The student was very lumpaceous every time she did her work and got no
thing but A s.
Chase - November 22, 2014 - 7:44 pm
That is great I think.it fits well
Annika - December 1, 2014 - 9:03 pm
WAY TO COPY SAM AND CAT LOLOL
Yup!! - December 9, 2014 - 4:38 pm
I know right?!
Eman Laer S'Enomos - November 16, 2014 - 2:00 pm
I think onn should be a real word describing something powering up, and being the
opposite of off . Because a light turning on doesn t accurately describe what the light
is doing, whether the light is on top of anything or not doesn t have anything to
do with the light shining.
Geoff Chase - November 15, 2014 - 10:06 am
SLIDEWAYS
To push a wheeled cart or vehicle sideways, against it s normal travel,
to get it out of the way in a hurry, when you need to get by.
Usage:
- To get a pallet of cereal through the hallway, I kicked a cart slideways, to g
et by.
- After loading freezer room with pallets, a cart had to be shoved slideways, to
get the door closed.
Camilo Uribe Posada - November 12, 2014 - 8:10 am
I think that the noun robosurrection, its derived verb robosucitate, and its der
ived adjective robosurrected, should be accepted as new terms in Dictionary.com.
Actually, robosurrection is nothing new in science-fiction, as we have witnessed
in movies like Paul Verhoeven s 1987 Robocop, in which Alex Murphy comes back to
life as a robot, namely, he robosucitates.
Besides, with the advancement in Artificial Intelligence and robotics, it wouldn t
be absurd to think about a not too distant future in which science can bring pe
ople back to life using this kind of technology.
Consequently, either as a sci-fi term or a prophetic hope, robosurrection should
be accepted as a single word term to define: 1. The act of coming back to life
by means of robotics or Artificial Intelligence. 2. The act of bringing somebody
back to life using advanced technology, such as robotics or Artificial Intellig
ence.
Willhelm - January 12, 2015 - 11:54 am
The only problem with bringing people back from the dead via robotics: the origi
nal person is NOT actually there. You cannot completely bring back a person from
the dead because everything that makes a person that person, and not someone el
se, is their memories. It would also be difficult, if not impossible, to program
a computer with actual emotions like a human would have. The main reason for de
ath is that the body wears out, or breaks irreparably. While robotics may slow d
ecay, it cannot stop it without complete transformation into an android/robot (I m
not sure what one would call it).
Heleatunda - November 9, 2014 - 2:31 pm
There is a slightly more of?cial way to submit new ideas for words; it s called sn
iglets. Just google it. On that note, observe that google is now a verb. The thing
is, normally Google is a proper noun (that is, a noun that is always capitalized,
as opposed to a common noun). So is there now such a thing as a proper verb? e.
g. I m going to Google it.
or are we forced to follow the old tradition of changing a proper noun to a commo
n noun before we verbify it, as in americanize, russi?cate, etc.?
Jeremy Singer - November 4, 2014 - 1:50 pm
For most spell-checkers, there s an option in the context-menu to
ck on that to add the word, name or acronym to its dictionary.
Add Word.
vanessa - November 4, 2014 - 12:04 pm

my word is- supercalifragilisticecspialidotious.meaning -I DON T KNOW.
Just cli

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Adjective used to describe something in a ma
nner which suggests that it is so important and significant that it should not b
e described using any other word. Usually referring to an event which has positi
ve effect(s).
:D
Yup!! - December 9, 2014 - 4:44 pm
You actually spelled it wrong
And it is a word on this dictionary look at it.
Yup!! - December 9, 2014 - 4:46 pm
supercalifragilisticecspialidotious Is spelled wrong
And it is a word look it up!
Ramo - February 8, 2015 - 4:54 pm
lol I think that s already a word Vanessa.
tariku - February 22, 2015 - 9:36 am
WHAT CAN OF WORD, IS THIS ,FROM WHERE DID YOU READ
Mary Custis - November 1, 2014 - 8:52 am
My question is how do you get words removed? Have there EVER been any words remo
ved? I can think of a few.
I don t think it s possible to just stop using a word, not officially anyway.
Snuff - October 29, 2014 - 1:53 pm
We really need a word for having a crush. For instance, one generally says like as
in I like him but that sounds childish and can also lead to confusion because, y kn
ow, like. You can say you re infatuated with someone or have a crush on someone or
are attracted to someone, but it s clunky to use a whole phrase like that. Love s a
single word, why can t we get a single word for this?
Jeremy Singer - November 4, 2014 - 1:29 pm
The implications of like and love are relatively ambiguous in the context of I like/l
ove him. This is obvious when the pronoun him is replaced with another noun or pron
oun-like (categoric) word; for instances: them, it, sand, hiking, art, etc. Ther
efore, it follows that neither I like him. or I love him. infers or implies nothing
beyond the attitude of the subject to the object . The him may indeed be the object of
the subject s romantic intention/affection or it may be a dog, an artist, any bein
g of a male gender, a fictional/mythological/religious being, etc.
In short, you already realize that love can be used to express an affection of a h
igher intensity than like. If you just want a 3-word sentence to convey romantic i
ntent, try He enamors me. Keeping the original structure, I m enamored by him. Still,
ambiguity is invited by the use of a pronoun in lieu of a proper noun. This goes
for enamored, infatuated, wooed, smitten and other synonyms. If you re willing to
use the baseball metaphor for relationships, then I m scouting/recruiting him. is h
ow the innuendo should begin.
As you say, this phrasing resonates with that of a child who may like candy,
want m
ore, run fast, etc. A mature woman might address such a person as a potential/worth
y/welcome/target/etc. suitor, courtier, candidate, lover, accessory, collectible
, appendage, boyfriend or such. A modern woman might use vernacular such as I ve go
t a sweet-tooth for that hunk of man-candy, I m ready to change my RS (relationship
status) to get exclusive-access,
I m soft-eying; if he doesn t break the ice soon then
I will. The point being: if you want it to come across as mature, then context a
nd perspective are already able to convey the message in an adult context. No mo
nosyllabic word or emoticon will serve as a substitute nor appear more mature th
an any subject-verb-object sentence.
Ramiro Marroquin - November 12, 2014 - 6:03 am

If you like someone say
I m FEELIN him I m feelin her
Or
I m catching feelings
jahiem - December 9, 2014 - 1:42 pm
stupid ,im stupid i tell you ediot
Ashley - October 28, 2014 - 5:49 am
Snurkey~ Noun- a rare form of life that comes about when a snail and a turkey ma
te (animal)
Goonillamahippopotopusser~ Noun- a mammal that is a crossbreed of a goon, unicor
n, llama, hippopotamus, platypus, and beaver.
Squiogen~ noun- an animal (bird+mammal=birmal) that is created when a squirrel a
nd a pigeon mate
Asian Badgesauruscocker~ noun- a crossbreed between an Asian man, a badger, a st
egosaurus, a peacock and a beaver.
Jindianese Pabdicornipinez~ Noun- a crossbred animal of a Japanese teenage girl,
a panda, a unicorn, a dachshund, a bobcat, a porcupine, a zebra, and an Indian
child.
Comments like this make me wonder why the hell there isn t a flag for spam
option.
Jazzy - January 20, 2015 - 8:16 pm

Oh, c mon @applemacperson, what s wrong with having a bit of fun every now and again
?
@Ashley, you forgot Kangawallabat ~ noun a cross between a kangaroo, wallaby and w
ombat!
Sage Wolf - October 18, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Therianthrope~ adj.
Therianthropy~ verb
Or therian for short
Its a real thing someone may want to do more research.
John N. - October 16, 2014 - 2:33 am
A lot of new words are made up by people who think they are clever, when the fac
t of the matter is, they are just too lazy and stupid to learn their own languag
e.
John - October 16, 2014 - 2:26 am
If someone wants their new invented words to be added to the English dictionary,
they should be required to master the language first (without any newly invente
d or slang words). Until they do that, forget it.
shane - October 15, 2014 - 12:34 pm
how do i get a word in the dictonary
Robert McLean - October 14, 2014 - 6:07 am
Infiltrant
1.) noun
someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espi
onage
2.) Icon
Caries Infiltrant proximal
Tooth friendly filling by infiltration
no drilling needed
Gentle therapy approach for difficult-toreach proximal lesions in just a few ste
ps
No unnecessary loss of healthy hard tissue
Prolongs the life expectancy of the tooth
Jose a. - October 12, 2014 - 6:59 pm

I have ideas for new words I would like and love to see them add to the English
dictionary. enfriend for the converse of frenemy, and enfriend should mean one wh
o is a friend who acts like an enemy . Summerize should mean to spend the summer or t
o prepare for the summer season. Bleen should be a mix of blue and green. Hyposomni
a should be too little sleep . Tricenarian should be a person in his or her thirties
. CLT should be the acronym for collect like terms. Cleen should be one who is sensi
tive to the cold. Sprinter should also mean winter stuff in the spring season. EngS
panish should be the converse of Spanglish, meaning English words or phrases soun
ding like in Spanish , like Pelisc (peliscar in Spanish is pinch in English), peg
(pegar in Spanish is to hit in English), and extranjerize (extranjerizar in Span
ish is foreignize in English). Fzgoogolplex should be the number of a googolplex
to the power of a googolplex. Why isn t wintre a British spelling of winter ? There
should be two plurals for tantrum : tantrums and tantra. Scrammer should be a name
for light brown. Foreignize should be to make or become foreign and to introduce in
one country the customs and traditions of another , with an especially British sp
elling of foreignise. Machism should be the English spelling of Machismo. See my
ideas? And I can still think of many more!
yoloforlife - October 13, 2014 - 2:02 pm
yolo
Brandy Henson - October 14, 2014 - 12:38 pm
Bruh your stupid.
John N. - October 16, 2014 - 2:37 am
It s not correct to say your in your statement. The correct word is
Learn your language.
you re.
Like bruh - October 21, 2014 - 5:45 am

:P :/ :I :L >:I
heybro - October 22, 2014 - 8:25 pm
john N. is so high mantinence, sassy, and likes to correct people. not good qual
ities bro
kingKiwi - December 8, 2014 - 6:12 pm
What s wrong with correcting grammar at a dictionary site?
kiefac - January 7, 2015 - 10:12 am
>overlooking bruh
>tfw
lba - October 8, 2014 - 7:57 pm
I have made up several new words that I believe are not out there yet. I would l
ike to know if they qualify to be put into the dictionary.
Myfanwy - October 6, 2014 - 6:50 pm
I take exception to the definition of the word Mammy being offensive. Born and r
aised in Wales, my mother was Mammy from the time I was born. It is not specific
to slavery in America. Many Welsh, English and Irish people call their mothers
Mammy or Mam.
#1Bandnerd - October 2, 2014 - 5:28 am
My word is confuzzled (past tense),confuzzling,confuzzles (present tense), confu
zzle, its another word for confused, confusing, confuses, and confuse
Anonymous - November 13, 2014 - 9:23 am
If there already is a word then why create a synonym. dumb-ass
Tasha - November 22, 2014 - 11:26 pm
Why are you calling them a dumbass? Clearly, I suppose by that logic anyone who
has ever coined a synonym to a word that already exists was a dumbass. Also clea
rly, they are a dumbass simply because you say so.
Think twice before you blindly insult someone, yes?

Cheers.
Probably, for the same reason(s) any synonym for any word was ever invented.
whoever thinks whimber is word reply . and I don t mean whimper I mean whimber
Whimber: it means something or someone to smell really badly.
Kvn - January 11, 2015 - 8:38 pm
Oh, we always used confuzzled as a kid. There was a progression to it, though, i
t wasn t used as a synonym to confused. It was more for instances where people wer
e confused about the fact that they were confused. You could go from confused, t
o confuzzled, to confu well, I ll leave the last one to your imagination, but it wa
s reserved for the most extreme cases where your confusion had spread to everyon
e else.
ekatboy - February 23, 2015 - 2:15 pm
i use confuzzled all the time to mean really confused and puzzled
Brandon W. - September 20, 2014 - 11:46 am
It would seem that a lot of the words being proposed in the comments are just pl
aying on words that already exist. While it certainly isn t a bad thing to play wi
th language, the idea is that you would be introducing a new word in order to ex
press something for which there is not already a word. Just combining two words
is useless because one can simply just use the two words; it certainly can t be TH
AT much of a burden to write out both words. And adding something like -ate to the
end of a preexisting word would be similarly ineffective.
Victoria - August 25, 2014 - 9:39 am
Let s say that many people start using the word you invented, how will lexicograph
ers know it was you who made it up?
Dean - July 7,
Examplemanship:
e playing .. as
leadership, but
amplemanship.
2014 - 4:40 am
Thats my word! The national team showed good examplemanship whil
a celebrity people look up to you, not as a leader as in terms of
as an example of how to behave, surely this is a sign of good ex
Pamela Smith - August 6, 2014 - 11:05 pm

Gergle , or Sheagle. A dog which is half German Shepherd and half Beagle.
For the first sentence, you could use exemplary behavior or
ip . For the second though, it kind of works.
It s a cool word, I guess.
showed good sportsmansh
Sean Smyers - February 17, 2014 - 6:38 pm

i really think and believe soo should be added. i have accidentally used it in p
apers and on tests and i get it marked every time. like if the stove is too hot
to touch or another is that there is soo much snow on the ground. think about it
. it makes perfect sense.
Bill - February 1, 2014 - 2:23 pm
I also say exhaustipated a lot. It means
Technically the meaning of exhausted -isan beyond extremely tired. :3
extremely tired . Beyond exhausted.

extremely tired . Beyond exhausted would me
Bill - February 1, 2014 - 2:18 pm

The driver is driving so passenger
is
passenging .

and to be a butler is butling
Keli - January 29, 2014 - 2:12 pm
Reponse to Billy Bob Joe s comment on December 6, 2013:
Cliche is a word listed on Dictionary.com and has been so since the website s creati
on, I would imagine; especially since since it is in reputable dictionaries. Jus
t saying.
Jilly Bean - December 17, 2013 - 2:50 pm
how bout these:
botato- a banana and a potato
grackle- the sound when somebody opens a chip bag
squidgion- a squirrel and a pidgion
Billy Bob Joe - December 6, 2013 - 5:29 pm
Cliche is a word my friends and I use. It is an adjective to describe anything.
Bacon is cliche. Brussels sprouts are cliche. Eminem is cliche and justin beiber
is cliche.
Hoot - October 29, 2013 - 11:17 am
Why don t you try describation? It s a noun form of describe.
Examples:
The describation of cat is a small feline.
My describation for this project is very unique; I like how the teacher created
this.
There s already a noun for describe. Try description :P
The description of describation is the describation of a description of a descri
ption s describation. :D
Kim W - October 25, 2013 - 4:40 pm
Two things I always say by accident:
1) Hiffclanger (instead of cliffhanger)
2) Hice (instead of houses)
I think Hiffclanger could be either the opposite if a cliffhanger or a HUGE clif
fhanger.
And Hice think about it. The plural of louse is lice, the plural of mouse is mice,
so the plural of house should be hice. I m trying to make it popular, but I m 13 an
d in the 9th grade, and I m not that influential. Maybe when I become president
RICHARD F. - July 29, 2014 - 1:20 pm
Good luck becoming President. However, you probably will not succeed in your asc
endancy if you go spending too much time trying to create your own words. Nevert
heless, I hope you become wealthy enough someday to own several hice.
Lalesha - October 22, 2014 - 10:00 am
You are influential and obviously very smart. Good luck becoming President :)
fill - November 11, 2014 - 12:12 pm
no one care:)
Clearly you did enough to respond. :)

RICHARD F, Lalesha, me and you obviously care, because we all replied to Kim W s c
omment :)
lolo - October 22, 2013 - 12:47 pm
huh interesting
gi - October 22, 2013 - 12:26 am
How about e-dress for e-Malik address? I use it all the time.
David Boeing - October 21, 2013 - 6:29 pm
There is no point trying to get your word into the dictionary here. You won t succ
eed.
Penny - October 21, 2013 - 4:01 pm
How do you add a holiday?
gummi bearz - October 21, 2013 - 2:48 pm
feel free to ask me a question on kind of being famous with the word frindle and
all! not many people know about me making up the word. i didn t want to be famous
so i told Andrew not to tell anyone or to put it in the book credits. i just do
n t want to be famous. i know its crazy. but i just want to live a normal live. ;)
Alex - November 1, 2014 - 7:33 pm
That s fake. No possible proof you invited the word frindle. If you don t want to be
famous (in this case for something you new did) then stop posting it where thou
sands of people can read it.
Icy Sierra the Pegasus - February 15, 2015 - 1:07 pm
Yeeeeaaaah no. Personally, I think you should tell the author that YOU made the
word up then lemme know.
gummi bearz - October 21, 2013 - 2:40 pm
i have always wanted to create a word. in fact i did. i created the word frindle
. my best friend is the son of Andrew Clements and he said his dad needed an ide
a for a knew book. so i went home and thought the next day i went to my friend s d
ad and told him about the idea for frindle. so i guess my word is kind of famous
.
I don t even know what the hell a frindle
is. Is it like a Kindle, or something?
sarah - October 21, 2013 - 12:59 pm

I love school and grammer
A Concerned Whovian - October 21, 2013 - 12:48 pm
Why isn t Whovian in the dictionary? It is in the Oxford English dictionary, why i
sn t it in ours?
Leteshia - March 7, 2015 - 7:59 pm
Sherlockian should also be a word.
Epic Face - October 21, 2013 - 11:36 am
Why don t you try describation? It s a noun form of describe.
Examples:
The describation of cat is a small feline.
My describation for this project is very unique; I like how the teacher created
this.
MilkSchwan - September 20, 2014 - 6:11 pm
what was the description for describation again?

The description of describation is the describation of a description of a descri
ption s describation. :D
Sponge - October 21, 2013 - 11:20 am
Pseudotopia [soo-doh-TOH-pee-uh]
noun
a place (usually fictional) that appears to be a utopia on the surface, but in r
eality is a dystopia
i m going to use that now!
Brian Davidson - October 21, 2013 - 4:00 am
Instead of new non-sense words, wouldn t it be good to actually get new words of v
alue? We need a word for something more than a whisper, and less than a said. Sa
id softly doesn t cut it.
Lauren Elizabeth - July 9, 2014 - 2:04 pm
An utterance.
Icy Sierra the Pegasus - February 15, 2015 - 1:04 pm
Utterance does not necessarily mean something above whisper and below said. It i
s just a random string of words uttered by a someone. (Note that using someone t
his way is not incorrect.) I would say:
A haerance . (HEE
ruhns)
Example: Quickly! Run! She haeranced to the little boy following her.
rayan - October 21, 2013 - 2:44 am
Well, for the past years, me and my friends use the term CONTRABO . It is the act o
f covering a girls cleavage with their hands if they need to lean forward or bow
. It s a wordplay with contra which means counter and Filipino word boso which means p
eeping tom
Brian C. - January 19, 2015 - 2:48 pm
Now this is one word i would really love to see in the dictionary. Girls in Nige
ria do this a lot. They wear very revealing dresses and cover their cleavage whe
never they have to lean forward. Then i d be able to tell my girlfriend
why wear t
hat dress, if you know you re going to contrabo all day .
someone - October 21, 2013 - 1:10 am
Does inspirating sound cool? Sounds better than inspiring if you ask me
Victoria - October 20, 2013 - 5:24 pm
I wonder how words are created in languages that don t have phonetic writing (such
as Chinese) and also how new words from other languages are borrowed (such as te
lephone entering the Chinese language).
Din Delagan - September 29, 2014 - 2:40 am
Telephone, for example, it s DIAN HUA , which literally means electric words; Actu
ally Chinese happen to be an extremely productive language,new words and phrases
being coined at a very high rate; This is due to the fact that a syllable can h
ave different meanings according to its pronunciation and character used in writ
ing, which makes possible new combinations; the complexity of Chinese allows for
unparalleled language inventiveness.
David - October 20, 2013 - 2:07 pm
I always make up words like, Davooc
fill - November 11, 2014 - 12:15 pm

what is that lol
David - October 20, 2013 - 2:07 pm
Cool( I know, Im a copier) and weird
Someone - October 20, 2013 - 11:25 am
Kaitlyn, I am in 6th grade, also. I would like to inform you that your parents m
ay be kind, helpful, loving and encouraging but they can t make everything work ou
t for you. You may want to consider how helpful your word is. You might want to
wait until you are older to introdunce your word to the public (I have learned f
rom experience that others often refuse to listen to a sixth grader). Unfortunat
ely, your parents cannot do everything for you and it is your deep belief in thi
s words necessity that will help you and your word gain fame.
So, someone whats your real name . TELL ME BY NEXT WEEK OR YOUR GOING TO PAY!!!!!!
!!
Someone - October 20, 2013 - 11:13 am
What would happen if the word met all the categories, but wasn t an English word?
Dictionary.com can have almost an unlimited amount of words, but printed diction
aries cannot. Where would a word or phrase like sine qua non fit in?
Hermann - December 14, 2014 - 11:35 am
There is no such thing as an
unlimited amount of words . Words are not measured in
amounts like water, sugar, milk, sand, etc. It should therefore be
unlimited numbe
r of words .
Annie - October 20, 2013 - 10:39 am
Niranjan Badakere - April 1, 2014 - 12:55 am
Many a times we say He s our tenth President or It s our 39th Wedding Anniversary to des
cribe a person s position/ranking or for any other detail like in a serial order.
But to ascertain/glean the nt or th of a certain person or event how does one ask ?
There is no single word & the nearest is something like Which number President is
Obama? or Which number wedding anniversary of theirs/yours ? This also is not OK &
doesn t sound proper.
So I suggest WHENTH a brand new word coined by me to fill the awkward gap like whi
le asking the question on lineage.
It s easier to ask Can you tell me Whenth President is Obama ? Or Whenth wedding anniv
ersary is this of theirs/yours ?
Griff Charleston - June 15, 2014 - 4:16 pm
That s really good. I may just start using that. :)
The word which could already be used correctly in both of those examples. Also, it
is quite possible for an awkward situation could also arise from the use of the
word whenth in the presence of people who were not familiar with it.
:)
Where it says could also , should be to :D because I had one version of the comment p
repared and then changed it. failz
wolf tamer and tree puncher - October 20, 2013 - 6:37 am
Here s a new word: raffoon. It is a combination of rapscallion and buffoon. It mea
ns a mischievous, rascally fool.

wolf tamer and tree puncher - October 20, 2013 - 6:30 am
@Rhiannon:
Post your word on a popular website or blog ( :-) ) and hope other people see it
and start using it. I am only 12, but I hope you listen to my idea anyway. Oh,
and don t forget to pray about it! That always helps.
u suck :) JK :( :( :(
Carolina - October 19, 2013 - 9:24 am
Buttmuffin-someones face
Shamrail-what you hang Shamwows on to dry or something
Kazoodle-a really good pastry or cake
failiff-when you get hurt or do something wrong
Cool Article - October 19, 2013 - 7:19 am
Nice article.
P Satyanarayan - October 18, 2013 - 9:57 pm
In India, English is widely used as language for communication. There is a very
common word used as an antonym for postponement, viz., prepone (v), preponement
(n). This word is used in place of the grammatically correct advance or advancing . T
his is a right candidate for inclusion in the lexicon.
Prosper Chimange - October 18, 2013 - 5:57 am
I founded this new word: Ozilate, from the famous footballer Mesuit Ozil. The pl
ayer, who moved from Real Madrid to Arsenal in 2013, has been known and hailed f
or his assists (in football language) at Arsenal. Thereby, the same applies in rea
l life. hence I ve coined this new term Ozilate to mean assistance.
can be used this way:
(1) I am going to grant you the ozil you requested.
(2) I am going to ozilate you in that matter.
sandural - October 17, 2013 - 10:42 pm
There are some new words are created every day, although some words not written
into the dictionary.For instance,????(I don t know what you said,but it seems you
are great.)?????(she very deeply moved but still rejected him)?????(the new is s
o exhilarating that everyone is celebrating and spreading it to the rest of the
world.)and so on.These words are enriched people s life, and increase the sense of
humour among people..
Well, it s a good thing everyone in the English-speaking world can read your new w
ords oh, wait.
Kaitlyn - October 17, 2013 - 9:54 pm
Just tell your family members! Mostly your parents! Parents are supposed to help
you make your dream come true! I hope your parents try to get your word in the
dictionary,but you have to think about your word and just think! Im in the 6th gra
de and im 11 and well, just try your best! To: Rhiannon
Rhiannon - October 17, 2013 - 4:59 pm
I d like to add a word to the dictionary, but I m not famous. I m just a kid in fifth
grade. What do I do?
Rachel - November 9, 2014 - 6:12 pm
Ya don t give it up. Try your best and you will succeed! ;)
kk5000 - May 1, 2015 - 7:36 pm

just always use that word and it might happen. but ur probably not guna read thi
s cuz ur in greventh grade by now. I m in 6th! : P
Alison Thomas - October 17, 2013 - 3:40 pm
Really love this website. Not only is it informative and full of definitions I a
m unfamiliar with, it has a real innovative twist. It makes me think and questio
n: a real plus in a world where neither is always available.
gatawa - October 17, 2013 - 12:35 pm
howfar
Lilly - October 17, 2013 - 10:48 am
lol i always make up words but im not famous and i havent invented anything so yea
h..im just a kid i make them up for fun :P
but it would be so cool to see your word in the dictionary and be like hey! I mad
e up that word!
:D
STUPID!!!!!
:( stupid
Boshe - October 17, 2013 - 8:51 am
When my daughter worked for the inland revenue 7 years ago she used the word upda
tion and asked me if it was a real word. I said no but it was good and put it on
another dictionary website. Heard nothing so repeating it here now. Waiting for
the updation now was quicker than having to explain it.
Regards
Boshe
emma - April 23, 2015 - 1:05 pm
Update is already a noun, yeah?
KAtlyn - October 17, 2013 - 8:03 am
this aint helpful
arif - October 17, 2013 - 3:26 am

I invented a word some 7 years before but I was discouraged for its being incorr
ect.The invented word is suches .
I was to say , i don t like such ones but I said I don t like suches . Suches here could m
such things , such people or such ones etc
MilkSchwan - September 20, 2014 - 6:19 pm
you re turning an adj. + noun (such things) into a noun. I don t like suches out of co
ntext would imply you don t like anything that has anything to do with anything, b
ut keeping the adj. the out of context meaning would imply missing information a
nd not retain any statement.
This is like in Nowergian: Jeg liker ikke slike. (where slike
, as opposed to slik which means such in the singular.)
means
such in the plural
Bruce Peterson - October 16, 2013 - 12:43 pm

For an amusing fictional take on this topic, I recommend the book Frindle by And
rew Clements and Brian Selznick.
kk5000 - May 1, 2015 - 7:33 pm
OMG i LOVE LOVE LOVE that book!!!!!!!!

Tyran Laws - October 16, 2013 - 10:45 am
Haternoia
n. The fear of being the object of indifference by imagined enemies
Sentences:
1. The social phenomena of rappers berating their enemies as haters in their rap l
yrics have created a tendency within a sub pop culture to live vicariously throu
gh their favorite rappers. Thus the rappers haters becomes the fan s haters; causin
g the fans to suffer from haternoia.
2. In spite the fact that the democratic senator has flipped on every major poli
tical issue in the last five years, his haternoia caused him to attribute his lo
st in the last Presidential campaign to his fellow democratic opponent who had l
ost the nomination for the democratic candidate, a few months earlier.
3. When asked to identify the persons who were jealous of her accomplishments, t
he teenage girl could not identify any specific person. Thus it was evident to t
he school psychiatrist Mr. Walker, the young girl was suffering from haternoia.
Teboho - October 16, 2013 - 10:44 am
Does the new word necessarily have to be an English word?
francesca - October 16, 2013 - 10:13 am
Cool
joseph vanderpool - January 16, 2015 - 11:18 am
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY?
joseph vanderpool - January 16, 2015 - 11:20 am
SOM
for those that are adopted by they er sister can call them som which means sister/
mother.
Tushar - March 20, 2015 - 7:07 pm
I agree that should be a word but i do not agree with the definition given.
kk5000 - May 1, 2015 - 7:32 pm
how can someone be adopted by there sister?

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ts in the form of doissants and duffins.

Lucy - May 6, 2015 - 2:33 pm

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all life connected , s

Francisco J. Perez - April 6, 2015 - 8:23 am

the world in the same way again!

I freakin love this website. You guys rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this word would have

Eugene Miller II - March 17, 2015 - 1:03 pm

James - March 18, 2015 - 12:11 am

Nice words but most of you,

Mine craft on Mars!

in general, need to learn how to s

A is for Abacus - April 13, 2015 - 4:36 pm

Rusty Brown in Canada - March 11, 2015 - 6:28 am

right off the bat .

Grace Attebery - March 3, 2015 - 7:33 am

Puzzled and confused are synonyms

omething that you were supposed to do/bring

A possible replacement could be debatext (DAY-buh-tex-st or duh-BAY-tex-st), a d

Em - February 14, 2015 - 3:01 pm

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sam - January 27, 2015 - 9:29 pm

es for dictionaries as dictionary.com. Vestiphobia, gymnophobia, tricenarian, de

Bright Dude - March 8, 2015 - 5:25 pm

EX- I have the PicPerf! I am going to post it on FB now.

Cam - January 13, 2015 - 7:33 am

you have a a cave?

James - December 9, 2014 - 6:16 pm

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manpreet - February 23, 2015 - 9:53 am

is already included in Dictionar

31, 2014 - 2:22 pm

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applemacperson - November 23, 2014 - 10:28 am

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Like bruh - October 21, 2014 - 5:45 am

Think twice before you blindly insult someone, yes?

Pamela Smith - August 6, 2014 - 11:05 pm

showed good sportsmansh

Sean Smyers - February 17, 2014 - 6:38 pm

extremely tired . Beyond exhausted.

Bill - February 1, 2014 - 2:18 pm

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applemacperson - November 23, 2014 - 10:44 am

is. Is it like a Kindle, or something?

sarah - October 21, 2013 - 12:59 pm