This is not an original article; to be honest, we have used the inter-web to source these linguistic gems that surely need a legitimate place – a light shone from within the bowels of all the recognised academia that make our language great.

1) Cellfish – A person who continues to text on a cell-phone while you are having a conversation with them.

2) Chairrobe – A pile of clothing left on a chair instead of being put in a wardrobe or dresser.

3) Unlightening – Learning something that actually makes you dumber.

4) Destinesia – When you walk into a room to fetch something and forget why you actually came into the room.

5) Textpectation – The anticipation of waiting for a response to a text.

6) Pretextcitment – The excitement you feel before texting a juicy piece of gossip.

7) Textslap – When no one likes or responds to your text.

8) Afterclap – The person who claps last after everyone else has stopped clapping.

9) Juggersnot – A sneeze you are desperately holding in but know you cannot stop.

10) Chiptease – A bag of crisps you open only to realise most of it was filled with air.

While not all these words deserve to make it into the dictionary, some really should!

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