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15 ‘kooky’ word combos that could become ‘dictionary-worthy’

Ever fancy yourself an askhole? Here's 15 borderline ridiculous word combinations that may well stake their claim in the Oxford Dictionary in the near future.

Nothing quite beats spending an afternoon ‘derping’ on urbandictionary.com

But as languages and, more importantly, social media evolves, dictionaries have been forced to keep up, whether they like it or not.

Members of the Newcastle Advertiser editorial team were given an opportunity to guess the definition of the following bizarre word combinations – combinations likely to be included in a dictionary somewhere along the line.

With no access to Google and a post-deadline mindset, the team can up with this:

(For the stake of being ridiculous, the actual definitions are listed below the team’s best guess)

 

1. Beerboarding – “When you drink too much and you end up on the bar counter.”

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2. Afterclap – “It’s the echo after applauding something or someone.”

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3. Unkeyboardinated – “My grandmother.”

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4. Carcolepsy – “The inability to stay awake on any car trip longer than 1km.”

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5. Youniverse – “Someone who believes the world revolves around them.”

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6. Textpectation – “The overwhelming feeling of anticipation as you await a reply to your text.”

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7. Nomonym – “Related to the omnomnomnivore.”

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8. Hiberdating – “You invite someone over for ‘movie night’ and you both sleep through the movie.

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9. Masturdating – “Erm.”

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10. Errorist – “Someone who makes so many spelling mistakes it should be considered a crime!”

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11. Internest – “Where online birds of a feather flock.”

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12. Cellfish – “Someone who takes too many selfies!”

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13. Dudevorce – “When a bromance comes to a tragic end.”

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14. Bedgasm – “When you realise it’s Saturday and you can stay in bed all day. Whoop!”

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15. Ambitchous – “Striving to an even bigger bitch than ever before.”

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Hey, if ‘selfie’ and ‘twerk’ made the cut, these ‘words’ can too!

Can you think of clever word combo?

Let us know in the comments down below!

 

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