Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for January 13, 2020

Well, that’s cromulent.

My MIL had her own words for things, such as “blobbly” when her legs felt weak when she was walking.

My brother used to like to use big or obscure words to show off. I told him it just proved that he was a poor communicator.

Super, Aunty! That was flabbergastounding!

I was just thinking tonight of an old flame whose favourite expression was “piggles.”

Great about the language is its flexibilitinessity

then it leaves people confuzzled

Very clever, Aunty. Now, replace the first two letters with an “F.”

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. . .or you can say it backwards which . . .feggedaboutit!

(From Free Dictionary) neologism, n.

3. Psychologya. The invention of new words regarded as a symptom of certain psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia.b. A word so invented.

Aunty, eschew meretricious sesquipedalianisms.

Brilliantistic!

It’ll just be our little secret.

I’m known for my fake curse words. I don’t swear in front of my family, women, or children.

Yinz are very creative

Ed Heinemann designed the A-4 Skyhawk. When people asked him how he made the aircraft so fast and light, he simply stated, “Simplicate and add Lightness”. It was a great dogfighter and the first in the inventory that could carry its own weight in ordinance. Many will remember the aircraft from the movie “Top Gun”. It was used as the chase plane at Miramar in the movie. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=EFR4MbNm&id=9572570BD08FD11403036E099A1B722121BE6AAC&thid=OIP.EFR4MbNmqy2mPXh4Qc7vdAHaFp&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fupload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia%2fcommons%2fc%2fcd%2fA-4E_Skyhawk_Lady_Jessie_VA-164_in_flight_1966.jpeg&exph=1401&expw=1839&q=a4+skyhawks&simid=607994478932263214&selectedIndex=22&ajaxhist=0

It’s not working .

Sometimes I use big words to sound photosynthesis.

We use to have this preacher that would throw out big long words from the pulpit every Sunday. You needed to take a dictionary with you to church to figure out what he was saying.

Call me crazy, but I don’t think I have a psychological disorder!

Made up words happen every day now, the press and Somed (social media) do it “like” all the “like” time bro’.

Fantabulous!

Now that is just Fraggletaneous.

I’m reminded of the episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye pretends to be Winchester, on the phone with another officer who had physically attacked Winchester:

Hawkeye (imitating Winchester): Your attack on me was both lugubrious and sedacious.

BJ (in disbelief): ‘Sedacious?’

Hawkeye (covering the phone): I made it up. What does he know?