I came across a new term, if you could call it a term, on a website the other day and when I first saw it I thought to myself "that's not a real word". Then I thought about it for a while, but not for too long, and realised that if Shakespeare could invent new words, and he sure did add plenty of gems into the English language, then people scattered around the globe can add the odd new one here and there without it being much of a problem.
So here it is.. Teledildonics.
I know, I know. Some people reading this will be immediately affronted. I can tell you I certainly was. Then I thought about it and reconciled myself that people are free to create terms just as crazy as this in regular fields of science and industry.
How did I come across this word.. indeed that is the real question. Well to be honest I came across it (ahem) while browsing Google News last week and there was a link to a story in Wired News with a pretty crazy headline about sex machines. Now me in my innocence presumed it was an article about James Brown but alas no.
I was planning to let this pass and not mention it until I saw something tonight that made me think again about this makey-uppey (yes, that's right, I'll be sending this in to the Oxford Dictionary or whoever owns the English language tomorrow) word thingummybob.
Yes, a group of Irish schoolkids carried out a "bitchcast", which is a podcast where you bitch about stuff for the duration of the podcast. Excellent idea? Well I have to admit that I did not download the 14.9 Gb file so I can't really comment on the outcome or value of the bitchcast but it certainly sounds like a first-of-a-kind to me. Click here for details (and wait until I tell Katie and Alley that you were listening to the bitchcast - they are gonna be so like not talking to you and there's no way like that you can hang around with us anymore... etc)Now to look for more new words, to seek out a new paradigm if you will.
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Dear Justin,
Alan and I have been enjoying your blog. I was telling him that the other day in my Lingustics class we heard the opinion that most new words in the English language come from California. I don't want to be all westcoast-centric but that's the truth. Fabutastic, I think you'll agree. Andrea.
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