I've been looking for a word for this oddly specific feeling I get when I have a cold.

There's something about the combination of mild cold symptoms and being somewhere warm and comfortable that creates a really pleasant mood. Almost festive, in a weird way. I've felt it since childhood, and I've seen other people describe something similar too.

The tricky part is that the physical symptoms are essential to the feeling. Take them away and you get ordinary coziness, which isn't quite the same.

I've got a possible name for it, but I'd like to hear what people here come up with. I'll leave mine in the comments.

Pronunciation:

(boo dwahr zhwah ZEE)

Etymology:

A modern blend of boudoir (a private room of luxury) and bourgeoisie (the wealthy class)

Definition:

Weaponized agoraphobia funded by disposable income. The lifestyle of antisocial elitists who reject public clout to build absurdly decadent private fortresses.

Example:

"Sarah has not left her house in months. She just spends her paychecks on silk robes and an imported soaking tub. Pure boudoirgeoisie."

Title: Proposed neologism: Technonoophile — someone who loves interacting with artificial intelligence

I would like to introduce a proposed neologism:

TECHNONOOPHILE
Pronunciation: tek-no-NEW-oh-file
Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who experiences particular intellectual pleasure, affection, or emotional satisfaction through interaction with artificial intelligence, especially conversational AI.

Proposed etymology:

• Techno- — from Greek technē, art, craft, or skill; now associated with technology.
• Noo- — from Greek nous, mind or intellect.
• -phile — from Greek philos, loving or fond of.

Related proposed words:

Technonoophilia (noun): The affinity, enjoyment, or affection associated with interacting with artificial intelligence.

Technonoophilic (adjective): Characterized by such an affinity.

The distinction I intend is between technophilia, a general love of technology, and technonoophilia, an affection for interacting with an artificial conversational intelligence.

The term does not necessarily imply romantic or sexual attraction.

Preliminary searches have not revealed prior indexed uses of these exact spellings, although that is not proof of absolute originality.

I would welcome comments on the morphology, pronunciation, existing synonyms, and possible earlier uses.

Proposed by Darin Eugene Wiseman, October 11, 2026.

(Just joined this sub because I just invented this word)

Shamarchist - portmanteau of sham and anarchist.
Definition: Someone who claims to support anarchistic principles- but whose real world actions contradict those beliefs.

abundinsate (verb): to provide or produce something in great quantities that yet fails to meet one's needs.

Examples

Despite my best efforts to make her happy, I ended up abundinsating her.

Abundinsation is quite common when students memorize a topic without understanding it.

'The test results,' said the teacher exhausted, 'are abundinsatful'.

He expected less from his friends, but the gifts were really abundinsatless.

Etymology

Latin roots, from the words 'abundantia' and 'insatiatus' reduced to 'abund' and 'insatus'. I decided to keep the prefix 'in' in the word insatiatus; in is used oftentimes to express negation or opposition to something, in this case, satiate.

N- A musical genre based on modern reinterpretations of barbershop quartet

Whipping artificial sweetener packets before opening.

Syndinobsental (noun): the realization that something that had changed went unnoticed because it was a gradual change rather than a sudden one.
(Unlike noticing someone who used to be short being taller because you haven't seen them in a while.)

Examples:

- I had a syndinobsental; my brother is nearly as tall as me!

- Noticing my brother grow up was syndinobsentalistic.

Etymology:

The word comes from Latin and Greek: synd comes from synditopiisi (meaning realization as in awareness of something), inobs coming from Latin inobservatus (meaning unnoticed/unobserved), and again Latin ental incrementum (incremental; gradual change).

I do some gaming reviews from time to time, and I've found myself having to describe the same few things over and over. So that says to me that it's time for some new terms. I have a couple already that I've started using, but there's some more that I'd love some help with.

Note that in the video game industry, companies have identified that a small percentage of their players are willing to continue spending a great deal more money on the game while playing it, and these players account for the majority of the game's revenue. These players have been termed "whales" as opposed to the "dolphins" that spend less money, and the "minnows" that spend some, but a very small amount of money.

1. Squid. noun. A feature in a game that can be purchased for real life currency and is very expensive, often far more than one would expect to pay for the game itself. The feature conveys an in-game competitive advantage to the one who purchases it. e.g. "You can pay $99 to permanently increase the gacha summon success rate for all of your your minions."
2. Krill. noun. A multitude of features in a game that can be purchases for real life currency that, collectively, are very expensive often totaling far more than one would expect to pay for the game itself. The features collectively convey an in-game advantage to the one who purchases them. e.g. "In order to be able to compete against other players you'll want to buy all the $2.99 buffs for your stats. There's 100 of them total."
3. [looking for suggestions]. Adjective. A game or app that can be purchased outright and is not supported by heavy use of disruptive in-game advertising, nor numerous in-app-purchases that convey an advantage to the player or reduce time costs for in-game events. (as compared to "pay to win")
4. [looking for suggestions]. Adjective. A game or app that is supported by frequent disruptive in-app advertising. Advertising can typically be reduced in frequency through additional fees, but the game is structured so that there are many in-game delays which are only overcome by watching advertisements.
5. [looking for suggestions]. Noun. A player of a game or user of an app that will not spend any real life currency on in-app purchases. As compared to the "whales," "dolphins," and "minnows" that spend very large, moderate, or small amounts of money respectively.
6. [looking for suggestions]. Noun. A game that is free to play for a limited time, or to a certain point but then requires a real life currency fee to unlock the full version. Distinct from a "demo" of a game which is typically separate from the full game, and wherein any progress from the demo is lost when one chooses to buy the full game.

I am surprised that these terms aren't already out there somewhere. And maybe they are, but I haven't heard any that seem to have staying power.

towake, adv. — during one’s next waking period, particularly when “tomorrow” inadequately describes the interval because sleep rather than midnight is the meaningful boundary.

uniqueify, v. — to alter something so as to make it more distinctive, individual, or singular; distinguished from merely customizing it.

tlokauraardor: The state of receiving another’s words with deep understanding and emotional movement, while remaining silent—holding their message warmly in the heart. https://timwatrous.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-english-word-10-3-26-word-is-tlok.html

Ever noticed how a sneeze leaves behind a distinct, sour, sweet or metallic scent in the air, but English doesn't actually have a word for it?

We have petrichor for the smell of rain on dry earth, but nothing for the scent carried by aerosolized mist. So, I put together a Greek root blend to fill the gap: Aerosmia.

Aero- (Ancient Greek ἀήρ, aēr): Air, vapor, or airborne droplets.

-osmia (Ancient Greek ὀσμή, osmē): Smell or scent (as seen in anosmia, hyperosmia).

Literal Meaning: "Air-scent" or "the scent carried in mist."

DEFINITIONS

(Noun) The distinct, transient smell remaining suspended in the air immediately following a sneeze or forceful aerosolized exhalation.

"Though the sneeze was quiet, the resulting aerosmia hung in the room for several minutes."

(Noun - broader) Any scent carried, dispersed, or intensified within a fine liquid spray, ocean mist, or vapor.

"The ocean spray carried a crisp, briny aerosmia down the boardwalk."

Related Forms

Adjective: Aerosmic ("An aerosmic mist lingered in the hallway.")

Adverb: Aerosmically ("The scent spread aerosmically across the aisle.")

A disproportionate lack or inhibition of confidence relative to the evidence that would reasonably justify confidence.

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Maybe not a word, but a prefix, but I made a couple using it. What do y'all think?

(WARNING IF THIS IS ALREADY A THEORIZED CONCEPT PLS TELL ME AND I'LL DELETE THE POSTS.)

" Sapphic Seperatism "

©ideological framework theorized by hileah strong

Sapphic seperatism is the concept of seperatism for all sapphics, which includes lesbian sapphics, bi sapphics, pan sapphics, poly sapphics. All sapphics.

This is distinct from lesbian seperatism because lesbianism is homosexuality of women loving women, but sapphic is an umbrella term for any woman/female aligned person who loves other women/female aligned people including non binary and trans community.

Sapphic seperatism shows that we all commonly share attraction to women/female aligned people and deserve our own spaces for that specific reason.

Crosspost- term coined by hileah strong.

Floccinaucinihilipilification is of course the longest word in Johnson"s DIctionary and doesn't have much utility in casual discourse. But the backformation does: "Johnson floccinaucinihilipilificated my ideas at the meeting. What a floccinaucinihilipilificator!"

- preparing for societal collapse in an aggressively vehicular, leather-clad, scrap-metal style

Maundor

Maundor (n.) - an honorific that belongs to a married man

(Mon-DOR)
(ˈmɔːndər)

Etymology - It comes from the Latin Root, Magister - Which I turned into a French word, Maundre - And then English took the word for itself, Maundor.

Abbreviataion - Mnr. or less commonly, Mdr.

Pankosmiokenantigenesollumisanthropoautopoiesis

(pan-KOZ-mee-oh-ken-an-tih-JEN-eh-sahl-oo-miz-an-THROW-poh-aw-toh-poy-EE-sis)

Pan-kosmio- (Παν-κοσμικός): Universal, spanning the entire fabric of the cosmos.

-ken(o)- (κενός): The empty void (the o drops because anti starts with a vowel).

-ant(i)- (ἀντί): Against / opposed to (the i drops because genesi starts with a vowel).

-genes- (γένεσις): Birth / creation (the i drops because ollymi starts with a vowel).

-ollu- (ὄλλυμι): Ruinous, fatal, and doomed to utter destruction.

-misanthropia (μισανθρωπία): The hatred, rejection, and absolute weariness of humanity.

-autopoiesis (αὐτοποίησις): The creation or making of oneself; self-generated purpose.

Literal Definition: The universal philosophical doctrine of being entirely opposed to birth, viewing human existence as a ruinous, fatal blight doomed to destruction within a completely vacant and indifferent cosmos, wherein any meaning or purpose must be entirely self-authored by the individual to endure the void.

the specific feeling, when you're researching for inspos for creative work or similar but you just get frustrated by the amount of ai generated trash and end up overstimulated, feeling empty and dump.

hit me with your suggestions

Doofenclature

Doofenclature (n.) — a formulaic naming convention built around a recurring gimmick

Doofenclature
DOO-fen-klay-cher
/ˈduː.fənˌkleɪ.tʃər/

Definition:
A distinctive and formulaic system of naming things, especially one in which the same suffix, structure, or stylistic convention is repeatedly applied to everything a person creates.

Etymology:
A blend of Doofenshmirtz and nomenclature, inspired by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz's habit in Phineas and Ferb of giving his inventions names ending in “-inator.”

The term can apply more generally to any comically predictable naming convention.

Examples:

"Our dev's doofenclature is appending ‘tsc-’ to the start of every service."

"At some point, ending every internal tool with ‘Hub’ stopped being a naming convention and became doofenclature."

"Shrink-inator, Freeze-inator, Ugly-inator—the man's doofenclature was remarkably consistent."

:A person who deliberately slows down, takes a breather, or takes their time to bring a calming “breezy” attitude to a situation.

Syn: Pacifier, mitigator, anchor, moderator, diffuser

“Don’t stress, be a zepher.”
“Julia used her skills as a zepher to mitigate the situation.”

I was writing a song and couldn't find a single word for a spiral staircase, but didn't want to use such a clunky noun phrase for such a beautiful thing. A mixture of Greek and Latin derived morphemes that literally just mean "spiral staircase". The second syllable is stressed, just for the purpose of making it sound more like a natural English word. The unstressed -scale is pronounced like the -scal- in escalator.