Some Words/Phrases I’d Like to Coin As I Age
Some Words/Phrases I’d Like to Coin As I Age
Harmomnemonic: tune that helps us remember something; i.e. who we are.
Noosetalgia: what hangs us up in the past.
No-wince situation: better than many alternatives.
Self-bleaty: oh, please!
Memammaries: thinking about them hurts the chest.
Musicafeelia: somehow makes it all better.
Sighlense – also useful.
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Very much a draft poem for the wonderful Kerry O’Connor’s Flash 55 Plus prompt on With Real Toads to write a 55 word poem. The plus is to use a word that may not be translatable. Kerry gave a wonderful list of non-English words, but I thought I tried to come up with some of my own, beginning with a riff on mnemonic, an aide memoire.
Just about my favorite Harmomnemonic these days is Paul Simon’s American Tune. Below two alternative versions of the same song.
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ManicDDaily 
February 7, 2016 at 11:04 am
Perfect!!
My addition is TRAGINATION (imagined tragic events to come), increasingly relevant.
February 7, 2016 at 11:44 am
Oh dear! That is a scary one, but a good word for sure! k.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:04 AM, ManicDDaily wrote:
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February 7, 2016 at 1:24 pm
I think there is still a lot of room for new words… There are not enough dictionaries.
February 7, 2016 at 6:00 pm
This is absolutely perfect! Love the “oh, please.”
February 8, 2016 at 8:27 am
Great words, lovely song (one I hadn’t heard before). Thank you.
February 8, 2016 at 8:44 am
A round of applause from me… Loved them all!!
February 8, 2016 at 8:50 am
PS. It has been years (maybe 20) since i listened to that song and I sang along word for word, and seems more applicable (except for the Mayflower verse) now than ever before.
Tomorrow is going to be another working day
And I’m just trying to get some rest.
Paul Simon (and Art Garfunkel) provided the sound track for a certain time of my life.
February 8, 2016 at 9:03 am
It’s a really beautiful song. K.
February 8, 2016 at 12:54 pm
Love ‘noosetalgia’
February 9, 2016 at 12:08 am
destupify. as if. ~
February 9, 2016 at 11:59 am
“Noosetalgia” is just brilliant!
February 9, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Noosetalgia is a riot as are all of them.