Wednesday 6 January 2010

Non

I was thinking the other day about non-words.

You know, words that sound like other words, but actually aren't.

Like,"supposibly"? That's a pretty common one.

And there are "punkins" at Hallowe'en and "sammiches" when you're hungry.

You know, non-words!

What are your favourites?

10 comments:

Dominic said...

Well, 'irregardless' is a particularly irritating one..

Jillian (back to the nest) said...

I love this. Since becoming a blogger, I've had a tendency to incorporate the word blog into everything, ie "blogtastic", blogify, etc. Non-words are a fun time!

Victoria said...

Irregardless of what Dominic? ;)

Ooooh, blogify, that's a good one Jillian! :D

Ms Behaviour said...

Making up words is fine (moovie, for example) but using words which you think are real but should know better drives me nuts! Prolly. I hate when people write prolly. I hate when they say it too.

Victoria said...

Oh, I forgot about prolly! Heh.

Jonathan Beckett said...

You can combine them too - I jus finishd nommin my sammich.

Anonymous said...

I love fantabulous :)It's the best nonword word I know.

Victoria said...

Fantabulous! :D

Anonymous said...

I love your blog! How about "guestimate". :)

Victoria said...

That's totally a word... isn't it???? ;)