Wordsmithing, Part Deux

[Wordsmithing, Part One]

The other day it struck me that maybe "big" is no longer enough of a euphemism for "fat". I mean, when you call someone "big", they know very well what you mean. Plus sometimes a person is just big, not fat. This called for some original thinking...

Gravitationally challenged: Somebody who's more than averagely challenged by the Earth's gravity (formerly called "big" (and before that it was called "fat")).


No longer will anybody have to suffer humiliation because of their... ummm... gravitational challenges.

The I-am-a-wordsmith Edition

Sometimes the lexicon of the English language proves inadequate for my needs. So I do what any inventive person would do: I go down the DIY route to fill in the gaps. Here are a few examples:

Space-time argument: when two (or more) entities try to occupy the same point in space at the same point in time. This is also sometimes simplistically referred to as an accident or a collision.

Geniosity: The measure of a person's genius. Most frequently used in a sentence like, "My geniosity knows no bounds."

Geniass: Variation of "genius". This is a person who thinks he or she is a genius but is actually an ass/stupid. Pronounced just like "genius", except "us" is replaced by "ass", with the emphasis on "ass". So, phonetically: genie-ASS. A geniass' geniosity is very low.

Yessirmaam: For when you have to say yessir to a lady (how did they miss this one?!).