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My boss told me to make up the name of a company when I'm calling Trademark Lawyers. He asked me on the fly to tell him a word that didn't exist. The result was a Kindergarten insult I heard last year that sounds like fat rubbing against polyester: "Sheeelimph."
I don't think trademark laywers would buy that being the name of our new tutoring company. I also think my boss was pretty disapointed, esp. with me conferred with all the rights and privileges thereto bestowed upon me by the dept of English at UCLA.
Now, in my research, I've found a list of words that don't exist.
Words That Don't Exist, But Really Should...
1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the
bathroom faucet on and off with your toes.
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of
running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching
over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the
vacuum one more chance.
3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped
on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the
germs.
4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people manoeuvring for one
armrest in a movie theater or airplane.
5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto
the dust pan and keep backing a person across the room until he finally
decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man guy lay' shun) n Manhandling the "open
here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the
'illegal' side.
7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole
purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
8 PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and
forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog
presses its nose to it.
10.TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always letting
the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only
six inches away.
appears courtesy of http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/EmailJoke_Set_5/1997.html (since I am researching Trademarks).
I don't think trademark laywers would buy that being the name of our new tutoring company. I also think my boss was pretty disapointed, esp. with me conferred with all the rights and privileges thereto bestowed upon me by the dept of English at UCLA.
Now, in my research, I've found a list of words that don't exist.
Words That Don't Exist, But Really Should...
1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the
bathroom faucet on and off with your toes.
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of
running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching
over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the
vacuum one more chance.
3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped
on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the
germs.
4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people manoeuvring for one
armrest in a movie theater or airplane.
5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto
the dust pan and keep backing a person across the room until he finally
decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man guy lay' shun) n Manhandling the "open
here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the
'illegal' side.
7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole
purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
8 PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and
forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog
presses its nose to it.
10.TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always letting
the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only
six inches away.
appears courtesy of http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/EmailJoke_Set_5/1997.html (since I am researching Trademarks).