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Lexicon entry for the day: cyify. This is one of my pet peeves. During class today, both the prof and the students were cyifying every conceivable noun. Grr.

cyify (v) [see-if-I] To unnecessarily add the -cy ending to create a noun, usually in an effort to seem more academic.

Common examples of cyification are “Normalcy” and “Relevancy.”

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This gem, my new favorite word, was inspired by one of ms. newwords’ students.

infactuation. (n) [in-fackt-you-A-shun] The act of attaching seemingly irrelevant facts to an otherwise unsupportable conclusion. Often used to defend the knowledge described as “truthy”.

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escalading. (v) [ess-kuh-laid-ing] (1) driving a Cadillac SUV; (2) ostentatiously driving an inferior vehicle as if it was an overpriced Cadillac SUV.

For example: “Did you see the way he was escalading down Kirkwood in that 1983 Ford Escort?

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