New words for US/CA - 2015-02-07

[marcoagpinto]

Hello Kevin,

I saw the e-mail activity and here is a list of around 190 words not recognised by US.

Kind regards,

Marco A.G.Pinto

EDIT: Please notice that some words may be GB only. reupload reuploads reuploading reuploaded purificatory Selene Selene's enduro enduros autotest autotests euphrasia sabadilla smartwatch smartwatches Engelmann Engelmann's blackbutt blackbutts cordwood overleveraged DVR DVRs aggregator aggregators cladogram cladograms cladogenesis cladogenetic countertransference buttercream eco-warrior eco-warriors phenology phenological squalene hydrocephalic hydrocephaly sonograph sonographic sonography Matangi Matangi's synchromesh diachroneity diachronically diachronistic diachrony insertable turnable mujahideen mujahedin mujahidin unmatch unmatches unmatching unmatchably uncatchable Osirian hosannah taskforce pisciculture piscicultural pisciculturist Piscean Pisceans Andromedae Neoptolemus Neoptolemus's Troilus Troilus's Cressida Cressida's Calchas Calchas's frontwoman frontwomen lipslide lipslides fakie fakies unproblematical unproblematically progressivist progressivists degressive concessive bifunctional functionalistic transformative transformationally transfixion transferware underlease underinvest underinvests underinvesting underinvested monogrammatic tiramisu cock-a-doodle-doo BFI adland Adlerian Adlerians Freudianism placeman unobstructive unobserving inconsequentiality inconsequentialities inconsequentialness soundbox charango charangos EP shaly shalier shaliest shaley outsail outsails outsailing outsailed bivalence quo skysail skysails snowscape snowscapes Citrix Citrix's SEO relatable relatability eco-tax eco-taxes ecotone ecotones ecotonal antiepileptic antianxiety unmedicated hawklike waterlog waterlogs waterlogging genotoxic biocoenosis biocoenoses elevational facies antialiasing antifungal antiballistic antibubble pharma pharmas anovulant anovulants calmative calmatives tricyclic tricyclics bioavailability bioavailable monocyclic membered memberless leptin parvovirus parvoviruses leptospirosis postulatory kleptocrat kleptocrats kleptocracy kleptocracies kleptocratic kleptoparasite kleptoparasites kleptoparasitic kleptoparasitism libitum unsized unrevised unrevoked unreversed unrestored

[kevina]

@biljir care to comment on these words?

[biljir]

I can immediately endorse DVR(s), buttercream and kleptocracy. smartwatch is a rising neologism, it's probably worth adding. The mujah- words are all alternate spellings of mujaheedin (and I'm not sure that's the most accepted spelling). I'm not sure how accepted taskforce is as a single word - a quick search of major American dictionaries did not turn up anyone that accepts it. The names Troilus and Cressida are from Shakespeare I think, and/or perhaps classical mythology. I don't think it would hurt to add them.

And tiramisu is delicious - I'm prejudiced in favor of having that particular dessert recognized.

It is possible that when I have a little more time I might endorse a few more more of these words.

[kevina]

Thanks Alan.

I added your suggestions.

[marcoagpinto]

Alan and Kevin,

Please notice that I mentioned that some words may be GB specific.

"taskforce" appears in the Garner's Legal Oxford dictionary (remember I have a gold account):

"taskforce

is increasingly made one word, especially in BrE. That being so, it would be convenient for writers—in BrE and AmE alike—to make it one. E.g.:"

And, several of the names I mentioned were from Greek Mythology, Alan was right.

Kind regards,

Marco A.G.Pinto

On 11/02/2015 00:04, Alan Beale wrote:

I can immediately endorse DVR(s), buttercream and kleptocracy. smartwatch is a rising neologism, it's probably worth adding. The mujah- words are all alternate spellings of mujaheedin (and I'm not sure that's the most accepted spelling). I'm not sure how accepted taskforce is as a single word - a quick search of major American dictionaries did not turn up anyone that accepts it. The names Troilus and Cressida are from Shakespeare I think, and/or perhaps classical mythology. I don't think it would hurt to add them.

And tiramisu is delicious - I'm prejudiced in favor of having that particular dessert recognized.

It is possible that when I have a little more time I might endorse a few more more of these words.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/kevina/wordlist/issues/97#issuecomment-73811351.

[biljir]

I note that the Google books ngram viewer shows that usage of "taskforce" is minuscule compared to "task force".

[kevina]

I've added all the words I am going to from this list. Closing.