| Last Hussar | 27 Aug 2008 4:58 p.m. PST |
I am starting a campaign to get a new word into the dictionary. The word was made up today by a collegue talking about a fraudster. Because a fraudster DEfrauds (which logically is the opposite), her brain, concentrating on the conversation reached for the nearest obvious verb. He fraudulised his victim. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 27 Aug 2008 9:38 p.m. PST |
Wouldn't 'frauds/frauded/frauding' be a better choice? Just get rid of the 'de' as we have got rid of the 'in' from inflammable? "He was frauded by a fraudster who has a history of frauding people." |
 Jlundberg  | 27 Aug 2008 11:48 p.m. PST |
Once gruntled makes it in, I will back you up. In order to be disgruntled, you had to be gruntled in the first place. |
| fairoaks024 | 28 Aug 2008 2:55 a.m. PST |
jlundberg, gruntled already exists, its just fallen out of common usage. this is the case with most english 'opposite' words that don't appear to have an antonym. one fell out of use and the other. strangely, didn't. regards jim |
| zoneofcontrol | 28 Aug 2008 6:15 a.m. PST |
If a person accicentally commits fraud is that considered a
Fraudian Slip? |
| Streitax | 28 Aug 2008 10:22 a.m. PST |
You! Zoneofcontrol! Out of the pool! |
| WeeSparky | 28 Aug 2008 12:46 p.m. PST |
I have begun using the word "Snarkasm" hoping it will make it into the common lexicon. |
| Covert Walrus | 28 Aug 2008 3:21 p.m. PST |
That word is bound to turn up on NZ radio and TV . . . The longer the word, the more those guys like it. For example, if in a rugby match someone shows a great amount of athletic prowess it is described these days as "This player has great athleticismness" Seriously. |
| Last Hussar | 28 Aug 2008 5:39 p.m. PST |
Wouldn't 'frauds/frauded/frauding' be a better choice? But she didn't say that, and Fraudulated really makes it sound like the victim came off worse- dodgy Daleks could say it. |
| Thomas Nissvik | 03 Sep 2008 2:13 a.m. PST |
My favourite new word is sickitates. A friend of a friend is a DA in the US and he used in court so it has been officially entered into US archives. |
| Daffy Doug | 20 Sep 2008 9:50 a.m. PST |
If something is a fraud, how can you DEfraud someone by committing fraud? Wouldn't DEfrauding someone be saving or sparing them from fraud? It's those dammed French! "De" means "of", so defraud means "of fraud". But now it's one word. I think a new word like "fraudulise" is a good suggestion. I vote "yay." |
| AndrewGPaul | 23 Sep 2008 2:13 a.m. PST |
Gah. That's even worse than the horrible crime against English that is "burglarized". The word is burgled. |
