Talk:Sniglet
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Should this be merged/redirected with neologism or word coinage? Martin 20:35, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I think it rates its own article, probably with a "see also" in word coinage, if not both. - Hephaestos 20:38, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Are all of the example sniglets authentic? I was a fan of NNtN in the 80's, and some of them just don't sound like Hall's style, particularly "Pinch-n-Roll" (a very old term), "Juicenuts" and "Runal". Unfortunately I don't have my Rich Hall books any more, so I can't check, but Googling these terms doesn't turn up anything specific to Hall. Darguz Parsilvan 20:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- Yea, those terms don't seem like authentic sniglets to me as well, and I was a fan of NNtN too back then... :) misternuvistor 08:29, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
In my opinion and I think history shows that most of these sniglets were awful and cheesily constructed. Like a bunch of failed one-line jokes. 24.168.151.153 06:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
- One does wonder if any of them actually went into general usage (besides "sniglet" itself). Schizombie 00:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- I deleted all the examples of portmanteaus, which are their own thing. That helped pare the list down. JDoorjam Talk 01:52, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- Many sniglets were portmanteaus, though. I think I have all the books, and could add cites for all the words, if that would be helpful. Esquizombi 14:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- What sort of citation style should I use to cite the sniglets to the books? Esquizombi 15:56, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- Also, do you know anything about adding book covers? The cover of one of the books would be nice. Esquizombi 16:00, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- Book covers are kosher; there's even a specific fair-use boilerplate for licensing them. JDoorjam Talk 16:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know how to do that, I suppose I'm going to have to learn? Esquizombi 20:25, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- Book covers are kosher; there's even a specific fair-use boilerplate for licensing them. JDoorjam Talk 16:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- I deleted all the examples of portmanteaus, which are their own thing. That helped pare the list down. JDoorjam Talk 01:52, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sniglet or sniglike?
I removed the word "Arping" which I did not find in the books and replaced it with ARG which was - and which matched the definition for Arping. Same with Snotch - actual sniglet for that definition was Sniffleridge. It's possible they were used on TV or in another Hall source, or they could be from similar sorts of books, or they could be completely made up altogether. Esquizombi 21:13, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
These are ones I removed that I couldn't source. They might be sniglets, but not sure:
- Blint: The furry stuff that gathers in a person's navel
- Fardo: The empathetic feeling of embarrassment one experiences on behalf of someone else who is either too stupid or too ignorant to experience embarrassment for him or herself.
- Prodivalent: Equally favourably disposed to both alternatives.
- Toinker: That little plastic tab that keeps a phone plug or network plug from coming out of the socket
Esquizombi 02:40, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- I like "Sniglike", if the word Sniglet is reserved for the words devised by Rich Hall, or from NNtN. But if it extends to other authors who've invented words to describe something that could do with one, here are a couple from Terry Pratchett's Discworld book, Equal Rites:-
- Squernt:The feeling upon finding that the previous occupant of the privy has used all the paper.
- P'ch'zarni'chiwkov:The nasty sound of a sword being unsheathed right behind one at just the point when one thought one had disposed of one's enemies.[[62.6.139.11 11:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)]]
[edit] References
I'll fix the reference style later, I just wanted to drop them in as I found them in what should be a temporarily acceptable way. There are some others I want to add too, and some more sniglets themselves! Esquizombi 22:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
