The Week's Best Invented Words

The Toronto Star's John Sakamoto presents his weekly feature The Week's Best Invented Words.

BALDERDASH, n.:

"a rapidly receding hairline." (cafe-grendel.blogspot.com)

PROCRASTIBAKING, v.:

using baking to postpone a necessary task, such as studying. (Tara Debicki, Niagara Falls, Ont.)

PRECEDAUNT, n.:

the knowledge that everyone who preceded you in your new job failed miserably. (karengphelan.com/Business/Neologisms.html)

CO³, n.:

"a volatile gas produced by filtering 'carbon dioxide issues' through a windbag." (www.architectsjournal.co.uk)

HANDESTINE, adj.:

making an expressive gesture in "the belief that the person it is directed at can't see it. Occurs during phone conversations, email discourses, and behind people's backs." (verbotomy.com)

COSMERGENCY, n.:

when you run out of makeup, lipstick, mascara, shampoo and conditioner all at the same time. (Kathy Martin, Peterborough)

CORPORATE INERTIATIVES, n.:

self-explanatory (karengphelan.com/Business/Neologisms.html)

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