Yes, yes – as I’ve already said, I know that devolution doesn’t mean de-evolution. So what? Let it go, blog snorkeller minor, let it go.
Today, for your delight and delectation, I have two words that should never have existed and yet – somehow – do.
- ‘Electronification’ – the rendering digital of a previously analogue process
- ‘Ideation’ – the taking and developing of an idea
Which has led me to ideate the concepts of ‘literacization’ and ‘verbification’, which both describe the taking of linguistic vandals and shutting them in a small room full of scorpions and centipedes with only a copy of the Oxford English dictionary (abridged) for protection. I’d have thought that, after an hour or so, they’d appreciate the real value of said reference aid.
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