Tuesday 21 September 2010

A word that SHOULD exist is ...

"Tisk (v)"
I made this word up to describe when you make that disapproving sound with your tongue on the roof of your mouth, behind your front teeth, and flick your head back. Do you know what I mean? There is no word to describe this in the dictionary. I've used it in my WIP: "Ivy tisks." Sounds better than "Ivy makes a disapproving sound with her tongue on the roof of her mouth, behind her front teeth and flicks her head back." Dontcha think?

Now ... who do I contact to put it in the dictionary ...

Have you got any words you think should be included in the dictionary?

27 comments:

  1. I'd always thought that the verb form of the sound was 'tutted'? Still, tisk is a much better word, I like words that are onomatopoeic :D

    The only words I'd like to see inserted are Wenglish words (a combination of English language and Welsh adaptations) - b'there and b'here. Slightly different to both 'there' and 'here', they show the relative position of an object between both yourself and the person you are talking to.

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  2. Probably not in the dictionary, but I write tsk tsk tsk all the time...yours looks more like a real word!

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  3. Yours does look more like a real word than what I usually see. And yes it does sound better than the long drawn out explanation of what she's doing!

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  4. Lol. I write tsk all the time so I'm all for making tisk a word.
    My favourite, at the moment, is 'gah!' You know, when something happens that you don't believe, all you can say is "Gah!" :)

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  5. I would have thought you could simply have got away with 'tsked' - mind you it doesn't look right, does it?

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  6. I love that 'new' word. I love your character's name. Our girl is named Ivy. Pretty cool. :)

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  7. The word I really love is already in the dictionary- somewhere- I first found it in "The fall of the house of Usher" by Poe "phantasmagoric" the problem is, its not exactly in the dictionary that way...I think what they actually have in the dictionary is phantasmagoria instead. But its a great word.

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  8. 'frumped' Word doc is convinced its not a word. but I know better...:)

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  9. I always "tsk" but I think in support, I shall now TISK. Is there a petition cuz I'll sign it right now...

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  10. It's NOT a word?! Well, someone should be informed. After all, ginourmous is in the dictionary now.

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  11. I've used the word in the past, I wonder why it isn't in the dictionary? Perhaps one day it will.

    Yvonne.

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  12. I think the word "effing" should be included.

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  13. When you said 'tisk', I knew exactly what you meant. lol. It's obvious to me and I can't believe it's not already a word.

    As far as making up words, I don't have one off the top of my head.

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  14. I always thought that was a word, as in "tisk, tisk, young man." The governess said.

    It should totally be in the dictionary.

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  15. that totally makes sense b/c like Matt said up there, you read people *saying* "tisk." So to tisk--yes. You win.

    I made up swooney. I also made up another word in my first book... what was it. sheesh. I forgot it already.

    but I have no problem w/inventing new words. Young hollywood does it all the time! ;p

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  16. The words I make up are either misspellings - and I think it should totally be spelled MY way - or swear words.

    I'm inventive with cursing, especially when blogger or my characters aren't cooperating.

    Tisk, tisk . .

    .......dhole

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  17. My wife created a word - dramastically - a combination of dramatic and drastic. I think it needs to be in the dictionary!

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  18. Great word 'tsk'. I also tut a lot, much to the annoyance of the LSO!

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  19. Ha ha ha! I agree with you - that one should be in there. I think it's time we included "woo-hoo"!

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  20. I like that word! I think fuzzable should be one too.

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  21. For what it's worth, I've seen people use tsk... 'Ew' is in the dictionary but what I'd like to campaign for is it's inclusion in Scrabble dictionaries!

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  22. I've seen it 'tsk,' if that helps.

    Also, there's this word that I don't remember making up - but I obviously did: lank (pronounced 'laink'). I don't know where it came from, but it's always the first word on my tongue when I'm trying to find the words 'reluctant' and 'hesitant'.

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  23. I would have absolutely believed that was a real word. Or tsk, tsk.... Interesting! :O)

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  24. I'll vote to put tisk in the dictionary :)

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  25. AlliAllo ~
    Thanks for stopping by my place. (But you should have called first and given me time to clean up - my blog was a mess.) I thought perhaps you had abandoned me for good, it's been so long. You've missed a lot of A-list stuffs I've posted. (Well, maybe not really.)

    But I was by here a couple days ago and had intended to leave you a comment with some good news, and then axe you a question.

    GOOD NEWS: Tisk is in fact a real word. Only it's spelled "tsk". The following comes right out of my copy of the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

    tsk (pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron. tisk), interj. 1. (used, often in quick repetition, as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.) 2. for shame! --n. 3. an exclamation of "tsk." --v.i. 4. to utter the exclamation "tsk." Also, tsk tsk.

    The one I'm hoping to someday see admitted into the dictionary is Homer Simpson's "Doh!"

    QUESTION: Would you mind telling me how you are able to post a word with a line through the center of it? I've seen you do this more than once. Like as if you've changed a word in mid-sentence. e.g., "He was full of shi crap." But you draw a line completely through the "shi" as if scratching it out. How you duz dat?

    ~ D-FensDogg
    'Loyal American Underground'

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