‘On Language’ 4/26 - These invented words didn’t come ‘gladually’

Lexicolumn: This week’s space reserved for creation of words
‘On Language‘
Chicago Tribune
April 26, 2006
By Nathan Bierma
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Doctopus: Veterinarian specializing in cephalopods.

Meteurology: The science of predicting the weather based on bladder habits.

Mistery: Inexplicable unhappiness.

Stragedy: A detailed plan for handling a catastrophe.

—Ted Mellow, Buffalo Grove

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Posted by Nathan Bierma on 04/27 at 09:45 PM
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