5 New English Words

Language is alive and forever changing. Approximately 25,000 new words are introduced into English on an annual basis, and, in an attempt to keep you with a finger on the linguistic pulse, so to speak, and in the spirit of doing something a little different, here's a list of my five favourite 'new' words to the language. Enjoy!

1. A Nonversation a conversation that seems meaningless or ridiculous.

2. An E-Quaintance a person who you only 'know' through online networking.

3. To Gaslight (verb) to drive someone crazy by making them doubt their memory or perceptions.

4. Drizzmal (adjective) a description of rainy weather that causes melancholy.

5. A Cyberchondriac one who imagines that he is ill, having just read about the symptoms on the Internet!

Example: 

1. A Nonversation a conversation that seems meaningless or ridiculous:

"I had a nonversation with a stranger while we were both waiting for the bus."

2. An E-Quaintance a person who you only 'know' through online networking:"She's an e-quaintance, we chat alot inline, but I have no idea what she looks like - we've never actually met."

3. To Gaslight (verb) to drive someone crazy by making them doubt their memory or perceptions."I keep hiding her keys from her. She doesn't know I'm doing it, she thinks she's becoming forgetful. I'm just gaslighting her for fun."

4. Drizzmal (adjective) a description of rainy weather that causes melancholy:

"A week of rain is making us all feel a little drizzmal."

5. A Cyberchondriac one who imagines that he is ill, having just read about the symptoms on the Internet!:

"Stop looking at medical websites! You're becoming a cyberchondriac - you think you have every disease you read about!"

This lesson is just a bit of fun. Because these words are new, they aren't necessarily widely used by English speakers yet. 

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