Entry 1124 — Neologizania
Late Sunday. I must be out of the null zone because I’ve been neologizing like mad lately. One of my new terms is “ellipsistry” for ellipsis poetry. No, this is not going into my Serious Taxonomy, but the way Marton is going, and the fact that others have made ellipsis poems has me close to thinking such poetry should have a special name. Serious new Grummanisms are “triumphantry,” “moralitry,” “conspiraplex” . . . Hmmm, not as many as I thought. But there was “unseveraling,” too. I don’t count my ad hoc poeticisms as full-scale coinages, though–just my Important Verosophical Terms. “Neologizania” is an ad hoc joke, so doesn’t count, either. “Triumphantry,” which is the feeling of success one experiences when achieving a victory, may be a term I’ve re-coined. Ditto the other two, now that I think about it. “Moralitry” is what I call telling other human beings how to live their lives. I consider it one of the major human endeavers along with art, verosophy, survival, etc. “Conspiraplex” represents “insane conspiracy theory” as opposed to a conspiracy theory that makes sense: the theory that Bush and Cheney master-minded the destruction of the twin towers, for instance. I can’t think of a conspiracy theory, by my definition, that makes sense, but there must be some.
Monday. Here’s another coinage: “ethicry.” The attempt to live morally. Opposed to ethics, which is the attempt to determine what living morally is.
Hmmm, not for the first time I find I’ve made up a word I already had another word for–at least in part. Only six months ago I coined “dominantry” for “what politicans and warriors of various .rts do to achieve positions of power which allow them to tell others how to live theirs lives. That would include what I mean by “moralitry.” Still, the latter covers what politicians do, and . . . “subjugatry” would work for what warriors do. I think “ethicry” a good addition to my list of final human activities, which gives me eight: Art, Verosophy, Utilitry, Recreation, Sustenation, Quotidiation, Ethicry and Dominantry (in order of their importance . . . to me, that is.
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