ensky

Nov. 8th, 2013 07:24 am
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ensky (en-SKEYE) - v., to raise or place in the sky; to exalt, to praise to the heavens.


A purely English coinage (from around 1600) from the prefix en-, to cause (something) to be in (as in entomb, enclose) + sky.

---L.

Date: 2013-11-08 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mount-oregano.livejournal.com
enwine: to give or take wine to drink; to become drunk, or to praise drunkenly.

I just made this up. I think it's a keeper.

P.S. I'm drinking beer right now. The word "enbeer" might also be a good word, and I think it might have to do with praising a football team. Also to believe that one is capable of winning a bar fight.

"encoffee" probably has to do with computer giddily programming Easter eggs.

Date: 2013-11-09 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
I heartily approve of all these neologisms.

Date: 2013-11-12 12:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
I enjoy them !

Date: 2013-11-09 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
I love this word. I discovered it a while ago because it's at the top lefthand of one page of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate, 11th edition, which I'm always consulting for work.

Date: 2013-11-11 02:06 pm (UTC)

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