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elehhhhna

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27. If you Google the words that Shakespeare invented which we still use today

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 12:35 PM

Mar 2017

it's a very long list. If you get into the phrases that he wrote that we still use today, it's ridiculous

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What words began in fiction and either became part of the jargon for their genre, or seeped into [View all] Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Mar 2017 #1

Better if I just recuse myself from this discussion...lol. Iggo Mar 2017 #2

Who invented, "Cyberspace." Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #3

Warp speed Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #4

Grok... ms liberty Mar 2017 #5

Good one! Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #6

Thanks! For some reason, I blanked on the book title... ms liberty Mar 2017 #7

Big Brother Is Watching You. Aristus Mar 2017 #8

I see people using "cromulent" on a pretty regular basis cemaphonic Mar 2017 #9

I have hopes that one of my own neologisms for... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #28

I'm pretty sure Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky gave us 'Chortle' Ron Obvious Mar 2017 #10

He also created 'portmanteau' cemaphonic Mar 2017 #12

"Yahoo" Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2017 #11

An especially pertinent entry, seeing as how the Yahoos have taken over. eppur_se_muova Mar 2017 #31

What the Frack? fNord Mar 2017 #13

Festivus - for the rest of us :) patricia92243 Mar 2017 #14

Make it so, Number 1 benld74 Mar 2017 #15

Catch-22, Newspeak, Tanstaafl, Robot...to name a few... First Speaker Mar 2017 #16

"tanstaafl" was an engineering term first... malthaussen Mar 2017 #21

Thanks...I thought Heinlein coined Tanstaafl in *Moon is a Harsh Mistress*... First Speaker Mar 2017 #25

D'oh! SticksnStones Mar 2017 #17

I do believe the All-Time Champeen is one William Shakespeare: WinkyDink Mar 2017 #18

I'm thinking that a midsummer's night dream is more fantasy than science fiction. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #19

Yep, you did! :-) WinkyDink Mar 2017 #32

William who...? First Speaker Mar 2017 #26

How about words created by EC Segar (creator of Popeye)? FSogol Mar 2017 #20

Derivation of "jeep" is clouded... malthaussen Mar 2017 #22

MacGyver malthaussen Mar 2017 #23

Oh, yes. MacGyver is also a verb. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #24

If you Google the words that Shakespeare invented which we still use today elehhhhna Mar 2017 #27

I know, it's terrible, he's full of cliches. n/t malthaussen Mar 2017 #30

See: Post #18. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #33

Beam me up, Scotty. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #29