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New Words from the American Heritage Wiktionary
by Kendra Abbott, age 11m and Samsam Ismail, age 6
Published in And They Call Us Aliens
fourifty /fȯr-'if-tē/ noun: a car with forty seats and fifty tires for an awesome bumpy ride. It only has two doors.
Example: “When you want some fun (and you’re fifteen and older) come on a ride in the fourifty!”
quantse-quipitalfobya /kwɒn-tsi 'kwɪ-pɪ-ˌtɒl fo-byə/ noun: the color of the sun: brown, red, pink, and blue all mixed together.
Example: “Quantse-quipitalfobya is a word that you could spell.”
rueezing /rə-'wē-ziŋ/ verb: when you run and sneeze…well, let’s just say it’s not pretty!
Example: “News Center 5. We just got the call that someone is rueezing. Stay tuned for more information.”
shimmel /'shim-məl/ noun: air so strong with chemicals that you can’t breathe. It will kill you after 17,000 sniffs.
Example: “I can’t breathe! I think I have shimmel disease!”
superlyduperly /ˌsu-pər-lē-'dü-pər-lē/ noun: a bicycle that has 47 seats for a party or a lot of people if you’re just crazy.
Example: “C’mon kids, we’re going on the superlyduperly!”
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