2018 Wordplay is now complete!
The winners for 2018 are listed first (in red). Congratulations to Tom Lloyd for coming in first this year. Congratulations to all the top 10!
Here’s the List of Words that came in for the 2018 Contest and this year’s winners!! We have continued with some categories we used the past few years. The Top 10 are in RED at the top of the list. We only choose one top-10 per submitter, so for the more prolific contributors, we have the honorable mentions showing in BLUE. And there there are the ones that didn’t fit the rules that we just liked or were submitted anonymously. They are in PURPLE. Congratulations to the winners!
| Word | Definition | Name | |
| Winners | |||
| Calmity | Serenly moving towards total disaster | Tom Lloyd | |
| Tspunami | A long, high, and cataclysmic wave of water caused by the washing of an eating utensil under a faucet | Glenn Heath | |
| Tunesia | Inability to remember a melody you once knew | Evan Zucker | |
| Lyeperbole | Lying with great exaggeration | Galen Cortina | |
| Puber | Taxi ride service for young adolescents | Michael Koplen | |
| Deafinitely | Said vehemently when he didn’t hear a thing | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Pregret | Knowing you’ll later wish you hadn’t | Mia Debidin | |
| Retweat | Retwact in 140 letters or less | Doug Langmead | |
| Recadavism | Repeated relapse into choosing the wrong man | Anne DelCampo | |
| Herbibore | Someone who can’t stop talking about their vegan diet | Shari Rosenbloom | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Fuxed | When you thought you fixed something only to find you made it worse | Shaun Appleton | |
| Yestersay | All the words and sentiments you wish you had said when you had the chance | W. Ellen Fleischmann | |
| Bustification | Rationalization for augmentation | Anne DelCampo | |
| Fattire | What you wear when bloated | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Perseverence | How “perserverance” would have been speeled had “e” tried a little harder | Kevin Church | |
| Blister | Someone chafing to be on the A-List | Doug Langmead | |
| Tiered | Tired on many levels | Mia Debidin | |
| Special Mention | |||
| Broga | The other guy in your yoga class | Wayne Price | |
| Curmunchikin | A chronically cranky child | Matthew Tieman | |
| Jetlog | The slowing down of one’s bowels after being on a long international flight | Name Withheld | |
| Druel | A spit fight between noblemen | Name Withheld | |
| 2018 Entries | |||
| Squid pro Quohog | The Fishmonger’s dilemma | Anne DelCampo | |
| Promisses | Promises given\promisses materialized | Vali Jamal | |
| Defliction | The consequences attributable to the effects unintended consequences | The Lateralist | |
| Encrouching | To intrude while semi-squatting. Often done in theaters en route to mid row seats | Mia Debidin | |
| Catnea | A breathing disorder one acquires from an allergic reaction to cats | Christopher Domres | |
| Claustraphobic | What Santa feels as he climbs down the chimneys | Anne DelCampo | |
| Slothario | A lazy lover | Anne DelCampo | |
| Multiasking | The frantic behaviour of children approximately two weeks before Christmas | Brian Horton | |
| Toolmb | Where guys with over-inflated egos are buried | Patricia Real | |
| Tunesia | Inability to remember a melody you once knew | Evan Zucker | |
| Fromulae | An Economic rule for measuring human or natural systems output | The Lateralist | |
| Cafartsis | The moment of relief while passing gas that’s been held in for a long time | Kevin | |
| Stippulation | A spotty formal agreement | Patricia Real | |
| Latte | Fashionably unpunctual with an attitude | Patricia Real | |
| Masogynist | A touch-therapist who won’t take female clients | JD Crowly | |
| Hebrew | “It’s a Man’s Beer!” | Franz J. Vesely | |
| Drolling | Posting a weak joke in an online comment section in the hope of getting someone to post an lol | Michael de Silva | |
| Petiatrician | A specialist of veterinary medicine whose practice only treats puppies and kittens | Wayne Price | |
| Mistachio | The pale green stripe left on your lip after eating pistachio flavoured ice cream | Derek Farr | |
| Retickulation | The revelation that there is a tick on you again | Caroline McQuilliam | |
| Animall | A shopping center for pets | Christian Hampson | |
| Smortcuts | “Smart” shortcuts–those clever dodges that don’t get you anywhere except into trouble | Joyce Maxwell | |
| Fascianate | Attraction to and interest in the fascias being both human and architectural | Andrew Herden | |
| Barbeqnue | A Viking Funeral | Doug Langmead | |
| Nasosecond | A measurement of the time available to grab and deploy a tissue once you feel a sneeze coming on. Inversely proportional to the severity of the sneeze. | Kevin Sutherland | |
| Calpable | A capable individual is calpable when their capabilities capitulate | Andrew Herden | |
| Mismet | The Kismet resulting from calpabiliy, misadventures, mistakes or unintended consequences | Andrew Herden | |
| Champeon | The best of the least | Anne DelCampo | |
| Noncompoop | What you find in an Army latrine | Anne DelCampo | |
| Foxymoron | A sly simpleton | Anne DelCampo | |
| Broga | The other guy in your yoga class | Wayne Price | |
| Madician | A mentally challenged magician | Andrew Herden | |
| Polterygeist | 1. A Foul Fowl 2. Possessed Pecker 3. Spectral Clucker | Alan J. Adler | |
| Accentident | Someone who mangles a foreign accent. | Giselle Varn | |
| Tarantesla | A festive Italian folk dance performed in electric cars | David Martel | |
| Missogynist | Someone who hates only single women | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Telepathetic | Someone who does a very poor job of communicatng with ESP | Thomas Peterson | |
| Prima Farcie | Something presented as fact discerned farcically wrong on first read/see | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Pregret | Kowing you’ll later wish you hadn’t | Mia Debidin | |
| Calumnist | Attendee at a White House press briefing | Doug Langmead | |
| Preramble | Introduction to a political explanation | Wayne Mac Arthur | |
| Beodorant | Reclassification of cologne when used in lieu of taking a shower | Kurt | |
| Kryptonite | Romeo & Juliet, Act 5 | Brian Bacon | |
| Proctologest | Bad joke made by a proctologist after an exam | Alan J. Adler | |
| Clottery | The gamble you take with every double bacon cheeseburger | Jeff Perry | |
| Mysterectomy | An operation where you’ve had something removed but you aren’t sure what. | Scott Ross | |
| Trembolo | What your voice has when you’re afraid | Carl Held | |
| Donsortium | The Mafia | Anne DelCampo | |
| Proctical | Asinine | Carl Held | |
| Recadavism | Repeated relapse into choosing the wrong man | Anne DelCampo | |
| Asspiration | The desire to have a buffed, better bottom | Anne DelCampo | |
| Capastrophe | Right outfit, wrong ‘at (Capropos of Capostrophe – an ‘at) | Doug Langmead | |
| Bustification | Rationalization for augmentation | Anne Delcampo | |
| Tyrunt | Tiniest despot | Anne DelCampo | |
| Baldercash | The ridiculous money spent on unsuccessful hair regimens | Anne DelCampo | |
| Meadusa | A besotted and snaky sorceress | Anne DelCampo | |
| Nextrovert | Willing to intereact ONLY with the person sitting next to you at a dinner party | Ann Harleman | |
| Nocturtal | A tortoise that only comes out at night | Doug Langmead | |
| Stripulations | Work rules for “exotic dancers” | Anne DelCampo | |
| Genderalization | Stereotyping someone based on his/her sex | Ann Harleman | |
| Sailient Points | North South East West | Anne DelCampo | |
| Econenemy | Poor | Jim Hanson | |
| Prerejection | Crossing someone off your list of possible dates before you meet him/her | Ann Harleman | |
| Yangst | Fear of men | Anne DelCampo | |
| Blinguistics | Jewel jargon | Anne DelCampo | |
| Ad-glib | Condensed version of “Ad-glibitum erratum,” the motto of off-the-cuff noundescripts | Doug Langmead | |
| Retributton | An eye for an eyelet | Doug Langmead | |
| Negacy | The moral, spiritual, or financial defecit left behind by a careless, corrupt or self absorbed predecessor or leader | Owen Bright | |
| Kimono Dragon | Early morning wife in a dressing gown | Name Withheld | |
| Retweat | Retwact, in 140 letters or less | Doug Langmead | |
| Satisfraction | Partial contentment | Mia Debidin | |
| Curmunchkin | A chronically cranky child | Matthew Tieman | |
| Tiered | Tired on many levels | Mia Debidin | |
| Origamo | The ancient art of herb folding | Name Withheld | |
| PTDS | Post Traumatic Dyslexia Symdrome | Kelsey Ishimoto | |
| Diartribe | A Tiradesman’s journal | Doug Langmead | |
| DeCampo | Anne has left the building. | Doug Langmead | |
| Invertebrat | A spoilt fellow but spineless if confronted. | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Ambitextrous | The ability to send phone messages to your friends equally fast with both thumbs. | Lee J Lamberts | |
| Windefatigable | When you don’t get tired of winning. | Bryce Rudow | |
| Taunt | How you tease someone who who misuses “taunt” for “taut.” | Peter Sterpe | |
| Obesequious | Reduced to servility on account of a recent gain in weight, | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Calmity | Total disaster and not even a ripple. | Doug Langmead | |
| Bwitch | An evil, nasty woman. | Lydia Herndon | |
| Hymaena | Song in praise of laughable spotted doggerel. | Doug Langmead | |
| Obtuse Angel | A disapproving, well, angel. | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Veturinary | An animal urologist. | Daniel Le Scieller | |
| Satisfraction | Partial contentment | Mia Debidn | |
| Cantatta | Never can say goodbye. | Doug Langmead | |
| (The) Werewithal | Lost wherewithals [sic] – e.g. the skill for thinking up play words. | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Exersize | Clothes size following a break up. | Name Withheld | |
| Defemation | Ruining your good name by everyone dumping on you. | Mark Leaver | |
| Collaboreat | Choosing a sharing meal | Derek Farr | |
| Blogviate | To go hyper on one’s own blog. | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Adjudycate | To arrive at a formal judgement about a disputed matter bu accepting the decision handed down by Judge Judy. | Wayne Price | |
| Potice | To notice apolice officer (most commonly used while driving.) | Bryce Rudow | |
| Puber | Taxi ride service for young adolescents. | Michael Koplen | |
| Cruler | Instrument to measure degrees of mean | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Himpotent | Acknowledgement of someone’s elevated position | Nancy Grant | |
| Fabsolutely | Abosolutely fabulous | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Yestersay | All the words and sentiments you wish you had said when you had the chance. | W. Ellen Fleischmann | |
| Manufractured | States the condition of a damaged product you receive that you ordered online. | Douglas Campbell | |
| Bability | The skill to talk incessantly | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Persnickity | An especially fussy, fastidious, impossible to please or spoiled cat. | W. Ellen Fleischmann | |
| Haircon | Device for keeping cool head when the hairdresser has misunderstood your request | Derek Farr | |
| Bruncher | Breakfast, lunch and dinner. When you haven’t eaten all day and you eat so much you are stuffed all day. | Theresa Mortensen | |
| Smoon | To faint at the sight of the moon | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Hystaria | The exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion expressed during the soprano solo in an opera | Derek Farr | |
| Sui Generus | philanthropic pig | Hugh Ryan | |
| Capropos | The right hat at the perfect time | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Cementia | A mindset filled with concretized nonfading beliefs. | Michael Koplen | |
| Henigma | “What comes first, the chicken or the egg?” | Anne DelCampo | |
| Shydration | Infusing one with humility | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Cattitude | The look of utter contempt that a feline gives you when you say “here kitty, kitty, kitty” | Wayne Price | |
| Quadrants | Simultaneous tantrums of quadruplets. | Joel Schechter | |
| Fattire | What you wear when bloated | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Concushion | Damage incurred from hitting your head on a very hard pillow. | Evan Zucker | |
| Infurinating | Someone who makes you so angry that you pee your pants | Steve Levinson | |
| Greatuity | An exceptionally generous tip | Anne DelCampo | |
| Clunacy | Crazy about George Clooney | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Idiota | A dumb person who does not care one iota | Ellyn Quiggle | |
| Hailitosis | Putresctrichor – the smell of an ice-storm in a swamp | Douglas Langmead | |
| Falst | When you have been lied to. | Joel Schechter | |
| Repercurssions | Repercussions with added curses | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Nillionaire | One who has spent their last dollar on a lottery ticket. | Norbert Kaysser | |
| Aftghan | The last citizen from Afghanastan in a long line of Afghanies. | Joel Schechter | |
| Decapidated | Thoughts of suicide after enduring the worst date of your life. | Joel Schechter | |
| Pstoicism | A hint of imperturbability | Douglas Langmead | |
| Salmonilla | An ice cream flavor made from Alaskan salmon. | Joel Schechter | |
| Genderr | Incorrect identification of one’s gender | Joel Schechter | |
| Facon | Turkey bacon (fake bacon) | Brendan Coyle | |
| Clownazepam | medication prescribed for habitually goofy people | Brian Griffith | |
| Residoody | The stuff left in the toilet after you flush | Elise Norris | |
| Aromantics | Pheromones | Anne Delcampo | |
| Sneezure | An attack of multiple sneezes | Dana Houghton | |
| Tamorning | a shorter version of “tomorrow morning”. Most commonly used at work, or a term used among workmates. I will see you tamorning! | Faith Christine Green | |
| Nature Balk | This is when the dog won’t keep walking forward because the geese are bigger than she/he is. | Marg Walinga | |
| Concubane | A “high upkeep” mistress | Anne DelCampo | |
| Metronome | A gnome who is secure in his sexuality. | Brian J Foshee | |
| Laphorism | A saying that makes you chuckle. | Joe Hensley | |
| Menergy | The kind of energy or excitement overtly exhibited by a group of men. There must be 3 or more present. Topics can include (but are not limited to) sports, cars and power tools. | Kareen K. Morrison | |
| Mileup | An improved cultural environment. | Name Withheld | |
| Sleering | This is when a person leers at a sleeping person. | Marg Walinga | |
| Procrastineating | To put off doing something by eating | Tanveer Qureshi | |
| Misagree | This is when two people agree to meet at a destination and end up in different locations. | Marg Walinga | |
| Decklamation | A speech given from a raised wooden platform. | Shari Rosenbloom | |
| Puffian | Someone who thinks he is a tough guy but he only talks big. | Marg Walinga | |
| Misunderstrand | To wrongly believe that a person wants to be left in a difficult situation. | Mia Debidin | |
| Herbibore | Someone who can’t stop talking about their vegan diet. | Shari Rosenbloom | |
| Podietry | The practice of eating detergent pods. | Dave Paddon | |
| Extpensive | Preoccupied by cherished objects | Steven Petrovic | |
| Jetlog | The slowing down of one’s bowels after being on a long international flight. | Name Withheld | |
| Mengland | The Europrostate. Home of the Brexit, gland of the free. | Doug Langmead | |
| Druel | A spit fight between noblemen. | Name Withheld | |
| Engraver | A mortician. | Ralph Colson | |
| Hornithology | Collection of short stories written by nymphomaniacs. | Michael de Silva | |
| Obsuade | To obstruct the truth in order to persuade | Diane Lewis | |
| Hepcatitis | A jazz-lover’s jazzed-liver | Doug Langmead | |
| Mufficate | Being extremely hot while eating muffins. | Laura Vagianos | |
| Sculinarian | Dish washer at an elegant restaurant | Anne DelCampo | |
| Hexpert | A witch | Deborah Rosen | |
| Combinym | A new word derived by adding or mixing one or more letters from two or more words. The idea was inspired by an 11-year-old from Ashland, OR, who asked if the definition of sand was a wet/dry place where the sea (s) overlaps the land (and). | A. Duncan | |
| Sirplus | Too many Knights at the round table | Anne DelCampo | |
| Snap | A short nap | Laura Vagianos | |
| Problematic | A troublesome room at the top of the house | Ridley O | |
| Barcolepsy | A wee nap at the pub | Anne DelCampo | |
| Meanderthal | A wayward driver from the low end of the evolutionary scale, cruising to extinction. | Brian Horton | |
| Postcared | No longer cares, even enough to send token communication. | Bret Pearson | |
| Discance | The alienation experienced by a DJ whose song choice leads to smaller and smaller numbers on the dance floor. | Jody Hanson | |
| Normalby | An upgraded normalcy | Jeff Parker | |
| Mosquinto | An insect with below average eyesight. | Jody Hanson | |
| Wobbligation | Something you have to do, that makes you fat. | Leslie Craven | |
| Basshole | An especially unpleasant fish. | Edward Brode | |
| Premature Jamulation | When you put your jammies on early and someone comes over and you have to get street clothes on again. | Wanda Pettijohn | |
| Leotard | A dumb lion. | Bob Haig | |
| Mahogmany | New Year’s Teak | Doug Langmead | |
| Pop-in-Fresh-a-Phobia | The fear of those cans of refrigerator biscuits exploding in your face when you try to open it. | Terri Blazell-Wayson | |
| Minimum Wrage | The threshold hourly rate of employment where the worker is always on the edge of going postal. | Glenn Heath | |
| Tweewt | Message from an ambitextrous palindromist | Doug Langmead | |
| Tspunami | A long, high, and cataclysmic wave of water caused by the washing of an eating utensil under a faucet. | Glenn Heath | |
| Sprig Chicken | Rosemary’s Baby | Doug Langmead | |
| Disstopia | A fantasy world where offense is always given and never taken | Andrew Brett Cole | |
| Chaffé | Coffee with wheat on the side | Dougl Langmead | |
| Disco-bobulation | Confusing and uncomfortable movements of the head accompanied by 70s dance music | Andrew Brett Cole | |
| Brophylaxis | Action taken to prevent mutual male friendships. | John Davis | |
| Grampy | A grumpy grandpa | Bill Church | |
| Incompoop | A fool or simpleton that makes a crappy salary. | Al Virgo | |
| Snowl | The sound made by wind blowing heavy snow. | Edward Brode | |
| Snockers | The large breasts of a drunken woman. | Edward Brode | |
| Blaboratory | The place where speech therapists work. | Edward Brode | |
| Gyrateful | Being thankful for the ability to ”spin—i.e. ”turn base metals into gold.” | Henry Wechsler | |
| Fartled | When someone farts so loudly it startles you. | Melissa Peaker-Whitten | |
| Blister | Someone chafing to be on the A-List | Doug Langmead | |
| Deafinitely | Said vehemently when he didn’t hear a thing. | Vali Jamal PhD | |
| Musick | When you can’t remember the name of a song, because your muse has the flu. | Jennifer L Breidenbach-Cote | |
| Fuxed | When you thought you fixed something only to find you made it worse. | Shaun Appleton | |
| Ediot | People that quote other out of context. | Don Bender | |
| Mepiphany | The moment you suddenly realise something about yourself | Snigdha Sharma | |
| Cleptospirosis | disease spread by thieving rats | Mark White | |
| Perseverence | How “perseverance” would have been spelled had “e” tried a little harder. | Kevin Church | |
| Mynickers | What is kept in an underwear drawer | Wayne Price | |
| Cannybals | Scots who feast on Clan Chowder | Doug Langmead | |
| Ravelation | Realizing that your coming apart at the seams. | Bill Church | |
| Eskimors | Graham cracker, marsh mellow and chocolate treat you prepare when you don’t have a campfire. | Kevin Church | |
| Blackground | Checking a criminal’s résumé. | Bob Forrest | |
| Amego | The thing that gets me in more trouble that anything. | Kevin Church | |
| Converstation | a conversation that is going nowhere | Renee Slade | |
| Acujuncture | That one place where ALL pain is relieved. | Kevin Church | |
| Abstacles | The myriad things that get in the way (mostly self-inflicted) that prevent one from getting a set of righteous six-pack abs rolling. | Michael McClure | |
| Assap | A jerk in a rush. | Geoff Malleck | |
| Idiotsyncrasy | The daily dance of rush hour traffic. | Kevin Church | |
| Constituition | Your right to overpay for college. | Kevin Church | |
| Bureaucrazy | Piles of papers gone nuts | Sheryl Williams | |
| Ammpunition | Resulting when your supply of ammo is cut off | Bill Church | |
| Landscraping | Barely scratching out a living on the farm | Bill Church | |
| Expoliate | To clear out parliament | Lyndsey Cattermole | |
| Calmity | Serenely moving towards total disaster | Tom Lloyd | |
| Pentecoastal | Littoral Lutherans | Doug Langmead | |
| Naaaahmaste | What one says at the end of a session of goat yoga | Wayne Price | |
| Ffuton | Inflatable mattress | Doug Langmead | |
| Cantine | A dog’s diner | Doug Langmead | |
| Sargasm | Sense of intense pleasure while conveying irony and contempt for ones fellow man | Chris Englund | |
| Lestesterone | Positive workplace change | Bob Kerr | |
| Condominimum | Protection for the not well-endowed male | Steve Katz | |
| Tribathalon | Having no time for workout, but hitting the whirlpool, steam room and shower at the gym | Steve Katz | |
| Playcate | To take a vacation and not do any work at all, not even look at your email | Jeanne Perdue | |
| Lyperbole | Lying with great exaggeration | Galen Cortina | |
| Commatose | One who is oblivious to the need of the pauser mark | Vali Jamal |