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Jabber's English Note---how to coin the word

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本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Actually, I don't know much about how to coin(make, create) words in English.

If you visit msn.com, you will see a picture with some words like "Splitsville--Did Afffleck Dump J.Lo?". In the dictionary, we probably (90% probablity) won't be able to find the word "splitsville". It is simply a word created by the people at msn.com or by some journalists. The marriage among celerities in Hollywood is very unstable and they spit very easily, so the word is cooked up to imply Hollywood. I have to confess I admire the people who play this kind of word game.

Recently, I got more and more interested in country music. In a song I listen frequently, there is an artificially-made word: Brokenheartsville. Actually, this song is entitled "Brokenheartsville". Accoring to the song, the girlfriend ran away with somebody else at a small town, so this town was a brokenheartsville to the artist. If somebody's girlfriend or wife runs away in Vancouver, this guy may post his misfortune this way: Vancounver---My Heartbrokensville.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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Last Updated: 2003-9-15
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  • 工作学习 / English / Jabber's English Note---how to coin the word -jabber(jabber); 2003-9-15 {1045} (#1370476@0)
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Actually, I don't know much about how to coin(make, create) words in English.

    If you visit msn.com, you will see a picture with some words like "Splitsville--Did Afffleck Dump J.Lo?". In the dictionary, we probably (90% probablity) won't be able to find the word "splitsville". It is simply a word created by the people at msn.com or by some journalists. The marriage among celerities in Hollywood is very unstable and they spit very easily, so the word is cooked up to imply Hollywood. I have to confess I admire the people who play this kind of word game.

    Recently, I got more and more interested in country music. In a song I listen frequently, there is an artificially-made word: Brokenheartsville. Actually, this song is entitled "Brokenheartsville". Accoring to the song, the girlfriend ran away with somebody else at a small town, so this town was a brokenheartsville to the artist. If somebody's girlfriend or wife runs away in Vancouver, this guy may post his misfortune this way: Vancounver---My Heartbrokensville.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
    • Hoho, in Chinese we have this word for a long time, it is "bei4 ai4 qing2 yi2 wang4 de jiao3 luo4". -pyramid(树木); 2003-9-15 (#1370500@0)
      • 这可不是被爱情遗忘的角落. 你可以理解为伤心地或断肠处.-):-):-) -jabber(jabber); 2003-9-15 (#1370547@0)
        • 原来是“车祸现场”的英文，谢谢：） -baygirl(冰淇凌); 2003-9-15 (#1370577@0)
    • I've also heard that you people get a free ticket to losersville, population, 3. -judge_jack(J-guy); 2003-9-17 (#1373952@0)

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