npr W O N D E R

today, on the way to school, i had the delight of listening to doug fabrizio's radio west on npr. the topic, inventing words. invented words, or "familisms", are a lingual wonder all their own. we create them in secrecy, out of necessity, validate them through the random ways they are born, and discover that they, though silly, are often more expressive than words that are fixed in dictionaries. this language is born of children shouting, noises in the throat and things that keep popping up nameless begging to be named.
have a minute? click on the link to read the discussion, contribute to the forum, and read the words people call their own.
what are your familisms? mine? oh, i thought you would never ask...
well, in my family (of blood and choice) here are a few favorites:
butt-tight: that tense all over anxiety you get when someone does or says something ignorant, bigoted or too self-revealing. the anxiety entends throughout the body, even through the butt.
frozen man: when i shiver i say frozen man. explaination: NONE.