▲ 114 ▼ Have you ever momentarily forgotten a word, so you just make one up? (discuss.online) submitted 6 months ago by Etterra@discuss.online to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments I have, twice that I can remember. Nukamajig - microwave. I still use it from time to time because it's too stupid not to. Miscombobulate - mixup and confuse. Just now, between the time it was and when the appartment building's laundry room was closed for the night.
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Meshuggah means "mad" in Yiddish. The other words may have been Yiddish too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hegar@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago Apparently the patient had once said that mashoki was a term of respect. My family's jewish, and linguists, so i've heard a reasonable amount of yiddish. To me it sounds most like japanese, but the patient has never shown any famaliarity with japan or japenese. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hegar@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago Apparently the patient had once said that mashoki was a term of respect. My family's jewish, and linguists, so i've heard a reasonable amount of yiddish. To me it sounds most like japanese, but the patient has never shown any famaliarity with japan or japenese. permalink fedilink source parent