That Should Be a Word

That Should Be a Word: A Language Lover's Guide to Choregasms, Povertunity, Brattling, and 250 Other Much-Needed Terms for the Modern World by Lizzie Skurnick, 150 pages

In That Should Be a Word, Skurnick offers up a plethora of neologisms to fit all manner of situations in today's world. Some of these are a bit too specific (such as "Twiticule," or to make fun of someone on Twitter; or perhaps "Whoogle," to look up a person online), but I can definitely see the merit in adding some of these to the collective lexicon. My favorite is "Slocab" (the words you can't think of when you really need them), and considering how often this situation arises in my life.

My only complaints with this generally fun book are its organization (the words are organized by general topic, and there's no alphabetical list ANYWHERE), and the fact that most of these words are useful to only a certain yuppie-ish segment of the population. That said, it's worth a gander if you're a wordie (you know, like a foodie, but with words). Did I just make up a new word there? Hmm...