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Thursday, March 20, 2008

New word

I've created a great new slang word, "moogler".

It's a noun. You can't really give it a dictionary definition, but if it is not used negatively, it connotes dispensing, creating, making, or using the noun that precedes it. For instance, a bartender could be called a "drink moogler". A musician in a band could be called a "guitar moogler" Judges could be called "justice mooglers".

If it's being used negatively, it has overtones of hoarding, not being fair, that kind of thing. For instance, if someone orders pizza and is being very stingy with it, you could tell them to "stop being such a pizza moogler!"

You can even use it jokingly. For instance, if Sally absolutely hates baking cookies, you could jokingly introduce her as "My friend Sally, the cookie moogler."

It's a versatile and useful word with many applications in daily speech. However, do not fall into the trap of turning it into a verb. "To moogle" is wrong! It's a noun!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Moogles are a fictional race from the Final Fantasy series of RPG video games. I think Square Enix would go all copyright infringement on your ass for this.