User:Linshee/My ecolect
My family's ecolect!
Etymology notes: Who coined the term is indicated when known. Also, these words are used by my entire family, regardless of who coined it.
Proper nouns
editFather
editDedumps
edit- IPA(key): [tiːˈtʌ̃ːmpʰs]
- (dated) Unknown. Influenced by the /d/ sound of dad. Coined at similar time to Memumps.
Mr. Pants
edit- IPA(key): [ˈmɪːstʰɹ̩ˌpʰẽːə̃nt͡s]
- (dated) Sister. mister + -pants. Spelling also originated from sister.
Fa
editGrandpapa
editMother
edit- Usual term of address is mama.
Memumps
edit- IPA(key): /miˈmʌmps/
- (dated) Unknown. Influenced by the /m/ sound of mama. Coined at similar time to Dedumps.
Grandmama
editJulia (me)
editHulia
editHools
editHoolz
edit- Variant spelling of Hools.
Huls
editHoolsie
editHoodles
edit- IPA(key): /hudəlz/, [huːɾɫ̩z̥], [hʉːɾɫ̩z̥]
- Brother. Variant of Hools. /d/ epenthesis; compare hampster. /u/ fronting used by brother to mimic Southern American English for humorous effect, other family members use normal pronunciation.
Hyootls
edit- IPA(key): [çu̥.tʰl̥͡xs]
- Sister. Voiceless pronunciation of Hoodles. [l̥͡x] is a double articulation: Back of the tongue on velum ([x]) and blade on alveolar ridge ([l̥]).
Hoos
editAdjectives
editBug-like
edit- IPA(key): [ˈpʌːk.lɐɪk̚]
- Mother. Bug (“a nickname for my maternal grandmother, from lovebug. Forced upon her us by Bug herself because she thought she was too young to be called "grandma" or something normal.”) + -like
cutie
edit- (attributive only) cute
descosteng
edit- IPA(key): [tɛːˈskoː.sn̩], [tɛːˈskoː.stɛ̃ːn], [tɛːˈskoː.stɛ̃ːŋ]
- Brother, me. Imitation of a Scottish accent, from this video.
elongated
editgwem
edit- IPA(key): [ˈkwɛ̃ːm]
- Mother. For when my dog looks like a lil gremlin. Clipping of gremlin. /w/ to imitate baby-speak.
pank
editsingle dingle
edit- single. Usually used in "every single dingle day".
Adverbs
edityeshterday
editInterjections
edit74
edit- IPA(key): [ˈsɛːvə̃nˌtiː ˈfoːɚː]
- Father. He randomly said 74! while we were driving somewhere, and didn't explain. 30 seconds later, we asked him about it, and he said he has zero memory of ever saying it, but everyone heard it.
- Said during an awkward silence to make everyone laugh.
bess
editbyzie
edit- (cute) bye
csc
edit- (children only) cosecant
DRTS
edit- IPA(key): [tɹ̩t͡s]
- Mother. I used to rock my stool onto its back two legs while sitting at the counter a lot.
howdy
edit- IPA(key): [ˈhaːɾiː]
- Brother. Transferred from usual usage of howdy as a greeting. Monophthongization to mimic Southern American English.
neekie nockie
editscuse me
edit- Mother. She burped and said "scuse me" with a funny intonation. Now the suprasegmentals serve as a snowclone for any two-syllable word (that doesn't end in a syllabic consonant), for a humorous effect, e.g. Cheezits [ˈt͡ʃḭː˧˨˦.zɪt͡s˥˩]
- IPA(key): [ˈskçṵː˧˨˦.z̥mi˥˩]
wazizdaz
edit- IPA(key): [ˈw̃ɑ̃ːz̃ə̃ˌsdɑ̃ːz̃] (note: This is what I think is going on. Not even sure it's possible. She has this thing where she nasalizes everything when she's acting like a third child (i.e. babyish) or, for some reason, trying to speak German).
- Sister, from me. I say was ist das? sometimes; she picked up on it.
Nouns
editcrewbie
editdogie
editelbohoho
editging
editgingie
editglasswipe
editicy
editnoobies and bubbies
editpop-pop
edit- Mother, from her mother, from their neighbors. Probably onomatopoeic.
- IPA(key): [ˈpʰɑp̚.pʰɑp̚]
showertown
edit- the shower
- I'm off to showertown.
showshow
edit- I have to take a showshow.
skrill
editTo add
edit- Interjections: kyeman
- Nouns: ficken chish, merote, FST, PST, shool, geld, progrostination, porkypine, pargy, cheff, mikkle, mikkleshool, mikkleshooler, basement, nimnas, canny, packpack, Pi Pi, momo, rinsie, baguette, Monrovian, legit home, bagie, peebuhpapuffs, WAG, immedipee, cleverwear, quarter-z, pappy, kibs, OLP, chokey, terv, insinkerator, yammies, givl*, IVL*, CD*, louwalk*, groc, oddity, tard, grande strawberry açai refresher with no strawberries, rents, macca, nachoos, cream cracks, tomats, baskie, lily, pehonay, rits, (phone) backpack, guhl, fuh, walky, harnie, tinybed, babywalk
- Adjectives: could
- Particles: uzza (from who's a (good boy, etc)), hess
- Proper nouns: Cutthroat Chicken, Wiffbiff Wemmin, Bug, Loodles, Bitbit, Bitty, Snuffles, Brown Hunter, Koter, Hay Hay Hay, Sip n Sack, Lululemon, Pi Pi, the Bucket, Yimpics, Goosey, Juicy, Zits, Gulls, Paparoni, Paparons, Mamaroni, Mamarons
- Suffixes: -ez
- Verbs: dang, set the bed, greenchair, whitecouch, pop-pop, go bizarre, fast backwards, FST, PST, gwem, snark, transform, juice, werind, immedipee, froggy, worm, tiny bone, cone, delienate, screen, good girlin, cool the undercarriage, cool, guhlin, boyin, hungryin, tumblins a-rumblin, lioning, groomt, zoomt, snout is out, take a left around the world, sprant
- embarrassing things we call the dog: Lulu, Lou, Lootles, Loots, Lootsje, Lootschenko, Lootser, Lootsmites, Sweetledee, Sweetledum, Cutums, Babykins, Soulful Eyes, Boy, Hludawiga, Luis, Chubby Baby, Barky Baby, and create-your-own: pick any A + any B!
- A: Baby, Honey, Honeyest, Mr., Sweetie, Littlest, Little, Sweet, Sweetiest, Sweetest, Cutie, Cutiest, Beautiful, Babiest
- B: Bear, Honey, Baby, One
- not allowed: *Honey Honey, *Baby Baby, *Babiest Baby
- embarrassing things we call the new dog
- Pep, Peppy, Miss Baby, Miss Pep, Peppermint, Miss Honey, Peprika, Munky, Miss Munky, Munky Eyes, Pepperoni, Roni, Rons, Ons, Guhl, Pepper Wish, plus a bunch we call Lou as well
- embarrassing things we call my dog
- Bisc, Bobo, Biskutia, Tiny Irises, Porkchomp, Ewok, Ezdog, Fozzy, Mup, Muppy, Muppy Puppy, Grandsun