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Marilyn Vos Savant’s Words We Need

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Marilyn vos Savant may be known to Parade readers for her Numbrix puzzles and answers to tough questions but she likes to dabble in inventing words too.

Here are a fews words that she would like to add to the English language.

Slippenknickers (noun) trousers that fail to perform their function, especially in the rear.

Medipate (verb) to ponder whether shaving one’s head will improve one’s social life.

Freeble (noun) an unimpressive freebie.

Overbucket (verb) to eat way too much popcorn during a movie.

Nummy (adjective) descriptive of any food that one hopes to persuade a sick child to eat.

Wonket (noun) a foreign trip taken by an elected official for the sole purpose of appearing important to voters back home.

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