Sunday, May 30, 2010

Neologisms

Portmanteau
a word for a meal between snacks and dinner
Some of the words posted by various batches :
Andheri (w16) : dinack/snaer
Dadar (E5+E6) : snadin/sninner
Borivili (A2) : snacker/dinack
Most of the students voted for : dinack
So the new word is:
Dinack
POS: noun
Meaning: a meal between snacks and dinner
Usage: Can we meet for a dinack at 7?
Origin : it is a portmanteau formed by joining dinner and snacks
Hope you guys use this word .....cheers ....:)
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2 comments:

  1. hey mam kewl..i'hv started using d wrd...dinack

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  2. another variant:
    "dunch"

    a very late lunch at office caused by mostly controllable (and sometimes non-controllable) work schedules

    herein, you try to compensate for the morning nutrition that you missed and simultaneously stock your body with the energy it shall need when you'll be working late in to the night...

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