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Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#101

Post by akiselev »

pfdietz wrote: post #93
s1mon wrote: post #63

I couldn't help not putting a request into GPT4. I got some pretty good ones, and I assume with some tweaking and/or multiple cycles, you could get a big list. >Flambition (noun): The intense desire to achieve success or recognition through flamboyant or showy behavior. Example: His flambition led him to wear outrageous outfits and perform daring stunts in front of the crowd. Cellivacious (adjective): Displaying a li…

Add the constraint that the word shouldn't be a portmanteau.

Then it just switches to Latin roots:

> Mortifraction: Morti- is derived from the Latin "mors" meaning "death", and "fraction" from the Latin "fractus" meaning "broken". This word could be used to describe a process involving the fragmentation or division of something with lethal or deadly consequences.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification

Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#102

Post by GMoromisato »

I tried asking for the definition of various words that I'd made up for Transcendence (my video game). The results were not that great (IMO). I bet a human would do better:

archcannon: TWDNE says "a cannon of a type used to fire artillery". My definition: a powerful weapon, usually the top-of-the-line for a design series."

hexarcology: TWDNE says "the formation of an octave by the intersection of two lines on a line of symmetry". My definition: a digital arcology.

hierosteel: TWDNE says "a hinged piece of glass attached to a wall or ceiling". My definition: "holy steel"; at type of alien metal that is particularly strong.

wartech: TWDNE says "a tubular device for keeping a tube in place for washing a bath, toilet, etc." My definition: a programmer/engineer on a front-line military squad.

What I really want is the opposite: I want to type in a definition and get back an appropriate made-up word.

Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#105

Post by tuatoru »

BoiledCabbage wrote: post #76
jandrese wrote: post #59

Hmm. I got a word that already exists, and worse the definition is horrific. flunkie a woman whose weight is too low for her skin to cover "a skinny flunkie from around the world" https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/flunkie/eyJ3IjogImZsd...

I got a word, where as far as I know it doesn't exist, but it I'm a bit disappointed in the definition. It seems like the unique value here would be using the roots/spelling of the word to be plausibly influence the definition. Its hard for me to think that a word with a root as straightforward as klepto would have the definition below. So still an interesting app in it's on way, but disappointing it didn't seem to t…

Yeah, this is terrible.

klept - having to do with theft

porosis - excessive numbers or volumes of voids in a nominally solid object: osteopororis, having sponge-like bones.

Kleptoporosis would be "the emptiness of your bank accounts after you've been scammed", or "the condition of a company's retirement fund after it was taken over by an asset stripper".

Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#106

Post by BizarroLand »

account-5 wrote: post #97
s1mon wrote: post #63

I couldn't help not putting a request into GPT4. I got some pretty good ones, and I assume with some tweaking and/or multiple cycles, you could get a big list. >Flambition (noun): The intense desire to achieve success or recognition through flamboyant or showy behavior. Example: His flambition led him to wear outrageous outfits and perform daring stunts in front of the crowd. Cellivacious (adjective): Displaying a li…

> Confluderation (noun): The act of creating a temporary or makeshift solution to a problem by combining unrelated elements in a haphazard manner. Example: The broken chair was held together by a confluderation of duct tape, string, and clothespins. The example basically describes all fixes make in the army. Black tape[0] and green string[1]. [0] https://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Harry_Black [1] https://www.arrse.co.uk/wi…

The entire IT field also, only occasionally ameliorated with actual repairs just before the company is sold to make it seem like the backbone of the company is as strong as it actually should be instead of the Papier-mâché simulacra homunculus system that relies on a sysadmin who hasn't been seen in the sunlight in 30 years but if Van Helsing ever locates and stakes him the whole company collapses and crumbles to dust just like he does.

Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#107

Post by BizarroLand »

akiselev wrote: post #101
pfdietz wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Add the constraint that the word shouldn't be a portmanteau.

Then it just switches to Latin roots: > Mortifraction: Morti- is derived from the Latin "mors" meaning "death", and "fraction" from the Latin "fractus" meaning "broken". This word could be used to describe a process involving the fragmentation or division of something with lethal or deadly consequences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification

That doesn't jive. Mortifraction should be somewhat related to le petit mort and coitus interruptus,

Something like being close to having an orgasm while using pornography but being stopped because your parents/wife/girlfriend/someone else who would disapprove of such actions and have no reasonable expectation of privacy from suddenly arriving at your location.

Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#108

Post by fsckboy »

drdeca wrote: post #41
deafpolygon wrote: post #13

If it has been spoken, it is a word.

I think it maybe needs to have been spoken with the intent to communicate or express a somewhat specific thing. Like, a couple seconds ago I vocalized the sounds “xzoubadoo”, but I didn’t attach any particular meaning to it, it was just an arbitrary collection of syllables, “spoken” to demonstrate a point, but without the intent that the sounds stand for anything. I don’t think “xzoubadoo” is really a word. At least,…

to become a word, it has to be overheard and learned from context by third parties

Re: This Word Does Not Exist

#110

Post by blackoil »

account-5 wrote: post #97
s1mon wrote: post #63

I couldn't help not putting a request into GPT4. I got some pretty good ones, and I assume with some tweaking and/or multiple cycles, you could get a big list. >Flambition (noun): The intense desire to achieve success or recognition through flamboyant or showy behavior. Example: His flambition led him to wear outrageous outfits and perform daring stunts in front of the crowd. Cellivacious (adjective): Displaying a li…

> Confluderation (noun): The act of creating a temporary or makeshift solution to a problem by combining unrelated elements in a haphazard manner. Example: The broken chair was held together by a confluderation of duct tape, string, and clothespins. The example basically describes all fixes make in the army. Black tape[0] and green string[1]. [0] https://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Harry_Black [1] https://www.arrse.co.uk/wi…

Hindi has a word for it "jugaad". It means exactly this.
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