Lynn Guist's definitions

Tinue

The root of “continue”. It means to start something over after an interruption or hitch. I’ll go through the process on how it became continue. “Con-“ means jointly (in this case), and to start something again from the point you ended off at, essentially joining them (hence the use of “con-“), you get “continue”.

“Shit, I lost where I was for the fourth time. Now I have to tinue this page again…”

by Lynn Guist March 8, 2026

Llow

The root of “Allow”. It means to actively block or de-promote something. I’ll go through the process on how it became continue. “A-“ means not (in this case), and to promote or permit something, essentially NOT llowing it (hence the use of “a-“), you “a-llow” it. As it is the root, it is pronounced just like “allow” without the “a”.

“No! I won’t let you do that! I will llow it!”

by Lynn Guist March 8, 2026

Fodoer

Created from the root “do”, it describes someone who is a follower or copycat. The “fo-“ means “secondary” and the “-er” means “someone who…”, so fodoer means “someone who does something after another”.

“With more popularity comes more fodoers…”

by Lynn Guist March 8, 2026

Ter

The root of “titter”. It means to laugh loudly from nervousness or embarrassment, usually in an awkward manner. I’ll go through the process on how it became continue. “Tit-“ (haha) means small (in this case), and to laugh in a half-suppressed way from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment (basically to ter in a surpressed way) is to titter.

With all the people staring at him after his bad joke, he began to ter.

by Lynn Guist March 8, 2026

Cert

The root form of “concert”. It means a performance for one person. I’ll walk you through how we got to “concert”. The root “con-“ means together in this case. If you were to go to a performance with your friend, essentially a cert together, you would have a con-cert. In English, we remove hyphens that don’t break up 3-letter groups when we add a prefix/suffix, so “concert”.

“I should’ve become a producer, they get certs all the time.”

by Lynn Guist March 8, 2026

Trol

Root of “control”. It means the two parties are equal. The together prefix, “con-“, adds the linkage and therefore the power dynamic between the two parties, which is how “control” was made.

“Me and your math grade are trol, I’m not helping you.”

by Lynn Guist March 8, 2026

Emklež

Emklež is a shortened dialect of standard “English” that uses only 13 letters to represent the usual 26 plus “sh” and “ch”. It’s what would happen if future speakers got lazy, and if you just sound everything out (the ž is pronounced like the “s” in “measure”), it sounds like someone is speaking it very poorly. Very efficient for writing, not for reading.

Emklež es a žoldemed dealekd oh sdamdald “Emklež” dhad oses omly 13 leddels do leplesemd dhe osoal 26 plos “ž” amd “k”. ed’s whad woold happem eh hodole speakels kod lažy, amd eh yoo žosd soomd ehelydhemk ood (dhe ž es plomoomsed leke dhe “s” em “measole”), ed soomds leke someome es speakemk ed hely poolly. hely ehheseemd hol wledemk, mod hol leademk.

by Lynn Guist March 9, 2026