Compostulation

A postulation worthy of the garbage heap

The point to are trying to make is a compostulation, it is completely flawed.

by GrumbyBox June 2, 2022

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compounded fuckedupedness

When your relatively small fuck-up balloons into a much, much larger fuck-up as a result of other people's fuck-up.

If the plumber hadn't of fucked up, and the building super hadn't fucked up, my giant fucked up turd wouldn't have flooded the basement. It's compounded fuckedupedness.

by Walter_Sobchak47 August 9, 2022

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Compound lift

Squats deadlifts bench kissing

Slim kissing addison is a compound lift

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Composting Flumpter

Person who falls off the toilet and then shits on the floor

John that composting flumpter, fell over again and shat on the floor.

by Chimikin October 5, 2022

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Composting Flumpter

Person that falls off the toilet and then shits on the floor.

John that composting flumpter, fell over again and shat on the floor.

by Chimikin October 5, 2022

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When two (whole) words are combined to create a new word with a new meaning.

(This new meaning can be wildly different from what the original two words mean on their own).

Additionally, there are three different kinds of Compound Words: Open, Closed, and Hyphenated.

Closed compound words have no spaces. Open compound words have separation between the two (or three) words. Hyphenated compound words have hyphens between words.

(Closed Compound Words):

Justice- Just, Ice,
Bargain- Bar, gain,
Kidnapping- Kid, Napping,
Grandparent- Grand, Parent,

Babysit- Baby, Sit,
Pineapple- Pine, Apple,

(Open Compound Words):

(While there’s a physical space between open compound words, the meanings of the two words have been combined. This is why they are still considered Compound.)

Examples:

Cell Phone- Cell, Phone,
First Aid- First, Aid,

Common Sense- Common, Sense,

Real Estate- Real, Estate,

Life Jacket- Life, Jacket,

Rib Cage- Rib, Cage,

Hot Dog- Hot, Dog,

Cotton Candy- Cotton, Candy,

(Hyphenated Compound Words):

Well-being- Well, Being,
Word-of-mouth- Word, Mouth, Of,

Up-to-date- Up, date, to,

Most native English speakers don't give compound words much thought...because we're so overly familiar with them in every day speech. However...Compound words are a great testament to how bizarre (and often hilarious) the English language can be.

Like think about the distinct departure in meaning between say: kidnapping vs. kid napping or one nightstand vs. one night stand, Or what about how we decided to define generational age with words like "Grand" or "Great?" (I.E. Great-Great-Grandparent). We all know there's nothing grand about aging itself, and not everyone's grandparents qualify as "grand" either. "Hot dog" is another little adventure.

There is so much about the world that's wonderful and weird sitting in front of us, but we miss out because we don't pay attention to what's overly familiar.

by Olive989 March 27, 2023

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