President Bush is not the only guy who invents his own words aka Bushism. I have been doing it for ages. Usually, the new words are invented when I couldn’t think of the real word in time, so I just grabbed whatever comes to mind and said it. Hilarity, and possibly new vocabulary for the Webster Dictionary, ensues.

Oh, and my friends know when I said these things now.

Alcoholized : Less than sober but not completely buzzed.

The Story: Oakley was well into her 2nd glass of champagne when she accompanied her friend and the Bride Melissa to the bar. The bartender asked if she wanted anything to drink, and she told him she didn’t need one because she was well alcoholized. This one is catching on, by the way.

Amphibious : Ambidextrous. (Also Bipolar)

The Story: Somebody asked if Oakley was a lefty. She meant to say “I’m kind of ambidextrous” but couldn’t think of the word in time, and “amphibious” came out.  Similar story for the “bipolar” slip.  I actually was thinking “bipedal” which is still not the right term for ambidextrous anyway.

Oakley-sized : Small.

The Story: Brandon actually came up with this one.

Oakohol : All the infused liquer Oakley produces

The Story: I started infusing strawberry sake couple of years ago from a recipe in the LA Times, and it has grown into quite a variety of hooch.

Oaktually I meant to say… : To be used instead of “Actually what I meant to say is…” after you’ve already created your own word.  Also Speaking Orc.

The Story: Shane and Brandon crafted this one when one of them totally made up a word in a sentence. “Hey, you start to talk like Oakley!”  Shane also accidentally called me “Orcly” once…

One Beer Wonder : Someone who can’t really hold his/her liquor. One beer is just about right and alcoholized.

Taggle Hug : Tackle Hug. Now a twitter inside joke.

The Story: On twitter, @dananner started the #tacklehug when we see our guy friends online.  We did a twitter wine tasting at my house one night and as I went to the computer to say hi to the guys, instead of #tacklehug, I typed #tagglehug.  @MacabrePhotog shot back… “What’s a tagglehug???”  It has since become a running joke: get alcoholized and then #tagglehug everyone on twitter!

Thermostat : Thermometer

The Story: Brandon seemed to be running a fever one night.  I offered to get out of bed to fetch him a thermometer. Naturally, the word came out “thermostat”.

Thermos Pants : Thermal Pants.

The Story: One of those slip of the tongue moment. I was trying to explain to Brandon that I have a pair of thermal pants to pack to our first trip to New Mexico, but the word came out thermos.