OakSpeak
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 this will get updated as a new word/phrase comes along.
Alcoholized : Somewhere between buzzed and drunk.
The Story: Oakley was well into her 2nd glass of champaign 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.
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.
Bipolar : See “Amphibious”. Same story, but instead I was thinking “bipedal” which is still not the right term for ambidextrous anyway but well…bipolar came out instead.
Oakley-sized : Small.
The Story: Brandon actually came up with this one.
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.
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!”
One Beer Wonder : Someone who can’t really hold his/her liquor. One beer is just about right and alcoholized.
*NEW* Speaking Orc : Understanding any of my nonsense without me having to explain myself or the knowledge of the OakSpeak a.k.a. Orc.
The Story: Once in a while, I would start to go off on my nonsensical word fishing and Brandon/Shane/Olaina/Nora would pick up on what I was trying to say when nobody else understands anything. They’d tell other folks that “Why, yes, indeed I do speak Orc.)
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.
