If you have wanted to know the latest slang in town, I bet you have tried to search for such words on Google. Well, I did the same thing too and I was surprised to know that my surname meant ‘heroin’ in Portuguese, when spelled Cavalo and an escape, when just spelt Cavale. However, at home I have been told my surname is derived from ancient horsemen and there is even an aunt who claims Italian ancestry. I can safely say that we were a group of people in and around Punjab in North-West India, who immigrated to Bombay area many hundreds of years ago and collaborated with the Portuguese colonizers.

So, we did a ‘Cavale’ from Punjab when things went wrong there. Now I am making my own words. Likewise, many would have made their own words and I wonder what the number of terms formulated by so many smart alecs like me is. These are the kind of people who do not have a better way to spend time and make their own words. After making and creating words, you would need to use it and ask others to use them too, and what better way than allow the net to do the job for you! And that is where Addictionary, a freaky new website which is less weird and vulgar than Urban Dictionary but users can submit made up words and let others know about the additions.

Perhaps you must add the word you and your friend created, you never know because the dictionary guys at Oxford may just add your word in theirs. So go ahead, and add words to the world’s richest language, which many have even claimed to be a ‘bastard language’ (courtesy Khushwant Singh). It sure is an ego booster when you see your word being used by complete strangers. So go ahead, and make your own words or twist and abuse existing words and add it up in Addictionary, if not anything, it sure is F-U-N.

Via: Neatorama/PopURLs