Erin McKean at the Word Lovers’ Boot Camp (a session at the GEL 2007 conference), led 60 people through the process of trying to create new words. She feeds them the raw materials for new words and helps them to invent their own.
The winner? Crappyjack : ‘any kind of empty, snacky junk food’, created by Karen Watts. The link below has the full list of words created and their definitions.
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