A Gift of Words

Years ago I dreamed of becoming immortal. So I went to Walton Crescent in Oxford, headquarters of the Oxford English Dictionary, to inquire how I might ensure that my coinages would find their way into future editions of the Bible of Words. I was crestfallen to discover that each word would have to appear in at least five publications, in works by various authors. My youthful dreams were dashed.

But I recovered, and would like to share two words I recently invented.