Orbisculate

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orbisculate dot com. I can’t link because it is a sales site but it is a great word and story.

these people are on a mission to get this word into the dictionary as a tribute to their dad who died of covid. He made the word up in college and the family used it growing up. They thought it was real and were devastated to find out it wasn’t
 
Family Of COVID-19 Victim Wants To See 'Orbisculate' In The Dictionary. Hilary and John Krieger want to honor their father Neil, who made up the word "orbisculate." It means grapefruit juice squirting into your eye.

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I signed and passed it on. Any opportunity to enrich the language I'm all for! Reminds me of a CBC radio program when I was younger that had a weekly segment where listeners would send in made up words- some of which were brilliant.
 
Love it. Ever play Balderdash? One of our kids' favorite board games to this day.
 
One of those words you can't really grasp unless you've experienced it. :)
 
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