A Dictionary of Daffynitions

By James Babcock

Daffynitions are funny nutty meanings for neologisms—Newbies and Changelings. You’ll never lack for a word that means exactly what you want to say if (1) you take an existing word and give it a brand new definition—a newbie—or (2) take an existing word and change, add, or remove one letter to create a new word—a changeling—and then define that word as you wish. And here for chuckles, and to inspire you, are over 400 of them!

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Babcock
• Release date: Feb 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005486617

James Babcock

Following three years in the Navy and forty years in international and domestic banking, Babcock took up a second career as a writer and composer. His plots draw on his travels abroad and experiences in foreign exchange trading, bank operations, lending, trust services, auditing, and bank management. Active in community work, he served as a university rector, symphony president, and chairman of economic development organizations. He holds degrees from Princeton and the Wharton School. In addition to his novels and short stories, his creative work includes books of humor and games and a number of pieces for violin and piano. He resides with his family in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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A DICTIONARY OF

DAFFYNITIONS

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James Babcock

Copyright 2021 by James F. Babcock

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Use of individual words and their daffynitions is permitted without attribution.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Dedication

THE DAFFYNITIONS

Part I  NEWBIES: Nouns  A- F

Nouns  G - O

Nouns  P - Z

Verbs  A - D

Verbs  E - P

Verbs  Q - Z

Adjectives  A - F

Adjectives  G - Z

Part II  CHANGELINGS: Nouns  A - G

Nouns  H - Z

Verbs  A - Z

Adjectives A - Z

More Humor by James Babcock

About the Author

Introduction

Don’t you just love word play? If you do, this book is an absolutely required addition to your bookshelf. (If you don’t, please put this book back where you found it.)

The newbies in Part I are neologisms—old words with new meanings, i.e. daffynitions.

The changelings in Part II are also neologisms—old words altered by adding, removing, or changing one letter—then, like newbies, given new meanings, i.e. daffynitions.

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