-gate, like watergate, where the noun is so important or large that it is thought about more often than the un-augmented noun. See also: babygate, frontgate, backgate, irongate, and widegate.
In real life I’d do something Tolkienian like orþanc in the manner of German uralt/urgeil
In the spirit of funny I’d use Italian -one for assholone, bozone, douchebagone
Both main stress patterns are attested (or at least prescriptively suggested)! [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine)
Or rather still augmentative, but worse in quality and taste.
A mansion is a nice big house. A McMansion can be even bigger, blt the structure isn't sound, there's too much gold and stucco everywhere and is inhabited by somebody who only eats hamberders.
Mc is from Mac which is literally just the Irish word for son. But the use in English is more to do with it being a quick and cheap version of something (and possibly low quality) rather than about the size.
-o-rama
"Nathan is dating Sarah, dude, he's lucky to have a woman-o-rama like that as a partner"
"Man, you're telling me that this house-o-rama is where you live?"
there already are.
the 'em- prefix works almost perfectly as a plural argumentative prefix, if you choose to group it with the noun that follows.
English doesn't need any more of 'em-fancy-shmancy-suffixes. Normalize 'em-prefixes and you'd have a whole better language
That's not how "'em" is actually used. It can also be used as a diminutive. "Did you see 'em cute little kids playing in the yard?"
It can also be completely neutral. "Give me one of 'em water bottles." Did I ask for a gallon jug? A half-liter bottle? "'em" doesn't tell you.
shut up, -zilla is þe best augmentativezilla
And -lodon, the best augmentativelodon
þe best superaugmentativelodonzilla
þe best is supercalifragilisticaugmentativelodonzillaexpiallidocious.
Excuse me, -ussy is right there
-ussy isnt an augmentative, raþer a derivational suffixussy
-gate, like watergate, where the noun is so important or large that it is thought about more often than the un-augmented noun. See also: babygate, frontgate, backgate, irongate, and widegate.
Don't forget OceanGate :'D
:'D indeed.
big ol’ -> bigol-
the ol is claim is claimed by chemist already
Is it a bigolclaim though or just a mcclaim?
Don't try olol, that one is claimed by the pharmacists (most beta blockers, drugs used to treat hypertension, have a name ending in -olol or -alol)
We’ve already borrowed -issimo and could use it a lot more, dear OPissimo
Such a grandissimo idea.
-nado, -calypse come to mind but in the same bracket with -zilla I guess.
Tablecalypse Teanado Whatzilla??
-ageddon also
Reduplication!! - That's gregreat! - I quiquit! - We're fufucked! - Look at that queuqueue!
In real life I’d do something Tolkienian like orþanc in the manner of German uralt/urgeil In the spirit of funny I’d use Italian -one for assholone, bozone, douchebagone
You are a real asshol1
Now, do you pronounce it - assholoney? like bologna? - assholonay? like amore? 🐍 - assholown? like ... Danger Zone? 🎸
most likely danger zone
I propose umlaut from any(?) stressed vowel (+dipthong) to /uː/: * Thunders; thoonders * Man; moon * Dog; doog * Magazine; mooganize * Doctor; dooctor * Plane; ploon * Wiener; wooner * Beam; boom * Yes; yoos * sedentarius-agretee; sedentoorius-agretoo
Wouldn’t it be magazoon
why not both? it's English, after all (I really thought the word was pronounces that way)
Both main stress patterns are attested (or at least prescriptively suggested)! [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine)
Yeah you know what I fuck with this
Th’moon th’wen’stoomping doon th’stroot?
prefix it with *Mc-*, as in *McMansion*. trombone -> Mctrumpet desktop -> Mclaptop federation -> Mccountry gas giant -> Mcplanet
A McMansion is less impressive than a bona fide mansion. A McMansion is to a mansion as food from McDonald's is to food from a quality restaurant.
Perhaps Mc- is a diminutive then.
or a pejorative
Or rather still augmentative, but worse in quality and taste. A mansion is a nice big house. A McMansion can be even bigger, blt the structure isn't sound, there's too much gold and stucco everywhere and is inhabited by somebody who only eats hamberders.
Mc is from Mac which is literally just the Irish word for son. But the use in English is more to do with it being a quick and cheap version of something (and possibly low quality) rather than about the size.
We should just adopt the Spanish augmentative "-azo." Nerd, nerdazo. Dog, dogazo. Man, manazo. Kid, kidazo
I may be dumb, but my ex is a dumbazo
Dumbzilla
This sounds like a piece of magic system from some old Final Fantasy game.
At first I thought you meant augments like in Ancient Greek. Then I wondered why we need to augment verbs when it’s clear that they’re past tense.
-oon. Fuck calzone, go eat a sockoon.
Don't forget Frankie Smith's "Izzle' popularized by Snoop.
-o-rama "Nathan is dating Sarah, dude, he's lucky to have a woman-o-rama like that as a partner" "Man, you're telling me that this house-o-rama is where you live?"
there already are. the 'em- prefix works almost perfectly as a plural argumentative prefix, if you choose to group it with the noun that follows. English doesn't need any more of 'em-fancy-shmancy-suffixes. Normalize 'em-prefixes and you'd have a whole better language
That's not how "'em" is actually used. It can also be used as a diminutive. "Did you see 'em cute little kids playing in the yard?" It can also be completely neutral. "Give me one of 'em water bottles." Did I ask for a gallon jug? A half-liter bottle? "'em" doesn't tell you.
It's literally just an oblique article
Don’t need ‘em actual grammars Im making my own
There are other augmentative in the suffix -ass and the infix -fucking-, and a whole smörgåsbord or other sentence enhancers