Awoke this morning with the word “repensity” on my mind. Looked it up in the dictionary no entry. Entered it into Google and got Do you mean "propensity"? Obviously I had discovered a word that had fallen off the lorry on its way from the word factory. The question is: was it a spare word, or is there a meaning out there still waiting to be united with the word?
Or had I discovered a dastardly crime, was repensity thrown out of the lorry by a renegade “p”, who then took its place, disguised as “propensity”? I then found another word “repensiation” - obviously a relative of repensity. Google wanted to know if I meant “presentation”. Obviously Google has got some fundamental shortcomings when it comes to the English language!
I think I have the duty to rescue the two words and find meanings for them.
re - means negative, (as in resign, recant)
pen - writing
sit - be in position
So “repensit” means - no writing i.e. before I write my blog it is repensit, afterwards it’s a load of old codswallop.
“Repensity” means - a state of not being able to identify anything to write about. A condition that frequently occurs when I sit in front of the computer, thinking of a subject for the blog.
“Repensiation” means - an act that I’m tempted to do at this very moment i.e. hitting the delete button to send this blog to the bin.
There is also “reprensiating” meaning the act of inadvertently clicking on the delete button before first saving a document.
This lexicography game, is far easier than I thought it would be
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