My adopted word is "FOPPOTEE".

It means, "a simple-minded person" .

Let's try it in a sentence. "I think Jemele Hill (ESPN "correspondent") is a simple-minded person".

I like it. Figure I'll use it enough to bring it back from the English language equivalent of the Tower of London (does that make sense...maybe I'm simple-minded). If you can save a whale, save a tree, save a child, save a building, save a whatever...you can surely find the time to SAVE A WORD!

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My word "hongo" has offended...Mr. Hongo.

I made up a word when I was a kid - "hongo". I submitted it to Urban Dictionary and they accepted the word and my definition.

Yesterday, someone posted this comment on my blog regarding that definition:

Anonymous said...
Hongo is not a word its a Japanese last name and a very popular one. In fact its my last name and I find it really offensive that you would use someone's name as a slang term.
April 23, 2009 8:31 PM

And I commented back:

Jeff Ircink said...
according to Urban Dictionary, it IS a word - MY word. i'm sure "Kong" is someone's last name too - did you get all bent outta shape about the movie, "King Kong"? get a life, Mr. Hongo.
April 23, 2009 8:36 PM

...and of course, I had to get the last word in:

Jeff Ircink said...
and if your last name was so honorable, why did you post under "anonymous"? you must not be that proud of your name, Mr. HONGO.
April 23, 2009 8:37 PM

...and pour salt on poor Mr. Hongo's wounds:

Jeff Ircink said...
interestingly, should someone with the last name "Cock" get upset because "cock" is a slang word for "penis"? what if your first name is "Dick"? there's another slang name for my cock...i mean, my penis.
April 24, 2009 8:22 AM

I wonder if my needling of Mr. Hongo qualifies as "torture" or "cruel and unusual punishment"?

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Origami No. 11 - "hongo" defined.

"Hongo"

v, 'hahng-go: to hog anything - but specifically, a ball of any sort used during a sporting competition; applicable to all sports events where a ball is used to score.

"Hey man, quit being a hongo and throw me the ball!"

The Ircink brothers publicly claim this as our word, a word defined by us. We used it extensively in the 1970's growing up in Milwaukee and we have found no legal documentation on the Internet that the definition, as we are using it here, has been claimed or that the word as defined by us even exists. As we used the word, we have the right to claim the word. Any use of the word without permission is strictly forbidden.

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