This week we have been thinking about made up words.  Sometimes normal words just won’t do.  Here is our summary of made up words:

Quadpod - like a tripod but with four legs, so yes, maybe you could call it a stool, but it doesn’t sound as good.

Maverickology - this one (invented by comedy advisor Justin Audibert) is to describe my friend Chris Hammond’s - hold on, what is an …ology? A discipline, a philosophy or a way of life - well mark all of the above.  Three stories to illustrate.

When I went to the make poverty history march in Edinburgh* (yeah the one that was totally hijacked by Live 8, 2 years ago).  We were supposed to dress in white so that we could make a human white band around the city centre of Edinburgh.  Chris arrived with a massive black and white umbrella with Slogans scribbled on in marker pen like; down with poverty, freedom, etc; a pair of big white flares and a white ladies mac that still had the label on because after the march he was intending to return it to TK Maxx (Of course there were grass stains on it within minutes).  Justin and I went back to the flat to empty out his bag for him to make more comfortable marching, we found one red pepper, some pesto, an onion and an open bag of pasta.  He obviously thought there would be no food in Scotland - or best to come prepared.

Two.  Chris turned up unannounced at our friend Jamie’s parents’ house in Southern France (lucky).  Chris had been living in Barcelona for ages and was used to the hot nights.  Chris disappeared for a while, Jamie found him on the balcony asleep in the dog basket.  Then the next morning, Jamie’s parents found him curled up foetal position, naked, sleeping on a game of Risk they had left out on the floor to continue playing the next day.  When he got up all the little pieces had left dents in his body and some were still stuck.

Three.  The list.  Remember I told you about my friend in Wales who has written a play.  Chris went up to help Dan with the drama piece and wrote a list of things he would like to achieve in one day.

1 Direct first pages of the play

2 Lunch

3 Drama school applications

3 Play (not sure if he means do more of THE play or just to play)

4 Write to Al Gore

5 Business prelim. stuff with Dan

6 Walk

7 Direct play

A true Maverick.

To see how much achieved see our photies, to the right.

So in summary.

Maverickology - the study of a person who thinks and acts in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected or usual way (Chrisus Hammondus)

Smellucination - when you think you can smell something but there is nothing there; like my friend Lauren who thinks she can always smell farts, I can sometimes smell cakes, but it is wishful thinking.

Dodee - unmentionable

Pibeder - little thoughts or wonderings

Lumaloo - someone who looligags about

Looligag - falling about, being clumsy, running too fast and knocking things over, play fighting (is this made up?)

Chulla - little child

Day day - Rachel

*the Laundry has no political affiliations, Rachel alone (well not totally alone) tried to make poverty history.

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