Good alternative for malternative
I posted a link yesterday to Watch Yer Language about Craig Lancaster’s disdain for the word malternative, a marketing name for drinks like Zima. Two commenters over there, including Nathan of Polybloggimus, thought it actually was a good word, if it could be used to mean something else. As the first commenter said:
Before I read what a “malternative” was, I thought the word was a portmanteau of “mal-” and “alternative,” making the word refer to a bad alternative. In that case, it wouldn’t have been such a bad word.
Nathan adds this on Polybloggimous:
… it does end up providing us with a perfectly good word if we only seize the moment and utterly co-opt it. Just think of all the situations where it’ll come in handy.
Posted on October 24, 2008 5:13 pm, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
Yes Brian! Between our mighty blogs we shall bend the English language to our will.
Drive-by “Rhinotillexomania.”
Rhinotillexomania…it just had to be said.
I’m not sure what’s going on here, but compulsive nose-picking has found its way onto Talk Wordy With Me.
I just thought you deserved a word. A stupid word, but a word nonetheless.
Well, thank you very much.