BLOG POST #2: SHAKESPEAREAN NEOLOGISMS

Learn more about the language Shakespeare used while also seeing my attempts at using neologism (new words)!

1. CREATE YOUR OWN INSULT:

I used this link, https://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Funny-pages/shakespeare-insult-kit.html, and chose one word from each column to create and insult.

My Insult is:

Thou bootless hasty-witted dewberry

Definition:

You useless, irrational dewberry (looks similar to a blackberry)

My Visualization:

2. CHOOSE A NEOLOGISM:

I used this link, https://www.litcharts.com/blog/shakespeare/words-shakespeare-invented/, to learn more about how Shakespeare invented words. I then chose one word he attributed to match with an illustration.

The Neologism I Chose:

Dawn

My Illustration:

3. CREATE YOUR OWN NEW WORD:

To create my own new word, I decided to make a portmanteau. I tend to do this a lot in real life because two words pop into my mind, so I end up saying them combined. For this activity, the two words I chose to combine were happy and surprised because if you surprise someone, they are going to be happy and surprised!

MY PORTMANTEAU:

haprised

A SENTENCE USING THE NEW WORD:

The girl was haprised when all of her cousins flew in from California to attend her high school graduation because she had missed them a lot.