Dialect or gnomi-lect?

[gnomi]

As I used it in a comment in a friend's locked post, I wondered: am I the only one that uses "cranking" to mean "expressing my crankiness," as in "I was cranking to mabfan this morning about the appearance of Halloween ads in August."

I know there are words in my idiolect that are solely mine (or, if they're used by others, they got it from me): obnoxia (the noun form of obnoxious: "I can't believe that guy's obnoxia!" (pronounced "ob-nausea")), snacquisition (the acquisition of snacks), and procrastikniting (knitting in order to avoid another project) are just three examples. So if it is just mine, I would completely believe it. I'm just curious.

Comments

[dungeonwriter.livejournal.com]

Could it be related to the word "krank" in yiddish meaning sick, making it a hybrid word?

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

I believe those are all neologisms, including the instance case.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I could go for some snacquisition.

[elrhiarhodan]

There are some interesting "urban" definitions for cranking, and none of them have to do with expressing a foul mood. ;-)

But I adore your neologisms. I'm officially borrowing procrastikniting and reinventing it as procrastificcing (writing fan fiction to avoid other, more pressing duties).

And sacquisition is just flailworthy.

[twitch124.livejournal.com]

Yeah, about when it started meaning "taking Meth" in the 90s all the other meanings seemed to fall out of use.

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

I know "cranking" in the sense of "winding up."

[aunt-becca.livejournal.com]

I was definitely cranking this morning about the damn Halloween candy being on display already. I use cranking pretty frequently, but I don't think I got it from you. You and I think alike, I guess. Scary for you :)

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to say that I don't think I've seen the word "vestibule" in actual context for years, if ever ... yet it's in today's Jon Carroll column. Eerie!

(ETA: Whoops, wrong post of yours, but you get my point ....)

[fauxklore]

I haven't heard "cranking" used that way.

I have, however, heard "procrastiknitting" from at least 3 other people.

[tpau]

i am used to cranking meaning doing something liuke, " i was cranking throughthat homework" or something.

i have used procrastiknitting for a good dozen years now :)

[fynixsoul.livejournal.com]

haven't heard cranking used that way, but pretty sure that in the next two days I'll suddenly be hearing it everywhere.

my own favorite is similar to "snaquisition": it's "snactivity." I use it a lot in my line of work. It's having kids do a project that they can later eat. The best one involves making a tepee out of thin pretzel rods, a fruit roll up, and a marshmallow. Delicious, and easy to do kosher.

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

i think it's all you. for now, at least: i'm going to shamelessly steal it, just like i did snacquisition!
(don't worry: when asked if i made it up, i absolutely always give you credit. so it's not really stealing.)