The Creation of New Vocabulary
Earlier this week during a 2nd grade Title I group, a new word was created. It is one I feel could easily be used in today’s politically spun world. Jaedon was reading a trade book of her choice. She came to the word “pollution”. She attempted to “sound it out”, she went back and reread the passage, and she could not decode the word. This is her struggle.
Denyse, the student sitting next to her was trying very hard NOT to jump in, even though it appeared she knew the correct pronunciation of the word. Finally she could hold back no longer and said, “I know what that word is!”
Jaedon looked at her and said, “You do? What is it?!”
Denyse proudly announced, “Pollutician!”
Jaedon responded, “Well, I never would have gotten that ‘cuz I never heard that word before.”
I then explained that no-one had because that wasn’t the word. We then decoded pollution together, and discussed what it was.
As they were leaving, it occurred to me that “POLLUTICIAN” is a cross between pollution and politician – “pollutician”.
I told Denyse, she may have just created a new word, though the definition was lost on her, I rather like the descriptive properties of this new word.
Pollutician: A dirty elected government official.
Bet you can name a few, I know I can………
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