When I was a kid, Mom made sure I had a great vocabulary. We even made up words for fun sometimes.

One of Mom’s creations was “gestunkenheimer” & was created when we were having difficulty making something fattening for the holidays. It’s satisfying; it can take the place of less innocuous, even highly offensive words; instead of a string of epithets, you have a 5 syllable, made-up word that conveys the situation even to people who have no clue what you’re saying or from whence it came.

In that spirit, I’m going to invent one for all those lazy doctors who, throughout the millennia of medical practice have been too lazy to investigate unknown conditions but have plenty of energy to blame the victim & lambaste doctors who do what doctors are supposed to do. Since blaming the victim is ludicrous, I shall call this behavior “ludicrosity,” a combination of “ludicrous” & “animosity.” This is particularly evident in invisible illnesses, conditions that affect women more than they affect men, & anything that involves making lazy medical “professionals” do things such as wash their hands, explain things to their patients in plain English, & attempt to force others to do their work for them – whether or not it’s ethical or even legal.

So, you now have a made up word – well, 2, actually: Gestunkenheimer, which can be used for anything or anyone that is trying to imitate a severe case of hemorrhoids. Next, Ludicrosity, which can be used for anyone who has no energy to do their work but plenty of energy to “blackball” anyone who does the work & anyone  who will benefit from the work they’re too lazy to do.

How about you? Have you ever made up other words? I know I have, but I’d like to hear yours!