Challenge
Advance a Word Into the Presses!
The only way that a new word can be added to the dictionary is if that word is already being used by a considerable group of people. This means that many useful, silly, or time-saving words are rejected from formal print. I invite my fellow writers to present a word that they believe should be considered for the dictionary (and how it is used), so that we may begin using these words in our own writing, spreading its use. I look forward to seeing what new vocabulary I may obtain through this challenge.
Ubuntu
noun.
The presence of ubuntu is still widely referenced in South Africa, more than two decades after the end of apartheid. It’s a compact term from the Nguni languages of Zulu and Xhosa that carries a fairly broad English definition of “a quality that includes the essential human virtues of compassion and humanity”. - Andrew Thompson, Understanding the Meaning of Ubuntu: A Proudly South African Philosophy
Synonymous terms:
“I am because you are [happy].”
“You’re welcome.”
“My pleasure.”
Antonymous terms:
Schadenfreuden