Dennis Toeppen's New Words February 15, 2025 Updated Proposed new additions to the English language, by Dennis Toeppen: Phoneticitis: The tendency of a person to accidentally use the wrong, but phonetically equivalent, word in written communications. Often found in sloppy emails. For example, using their instead of they're, through instead of threw, etc. (9/2002) Cranial Rectitis: When one has his or her head up his or her behind, s/he is said to be suffering from cranial rectitis. This condition can be confirmed by asking the victim, "Is it dark, warm, and damp where you are?" The condition is encountered often by providers of tech support. (1/1996) Tatoozled: Anyone with tattoos on more than 10% of their skin has been tatoozled. (6/2009) Poo-Flingatorium: A place where you can go online to have poo flung at you. Examples: Comments section on YouTube, comments section on CNN, Reddit. Pinecone Up Ass Syndrome: My new name for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctalgia_fugax (3/2016)