Joseph Lofthouse wrote:English is a pure democracy. Everyone gets one vote about what it right. And your vote is as authoritative as any.
Greftzeekling dal mek korlindar. Barecchiligak skorilgant.
Unless we want to accomplish the actual goal of communication over time, and not be innovative and clever for the sake of being innovative and clever. We could all invent words and unique usages, but then we'd lose meaning, and that which we record will be meaningless to posterity, because they will know what an "ask" is, but will be lost when confronted with the word "question."
I'd prefer to keep English to some sort of standard, preferably Canadian Standard, so as to avoid needlessly truncated words, and unwieldy spellings both.
Wordplay, though, is an entirely different creature. I would be boring and use the word "infested," but I would consider mitey to be appropriate (as in, it conveys the meaning) and clever.
-CK
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein