As part of the editing process, the copyeditor who's working on my book put together a list of uncommon words that I used that she wanted to make sure she styled consistently. It cracks me up. What a window into the weirdness of my book! Want to see?
abovewater
ack (exclamation)
alrighty
Amazon.com, Amazon
arugula
balls-out (adv.)
barefootedness
Beauty Industrial Complex
best man (all lowercase)
bleah
bling
breakbeat
bridentity (combo of "bride identity")
bridesboy(s)
Bridezilla
buttload
cakey
Cantalini
cheeseball
Chicken Dance, the (dance)
code-speak
costumey
craftsy
Craigslist
cuppa (as in coffee)
cuz (short for "because")
d'oh
Daaaaay (elongated "day")
DaintyCore
designy
dirgey
djembes
DJing
Dobro (musical instrument, initial caps)
doozy
dotcom
dry-hump (v.)
dry-humpers
dumbass
eBay
ecoretreat
ecoretreat
eep (exclamation)
e-friends
eggy
Electric Slide, the (dance)
Elvin
erm (exclamation)
Evite.com
evite-mare(s)
fetishize(d)
flak (not "flack")
foodie(s)
foofy
freakfest
Freakonomic
freak-out (n.)
freaky-deaky (adj.)
Frenchies
fuckup(s) (n.)
gah (exclamation)
glamourpuss
gloaty
godsister
goer-with-the-flow-er
goth
groomsgirl(s)
guyfriend(s)
higher-up (n.)
Ho-Hos
hoping
Hostess Ho-Hos
hula-hooping
humanure
hyperpoetic
Island, the (in reference to Bainbridge Island)
Islander (person from Bainbridge Island)
jamband
lordy
Macarena, the (dance)
maid of honor (all lowercase)
menfolk
meta-gifting
metrosexual
mohawk
Mugly, Muglies
My Little Pony
near-stranger
new-agey
nixed (past tense of "to nix")
nookie
nuptial(s)
ol'
overhostessing
pair-bond (v.)
phat
photoblog(s)
piratey
plasticky
playlist(s)
pleather
poofy
Porta Potti
portabella
pouf (dresses)
princessy
Provence
'puter
raver(s)
regifting
s'mores
Save the Date
scenesters
serger(s)
sicced (past tense of "to sic")
skeeve(d) out
smarties
smooshing
snarked
squicky
subsect
Susan Anythingelse
swag
thank you cards (no hyphen)
thank yous (n.)
thingamajigger
thirtysomething
to-do list
tonguey
TP (toilet paper)
tsk-tsky
über-hostess
up-do
urbaphile(s)
urine-centric
URL
Utilikilt(s)
vs (no period)
Wandering Chicken of Pistoulet
Wedding Industrial Complex
wedsite (as a play on the word "website")
whorepaint
wifed (as in "getting wifed", getting married)
wiglet
winkingly
Yichud
zoinks (exclamation)
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Rebecca
August 16th, 2006 · 7:12 AM · #
Arugula is an unusual word?
dr. dave
August 16th, 2006 · 8:02 AM · #
Dry-humping? What the hell kind of weddings are you writing about?
Lucy
August 16th, 2006 · 8:26 AM · #
Dude, I can't wait to read your book.
Kahli
August 16th, 2006 · 8:29 AM · #
As a companion to the book, you could do a magnetic poetry kit like a bridal shower favor…. Call it the hyperpoetic fridge
Metrosexual dumbass winkingly applied whorepaint, snarked over princessy swag.
Sauteed scenesters au portobello Provence
DRYHUMP ARUGULA!
erm.
See? The nights spent gathered around the fridge, boy oh boy.
I am a new reader and Ithink your fabulous. Also, you guys one of the most gorgeous couples I've ever beheld. You go, go go.
Best,
Kahli
susan
August 16th, 2006 · 9:47 AM · #
oh my gosh! I can't believe Susan Anythingelse ended up in your official stylesheet
I can't wait to see the book–what a cool peek at it for now, too…
Ariel
August 16th, 2006 · 12:53 PM · #
dr. dave wrote: Dry-humping? What the hell kind of weddings are you writing about?
Mine! There was dry-humping at my wedding, as there should be at every wedding.
Hänni
August 16th, 2006 · 12:55 PM · #
dry hump, nookie, buttload, balls out, urinecentric… what kind of wedding book are you writing?!
Leah
August 16th, 2006 · 3:12 PM · #
I love it. You can tell a lot about a book by its style sheet. I just finished editing one that included "hug red cock." (We decided not to separate the adjectives with a comma.)
xaotica
August 17th, 2006 · 6:31 PM · #
i love evite-mare! i hate it when i have an evite-mare
Laurel
August 17th, 2006 · 10:12 PM · #
Now I have to get it just to see what could _possibly_ be urine-centric.
amy.leblanc
August 18th, 2006 · 1:26 PM · #
"whorepaint"
heehee.
byjane
August 20th, 2006 · 7:56 PM · #
My copy editor changed all the he's to he/she and all the she's to they. Every time you correct a correction, it costs the publishers. I changed them all back–gleefully.