User talk:Language Lover/instaglutination

An interesting phenomenon I've seen is a tendency to combine "instant" with another word and drop the "ant": instant death -> instadeath. And to combine "permanent" with another word and drop "nent". From what evidence we have, right now this seems to be mostly done in video game lingo, with druggy lingo another leading contributor. It's very interesting because this kind of construction isn't seen much in English, usually when we combine two words, we keep both completely intact.

Most of the words below are still way too questionable for Wiktionary entries. Feel free to add any you find. They are sorted by # of hits at groups.google.com.

Instant

 * instagib(~12700, + a wikipedia entry; but the majority of hits refer to a handful of specific games)
 * instakill(1420)
 * instadeath(1390)
 * instacash(468 - most appear to be a company name)
 * instadeaths(317)
 * instakilled(221)
 * instakills(210)
 * instakilling(81)
 * instadeathed(68)
 * instacall(59)
 * instawin(33)
 * instafix(33)
 * instagibs(23)
 * instagibber(21)
 * instapush(17)
 * instakiller(13)
 * instagibbers(13)
 * instaheal(12)
 * instaspell(10)
 * instadeathing(9)
 * instachange(9)
 * insta-glue(9)
 * instafood(8)
 * instadead(8)
 * instagibbing(7)
 * instafrag(6)
 * instaclean(5)
 * instalose(4)
 * instamagic(4),
 * instagibbed(4)
 * instadie(2),
 * instalove(2 English)
 * instaloss(1)
 * instadinner(1),
 * instasex(1)
 * instasex change(3) (not independent),
 * instapoison(1),
 * instateleport(1),
 * instalevel(1)
 * instamap(1)
 * instafuck(1)
 * instaporn(1 legit, 23 URLs)
 * instaburn(1)
 * instacorpse(1)
 * instadeadly(1)
 * instarevive(1)
 * instawinner(1; actually 37, but not independent)
 * instacard(1; actually 4, but 1 is a product, 2 are uncertain)
 * instalawsuit(1)
 * instaweather(1; plus 21 URLs)
 * instapundit(?; 4670 hits, but virtually all are a particular blogger's name)
 * instawrong(1)
 * instagold(1)
 * instabolt(1)
 * instacurse(1)
 * instaclassic(1)

Permanent

 * permadeath(355)
 * permaban
 * permabanned(83)
 * permafried(73)
 * permasmile (45 ggc, and 3 bgc.. maybe worth keeping an eye on for future wiktionary entry?)
 * permakill(43)
 * permacursed(37. Interesting this has more breadth than permacurse (but still entirely roguelike))
 * permafry(36)
 * permacurse(25, but all but 1 are from same newsgroup)
 * permakilled(20)
 * permdeath(12)
 * permadead(9)
 * permafrown(7)
 * permastoned(7)
 * permafucked(6)
 * permakilling(5)
 * permadeathed(3)
 * permahappy(3)
 * permafix(3.. actually 14 but only 3 look legit)
 * permasmiles(3)
 * permasmiling(3)
 * permadeathing(2)
 * permabanning(2)
 * permalock(2; plus 4 illegits)
 * permakills(1)
 * permadelete(1)
 * permadie(1)
 * permadying(1)
 * permalost(1)
 * permafries(1)
 * permabaked(1)
 * permabans(1)
 * permalancer(1)

Invisible

 * inviso (6040)
 * invisiclues(781, +3 bgc, +Wikipedia)
 * invisiclue(168)
 * invisotext(26)
 * inviso-ray/inviso ray(26)
 * inviso-text/inviso text(18)
 * inviso-shield/inviso shield(11)
 * inviso-girl/inviso girl(11)
 * inviso-suit/inviso suit(9)
 * invisishield(7)
 * invisigirl(5)
 * invisi-car/invisicar(5)
 * invisotorch(4)
 * invisi-shield/invisi shield(3)
 * invisoshield(2)
 * inviso-car(2)
 * invisicar(2)
 * invisoray(2)
 * invisiray(1)
 * invisosuit(1)
 * Invis-O-Solid(1)
 * invisogirl(1)
 * invisodeath(1)

Non-slang words with similar derivations
Here are words with similar derivations which have become non-slang English. (Not including company names, product names, and so on, of course)


 * permaculture
 * permafrost
 * permafrozen
 * permastone
 * permatemp