Guy on twitter asked for a word to encapsulate being "more than the sum of their parts.

After waggishly suggesting "Burnley" i suggested "Cumulessence" (queue-mew-less-ence)

What you reckon?

I suggest you get out more.

Steve1956 wrote:I suggest you get out more.

Haha, in my defence i write for a living

ZizkovClaret wrote:Haha, in my defence i write for a living

Congratulations on your word. It works! I'm prepared to drop it into conversation - I can't imagine anyone questioning its meaning, as it sounds so correct!

I love words. Cumulessence is very appealing given its suggested meaning. I feel that it would look better spelled with 'sc' rather than 'ss'

I wonder when it will be accepted by the OED.

spadesclaret wrote:I love words. Cumulessence is very appealing given its suggested meaning. I feel that it would look better spelled with 'sc' rather than 'ss'

I wonder when it will be accepted by the OED.

Well i made it up about 15 minutes ago so give them time eh? haha

I mainly write for the US market so i guess i have a habit of avoiding any complications, hence the ss vs sc

It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

Is the derivation from the Latin “cumulatus”(meaning heaped)? This is, after all, where we get words like ‘accumulation’ ‘cumulative’ and even ‘cumulonimbus’.

There is already the word from German, “gestalt” which means this and is considered by some to be a naturalized English word.

It’s also a school of psychology, which I know a lot about.

Lord Beamish wrote:Is the derivation from the Latin “cumulatus”(meaning heaped)? This is, after all, where we get words like ‘accumulation’ ‘cumulative’ and even ‘cumulonimbus’.

Not consciously, but undoubtedly to a greater or lesser extent

Rowls wrote:There is already the word from German, “gestalt” which means this and is considered by some to be a naturalized English word.

It’s also a school of psychology, which I know a lot about.

Brexit means Brexit, my man

When I use a word, it means just what I want it mean - neither more nor less.

I'm totally discomnockerated!

Great work Dan. May I offer my heartiest contrafibularities!

https://youtu.be/hOSYiT2iG08

Claretmatt4 wrote:Great work Dan. May I offer my heartiest contrafibularities!

https://youtu.be/hOSYiT2iG08

pericobobulations?

To much Simpsons Quattro

I am wordless

I've got one for the weather we experience here in Lancashire,
Drizzrable!

I am Frasmotic, anaspeptic even compunctuous at your efforts.

Claretmatt4 wrote:Great work Dan. May I offer my heartiest contrafibularities!

https://youtu.be/hOSYiT2iG08

Yes, ‘tis a common word, down our way.

A superb episode.

The fire?

The hot orangey thing under the stony mantelpiece. Still has me chuckling out loud.

https://youtu.be/MfZRwILOJFE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There you are...

I think you got it right the first time!

You're mixing disparate roots Zizkov, though I have to say, I like it.

bobinho wrote:Yes, ‘tis a common word, down our way.

A superb episode.

The fire?

The hot orangey thing under the stony mantelpiece. Still has me chuckling out loud.

Well I don't know what you're talking about but it sounds damn saucy to me!

I have a word for when my dog is stopping and snuftering at every little pool of dog pee wee 0n a walk, I say "come on Rocky, you are making this very snifficult".
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ZizkovClaret wrote:Haha, in my defence i write for a living

My m8 used to write obituaries he used to write for the dying

The Quattro wrote:It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

Did I read somewhere that 'cromulent' and 'embiggen', both having originated in The Simpsons, are now included in the US dictionary at least and perhaps in real English dictionaries too?

During my working career I was required to write quite a lot of often heavy-weight letters and tried always to hold to a piece of advice that I received early from a Senior Colleague who became something of a mentor to me:
"Whenever you're writing in dispute with someone, try to include one word which the recipient needs to 'look-up in the dictionary'; but never two, as that smacks of showing off.

Bosscat wrote:My m8 used to write obituaries he used to write for the dying

I’m dying to write an obituary.

ZizkovClaret wrote:Well i made it up about 15 minutes ago so give them time eh? haha

I mainly write for the US market so i guess i have a habit of avoiding any complications, hence the ss vs sc

If you write for the US market how come you need words more than 4 letters?

Rowls wrote:There is already the word from German, “gestalt” which means this and is considered by some to be a naturalized English word.

It’s also a school of psychology, which I know a lot about.

This is a good word to use, and (relatively speaking) it's not all that uncommon.

However...

ZizkovClaret wrote:Guy on twitter asked for a word to encapsulate being "more than the sum of their parts.

After waggishly suggesting "Burnley" i suggested "Cumulessence" (queue-mew-less-ence)

What you reckon?

Holistic is probably the most common e.g. 'a more holistic remedy for the business' flagging fortunes would not have treated each department as though they operated independently'. It comes from the Ancient Greek 'holos' for whole.

Steve1956 wrote:I suggest you get out more.

Just birds, beer and fast cars right, laaaaaaaaaad

May be just say 110% efficient.

“Cum” is always tricky one to slip into any word imo

AlargeClaret wrote:“Cum” is always tricky one to slip into any word imo

Especially when working in Scunthorpe

Spades has nailed it, Zizkov: it just needs to be '-escence', not '-essence'.

-essence sounds like you've made an essential oil out of your ball sack product.

ZizkovClaret wrote:Guy on twitter asked for a word to encapsulate being "more than the sum of their parts.

After waggishly suggesting "Burnley" i suggested "Cumulessence" (queue-mew-less-ence)

What you reckon?

Excellent start. It really is a maxiplus word

AfloatinClaret wrote:Did I read somewhere that 'cromulent' and 'embiggen', both having originated in The Simpsons, are now included in the US dictionary at least and perhaps in real English dictionaries too?

During my working career I was required to write quite a lot of often heavy-weight letters and tried always to hold to a piece of advice that I received early from a Senior Colleague who became something of a mentor to me:
"Whenever you're writing in dispute with someone, try to include one word which the recipient needs to 'look-up in the dictionary'; but never two, as that smacks of showing off.

They certainly have made it to the OED. Very pleasing!

https://public.oed.com/updates/new-word ... june-2018/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ZizkovClaret wrote:Haha, in my defence i write for a living

Aye but theres a difference between writing shite and not

theroyaldyche wrote:Aye but theres a difference between writing shite and not

As you consistently show

ZizkovClaret wrote:As you consistently show

The chikov it

ZizkovClaret wrote:Guy on twitter asked for a word to encapsulate being "more than the sum of their parts.

After waggishly suggesting "Burnley" i suggested "Cumulessence" (queue-mew-less-ence)

What you reckon?

Did you experience a slight "Tumescence" afterwards

Er..... Doesn't 'Synergy' already cover this requirement?

Although I do like your word too.

icu81b4 wrote:Er..... Doesn't 'Synergy' already cover this requirement?

Although I do like your word too.

I'd suggest synergy describes working together, but doesn't express the resulting bonus of more than the sum of the contributing parts

https://www.google.com/search?q=synergy ... e&ie=UTF-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

synergy
/ˈsɪnədʒi/
noun
the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
"the synergy between artist and record company"

Not sure a lower case “i” is a word.

IWOODLOVETT wrote:Not sure a lower case “i” is a word.

Hey, when i'm not being paid, standards aren't the same

AlargeClaret wrote:“Cum” is always tricky one to slip into any word imo

Unless you are in or near that infamous village on Orkney (or the other one on Shetland) that features regularly in peoples facebook, twitter and instagram etc......

Perhaps the word 'kanizsa' might be appropriate. It is the name of the bloke who did the Kanisza triangle, which is a gestalt illusion of seeing an object that isn't there, which might also be appropriate to the notion of the opposition 'chasing shadows'.