The Rabbit was blowing her own horn the other day as regards verbal cleverness, and we have to admit she has a point. Among people with more developed letter-shuffling skills than our own, we've always particularly envied those who can seemingly at will coin words. Although the venerable Fowler points out the dangers inherent in the indiscriminate creation of a new word just because "he merely has a fancy to it," people find enough pleasure in the activity that the Washington Post holds a monthly contest devoted to same.

Then again, we found Sniglets really annoying. (Oddly, Sniglets.com seems to be the name of a consulting firm.) The goal of the Great Coinage is to anticipate the disposable slang of tomorrow, not to merely create a pile of portmanteau words. We seek the coinages that stimulate via the shock o' recognition. Ahhh! That's the stuff!

Therefore, if you've a coin you've been unable to spend elsewhere, feel free to deposit it in the verbal piggy-bank of the comments below. We promise that we'll save it for a rainy day.