Hey, fun word this week. Quarinkates. (I've done my research, and I believe it rhymes with Socrates, instead of mates.)
So Quarinkates:
Mom: "Prison cells where people are quarantined."
Dad: "People that have been put into quarantine."
Jess: "The oddities of a dead person."
Kevin: "A large group of camels."
Kimmy: "Information not available at this time."
So, they were all pretty far off. Quarinkates are those shivers that you get when music is really good, a show is really intense, or you are crying and just shake uncontrollably. So I guess that they are something related to strong emotions. (Joy, Worry, or Sadness.)
The word Quarinkates was actually relatively recently created, within the past couple of years. Coined by a Californian, in fact. Jared Bates has created several words that made it into the Oxford dictionary, including Phablet, a combination of Phone and Tablet. Weird!
Honestly, I have no idea how he came up with Quarinkates. I... I don't even know...
Does Quari- come from the same root as Quality? I actually just looked it up. Quari- means "What kind of a..." So I guess that is a "What kind of a feeling"? Something like that.
I mean, when there's a recently invented word, there's never much info. I actually had to dig around on the internet to find this, and some of the background behind Quarinkates. I really wanted to do this word, because I love the spelling of it, and I think it's something we all relate to.
Yeah.
So Quarinkates:
Mom: "Prison cells where people are quarantined."
Dad: "People that have been put into quarantine."
Jess: "The oddities of a dead person."
Kevin: "A large group of camels."
Kimmy: "Information not available at this time."
So, they were all pretty far off. Quarinkates are those shivers that you get when music is really good, a show is really intense, or you are crying and just shake uncontrollably. So I guess that they are something related to strong emotions. (Joy, Worry, or Sadness.)
The word Quarinkates was actually relatively recently created, within the past couple of years. Coined by a Californian, in fact. Jared Bates has created several words that made it into the Oxford dictionary, including Phablet, a combination of Phone and Tablet. Weird!
Honestly, I have no idea how he came up with Quarinkates. I... I don't even know...
Does Quari- come from the same root as Quality? I actually just looked it up. Quari- means "What kind of a..." So I guess that is a "What kind of a feeling"? Something like that.
I mean, when there's a recently invented word, there's never much info. I actually had to dig around on the internet to find this, and some of the background behind Quarinkates. I really wanted to do this word, because I love the spelling of it, and I think it's something we all relate to.
Yeah.
Just an idea, what if you give use tenses of the word as well so we can work with it and insert it into our everyday vocabulary. I like the word, and find it very applicable to me as a person, thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's a noun, not a verb. No tenses available.
DeleteNo, I'm pretty sure it does mean a large group of camels.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Quinn
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