Paperwork: The dictionary has plenty of words, but I’d sure like to add one more

I have a new mission. A writer’s challenge. I want to invent a new word. You can blame this itch on Tony Dunnell, a freelance fiction and nonfiction writer, who wrote a piece for wordsmarts.com titled “10 Words Invented by Famous Writers.” (Search that headline on the website to see the full article.)Dunnell explains: “Language has always been a living, breathing entity, and literature has long been one of the major driving forces in its evolution. Throughout literary history, authors have not only kept certain words alive and popularized others, but they have also invented entirely new words to suit specific circumstances.“In some cases, they may have been trying to capture a precise meaning, emotion, or concept but found the weighty collection of words in the dictionary lacking – and so they improvised by creating something new. “Other terms were invented through the sheer joy of wordplay and whimsy, playing with sounds and syllables to make a word that sings. And some were born of t