Can I sell words I have made up?
Discussion
FerdiZ28 said:
I was thinking about 30k per word as a starter. Do you have links to the upper language males? Your profile gives little away about your notoriety.
Put it this way, I play golf with the chap that created the phrase "Alabama Hotpocket". Trust me, I know people. Anyway, once ive bought the word, it'll be my risk getting it into the language.£30k for Mingella is reasonable though - i'll be in touch.
daddy cool said:
Put it this way, I play golf with the chap that created the phrase "Alabama Hotpocket". Trust me, I know people. Anyway, once ive bought the word, it'll be my risk getting it into the language.
£30k for Mingella is reasonable though - i'll be in touch.
Appreciated, but I was genuinely after something more official. Thanks for your interest though.£30k for Mingella is reasonable though - i'll be in touch.
Has noone got any solid advice for me?
Nobody 'owns' words unless they are the name of a company or brand that has been properly trade marked.
Words fall out and into the English language all the time. What goes in and out of the OED is determined by a committee of scholars and English Language Experts that determine whether a word has gained sufficient traction to warrant official recognition. For example, ten years ago the word 'Brexit' appeared nowhere yet today is one of the most widely used words in the English language (Brexit (n); 'Mother of all political f
k-ups') and thus exists within the latest edition of the OED.
You can apply to have words added. Applications must have sound reasoning and you pitch this to the committee. This is usually an option preserved for the medical professions where a new procedure or drug emerges that is worthy of wider recognition beyond the standard nomenclature.
Even if one could own a word, benefiting financially from its use would be impossible.
If you are simply looking to gain recognition for your literacy brilliance, might I suggest you seek inclusion of your new words in the next edition of Profanisarus in Viz magazine.
HTH
Words fall out and into the English language all the time. What goes in and out of the OED is determined by a committee of scholars and English Language Experts that determine whether a word has gained sufficient traction to warrant official recognition. For example, ten years ago the word 'Brexit' appeared nowhere yet today is one of the most widely used words in the English language (Brexit (n); 'Mother of all political f
k-ups') and thus exists within the latest edition of the OED.You can apply to have words added. Applications must have sound reasoning and you pitch this to the committee. This is usually an option preserved for the medical professions where a new procedure or drug emerges that is worthy of wider recognition beyond the standard nomenclature.
Even if one could own a word, benefiting financially from its use would be impossible.
If you are simply looking to gain recognition for your literacy brilliance, might I suggest you seek inclusion of your new words in the next edition of Profanisarus in Viz magazine.
HTH
StevieBee said:
Nobody 'owns' words unless they are the name of a company or brand that has been properly trade marked.
Words fall out and into the English language all the time. What goes in and out of the OED is determined by a committee of scholars and English Language Experts that determine whether a word has gained sufficient traction to warrant official recognition. For example, ten years ago the word 'Brexit' appeared nowhere yet today is one of the most widely used words in the English language (Brexit (n); 'Mother of all political fk-ups') and thus exists within the latest edition of the OED.
You can apply to have words added. Applications must have sound reasoning and you pitch this to the committee. This is usually an option preserved for the medical professions where a new procedure or drug emerges that is worthy of wider recognition beyond the standard nomenclature.
Even if one could own a word, benefiting financially from its use would be impossible.
If you are simply looking to gain recognition for your literacy brilliance, might I suggest you seek inclusion of your new words in the next edition of Profanisarus in Viz magazine.
HTH
I appreciate your fiction but that's not what this chap told me, he reckoned if good enough the language males (to be fair you called them a better name) would pay through the nose to fill in gaps.Words fall out and into the English language all the time. What goes in and out of the OED is determined by a committee of scholars and English Language Experts that determine whether a word has gained sufficient traction to warrant official recognition. For example, ten years ago the word 'Brexit' appeared nowhere yet today is one of the most widely used words in the English language (Brexit (n); 'Mother of all political f
k-ups') and thus exists within the latest edition of the OED.You can apply to have words added. Applications must have sound reasoning and you pitch this to the committee. This is usually an option preserved for the medical professions where a new procedure or drug emerges that is worthy of wider recognition beyond the standard nomenclature.
Even if one could own a word, benefiting financially from its use would be impossible.
If you are simply looking to gain recognition for your literacy brilliance, might I suggest you seek inclusion of your new words in the next edition of Profanisarus in Viz magazine.
HTH
Thanks for the first solid bit of advice on this thread though, much obliged, Yoni.
Try submiting them to the Blackadder dictionary
http://blackadderquotes.com/the-blackadder-diction...
http://blackadderquotes.com/the-blackadder-diction...
FerdiZ28 said:
Badda said:
Market’s closed for the day today, your loss mate. Made a killing from some of the submissions.
What markets are you speaking of? We are getting somewhere.We can approach the Males for you, get the words ratified and floated within 24 hours but are you ready?
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