How Are Names (and words) Even Formed?

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  • @duradura1990
    @duradura1990 8 років тому +127

    this channel is so underrated.

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +27

      ditogeezdee You're underrated! Wait that was a compliment... now I feel silly. It's late here.

    • @Itsmeeman1
      @Itsmeeman1 8 років тому +1

      *Over-rated

    • @yeezyb7367
      @yeezyb7367 8 років тому +5

      ditogeezdee This channel needs to get gangagooed...

  • @InterjectionVideos
    @InterjectionVideos 8 років тому +66

    gangagoo comments are comments left on a video when the UA-cam baits you into leaving one

    • @liamcaswell2118
      @liamcaswell2118 8 років тому +9

      Specifically a British term for it.

    • @sylvibara004
      @sylvibara004 7 років тому

      This is an actually functional word.

    • @sylvibara004
      @sylvibara004 7 років тому

      Or just a Gangagoo (plural: Gangagoos)

    • @oye6124
      @oye6124 6 років тому +1

      Gangagoon, one who is baited into the comment

  • @JuiceSV7812
    @JuiceSV7812 8 років тому +251

    Gangagoo: a gang of Kangaroos

    • @Null8fuenf10
      @Null8fuenf10 8 років тому

      Was my first thought too, though on second thought the 'r' is missing and it sounds more slimy...

    • @liamskeen2884
      @liamskeen2884 8 років тому +8

      George Connett it's a gang of gooey kangaroos

    • @perfold2137
      @perfold2137 8 років тому +2

      Gang of illegal Kangaroo smugglers.

    • @laserchunk
      @laserchunk 8 років тому +2

      that would be gangaroos

    • @adrianatgaming8640
      @adrianatgaming8640 8 років тому +4

      Konnesquad: a squad of george connett

  • @SebastianLopez-nh1rr
    @SebastianLopez-nh1rr 8 років тому +36

    A gangagoo is a member of the Australian mafia

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  8 років тому +99

    Off topic question of the video: Lemons: yes or no?

    • @MattGreenhill
      @MattGreenhill 8 років тому +2

      Name Explain Fuck no.
      I will fucking burn life's house down, with lemons...

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +10

      Make Citrus Great Again.

    • @jearrellijnzaat9813
      @jearrellijnzaat9813 8 років тому +3

      I love just a bite of a lemon :D
      also off-topic, I do wonder this for a while now, my name (Jearrel) is very uncommon, do you have any clue of it's origin? =/

    • @jmckail152
      @jmckail152 8 років тому

      Name Explain LEMON BOILED SWEETS ARE GREAT

    • @nostalgia1036
      @nostalgia1036 8 років тому

      Name Explain The new in "New World"

  • @donttalktome2316
    @donttalktome2316 8 років тому +21

    gangagoo (noun) (often disparaging)- A gentleman of a portly disposition who requires assistance tying his shoes (or other simple tasks). Historically used by Victorian staff in stately homes, referring to the Lord of the manor, now it is usually used to mean 'incompetent adult'.

  • @nicholask7566
    @nicholask7566 6 років тому +9

    Gangagoo:
    (Noun)
    Any animal native to the country of Australia that travels in packs and has a defined territory

  • @SendyTheEndless
    @SendyTheEndless 8 років тому +46

    Celebrity = celebrated personality. I felt smart when I worked that out when I was a teenager.

    • @EpilepticSeagull
      @EpilepticSeagull 8 років тому +16

      Hurray for false etymologies.

    • @SendyTheEndless
      @SendyTheEndless 8 років тому

      So it's wrong? My English teacher was like "Oh, that's obvious!" so I never thought twice about it.

    • @EpilepticSeagull
      @EpilepticSeagull 8 років тому +20

      Sorry to say say it, but yes. There is a Latin adjective 'celeber' which means 'celebrated' or perhaps 'famous' and a noun from it 'celebritas' - 'celebrity' or 'fame.'

    • @clintross7778
      @clintross7778 7 років тому

      Celebrated + Personality= Celebrity Celebrity shortened= Celeb

  • @JasonGeorgiouGaming
    @JasonGeorgiouGaming 8 років тому +15

    Gangagoo is when kangaroos perform a gangbang

  • @kokigami5492
    @kokigami5492 8 років тому +20

    Gangagoo means to use a made up word as an example. He used a gangagoo as an example

    • @MitsukiKazen
      @MitsukiKazen 7 років тому

      So an autological word? (I mean, in that specific case)

  • @Nhoj31neirbo47
    @Nhoj31neirbo47 8 років тому +4

    Gangagoo is the effluvium of the Ganges River.

  • @SamOfChristendom
    @SamOfChristendom 8 років тому +7

    Gangagoo is the word for when you pee while performing a handstand. - "I'm gonna go Gangagoo."

  • @jonathanneedsyou
    @jonathanneedsyou 8 років тому +28

    4:37 Gangagoo= Is a role in kangaroo mobster society involving silencing creatures that learn of kangaroo mobster society. Examples: "Be careful post that youtube comment or the gangagoos will get you." "Willy Wombat was whacked with a wellie when a gangagoo found him in the underground poker basement of the Money Pouch mob."

  • @CheensCreationsUK
    @CheensCreationsUK 8 років тому +9

    Gangagoo
    Paradoxically ending up dirtier after a shower

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 8 років тому +3

    Okay so here is all the things about words you just learned about:
    Morphology. Core word. Borrowed word. Onomatopeia. Abstract noun. Concrete noun. Acronym. Alphabetism. Eponym. Derivation. Backformation. Conversion. Semantic shift. Clipping. Compounding. Blending. Coined.

  • @SupImTylerP
    @SupImTylerP 8 років тому +2

    Soooo, true story, I've made a musical instrument in my garage awhile back and I wanted to name it after myself. but I though my name for the instrument was unfitting and sounded weird. so I named it after my initials of my name, TRP. but I don't spell it "TRP" I spell it like an actual word, "Teyarpee" so it derived from my initials, is pronounced like my initials, but is spelled as an actual word. What would you call this method of word morphology? would the word "teyarpee" be considered a coined word?

  • @cube_cup
    @cube_cup 8 років тому +3

    to gangagoo: to coin a word that initially has no meaning.
    "Gangagoo was gangagooed by Name Explain"

  • @thekingoftheworld9553
    @thekingoftheworld9553 8 років тому +4

    Gangagoo: Is it clean ones feet with a toothbrush.

  • @darkfire4047
    @darkfire4047 8 років тому

    You put so much effort into these videos :) You really deserve more subscribers!!

  • @nitehawk86
    @nitehawk86 6 років тому +1

    2:30 in Pennsylvania we screw it up by saying things "need washing"

  • @andrewaldrich3602
    @andrewaldrich3602 8 років тому

    Love the channel! In like a year or two when you have hundreds of thousands of subscribers I'll be that guy saying "newbs i've been here since 5k"

  • @rzeczpospolita5948
    @rzeczpospolita5948 8 років тому +1

    gangagoo: It is an Australian/New Zealander Gang riding on kangaroos

  • @TheCyanideSon
    @TheCyanideSon 8 років тому +3

    Gangagoo: When a gang (group of people - usually with a strong negative connotation) find themselves in a pickle (particularly difficult situation)
    eg; The gang is in the goo becomes gangagoo under NameExplains first law of compounding...

  • @vincymais3037
    @vincymais3037 7 років тому +1

    1:43 my favorite weekday

  • @thejurassicwarewolf3300
    @thejurassicwarewolf3300 7 років тому

    gangagoo: a clip compound world from gangler (also called ganging) and hagagoo, gangler: boxing slang for when a boxer lands more hits (usually twice or higher) then the opponent does during a match, hagagoo: boxer slang for when a boxer defeats the opponent boxer and finding no trouble when boxing, usually describing there opponent defeat as if they where throwing away a rag gangagoo is use at boxing matches when a boxer has an unfair advantage over the other boxer

    • @thejurassicwarewolf3300
      @thejurassicwarewolf3300 7 років тому

      btw there are some grammar mistakes i did feel free to point them out if you want (but please don't go harsh when pointing them out)

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite 8 років тому +3

    "Gangagoo" is when otherwise generic and benign goo has become unstoppably gangrenous!

  • @Dunkelbount
    @Dunkelbount 8 років тому

    P.s. Your channel is really great. Watching this video made me so happy ^^ I love language!

  • @NiamhCreates
    @NiamhCreates 7 років тому +2

    Gangagoo: the mucus (goo) that your twin (doppelganger) produces from their nose.

  • @js357s
    @js357s 8 років тому

    My guess for gangagoo is for what a group at a location is doing that is attracting more people.

  • @m1997
    @m1997 8 років тому

    0:09 is the mascot of linguistics. also where was this video when I was studying English language A Levels?

  • @crispybaconnz
    @crispybaconnz 8 років тому

    Gangagoo: a person who provides half an example but expects others to provide the rest.

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet8545 8 років тому

    This video is very exciting. Thank you!

  • @ultradude5410
    @ultradude5410 8 років тому +1

    Gangagoo (n): a group of kangaroos with 50 members or more

  • @t6amygdala
    @t6amygdala 6 років тому

    Gangagoo (noun)- Nut and go

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 8 років тому

    I would have loved a summary of all the words you taught at the end of the video or in the description ! Even just a list of them

  • @lewisconroy6225
    @lewisconroy6225 8 років тому

    1:30 that sounded cool. I'm calling it that now.

  • @SPCmuncie
    @SPCmuncie 7 років тому

    Gangagoo: A secondary meaning for Kangaroo, or a tornado that had peaked at the exact wind speed of 165MPH before weakening, making it impossible to rate due to it being both a EF3 and a EF4 at the same time.

  • @ToasterBrain51702
    @ToasterBrain51702 7 років тому

    Gangagoo - a small bush that grows in large packs. Native to the Congolese rainforests of Africa.

  • @choicebarrelscrotes2732
    @choicebarrelscrotes2732 7 років тому

    "Fast," unchanged, can act as a noun, a verb, or an adjective. Also, it's been a while since proper grammar classes, but I believe "___ held fast" makes it an adverb.

  • @DanielJohnNicholson
    @DanielJohnNicholson 7 років тому

    This guy deservers WAY more subscribers!

  • @frabbledabble1376
    @frabbledabble1376 7 років тому

    Gangagoo defines a gun, in countries with conflict, young children are taught to say gangagoo as an easier way to say bangyboom, bangyboom is a combination of bang and boom, which are both onomatopoeias for gunfire

  • @corrinflakes9659
    @corrinflakes9659 8 років тому

    I think pupil (both the part that your eye receives light and the student) came from a similar origin for a reason, as a student, you observe the teacher, you study from them, when it comes to your eye's pupil, it is learning from what it detects, it does the same thing as a student does.

    • @corrinflakes9659
      @corrinflakes9659 8 років тому

      But boy do I hate when people clip 'veterinarian' and 'veteran' both to 'vet', it can get me mixed up very easily, like one time when there was this political argument I was having and the other guy randomly brought up "I think they should give more money to vets" I never heard at the time 'veteran' being clipped to 'vet' so I thought he was bringing up animal rights or something. I mean I support both animal rights (while still hating PETA the hypocrites) and veteran rights, but seriously it's still very confusing.

  • @aronjubitana9872
    @aronjubitana9872 8 років тому +1

    Gangagoo: The sound you make when you cringe

  • @MrBenMcLean
    @MrBenMcLean 8 років тому

    Gangagoo means the gunk on the bottom of the shoes of a group of people. "You tracked in gangagoo all over my carpets!!"

  • @notenoughpaper
    @notenoughpaper 8 років тому

    A gangagoo is something that is likable and hatable at the same time, like a schoolday where you only have your most liked subjects, but it is still anormal schoolday.

  • @dolphinsoccer4
    @dolphinsoccer4 8 років тому +1

    as a linguist, the way in which you describe "core words" is dubious at best...all words come from other words or sound changes from earlier stages in a language's evolution...nothing is ever set in stone

  • @brendan4594
    @brendan4594 8 років тому

    This guy deserves at least 100k subs

  • @KohuGaly
    @KohuGaly 8 років тому

    gangagoo - water that is used for drinking after it was used for washing.

  • @asabetti2353
    @asabetti2353 6 років тому

    Gangagoo
    Is it not from the if every country was named place video

  • @terrariadumbassery1013
    @terrariadumbassery1013 4 роки тому

    So how would you name a food?

  • @heesingsia4634
    @heesingsia4634 8 років тому

    Could you do one explaining the old names of some countries? Dutch East Indies , Dutch Guiana etc?

  • @pilotcrabair735
    @pilotcrabair735 6 років тому

    Gangagoo, the word originates from australia, its a word that was put in the dictionary during the year 2016, on May 11th. The word means a Gang of Kangaroos @george connett, but internet users have made an alternate definition meaning where a youtuber tells their viewers to leave a specific comment in the comment section @interjection.

  • @alisamisayn8349
    @alisamisayn8349 7 років тому

    gan: the past tense form of "gin", which meant "begin".
    gag: a joke, a funny
    oo: reaction of people to which is impressive, funny, exciting
    gangagoo(n): the situation of someone begins sharing funnies and shortly gets good reaction for his/her work
    gangagoo(n): someone who shortly began sharing funnies and have got good reaction
    plural: gangagoos
    sample sentence: One of my friends became a gangagoo during his first week on this website.
    sample sentence: Many gangagoos make their way to getting over 1000 followers on this website, but unfortunately they usually can't last long in the great abundance of memes.
    verb form: gingagoo
    sample sentence: My sister has gungagoo to being the most famous user on this small website.

  • @ofs5554
    @ofs5554 7 років тому

    What about read and read (pronounced Red) and Live and Live (pronounced lie ve)?

  • @Sillykat321
    @Sillykat321 8 років тому

    I'm British and I don't use Hoover to refer to all vacuum cleaners, I just call them vacuums. I don't think the "Hoover for all vacuums" thing is as common here in the north.

  • @theJmasterVT
    @theJmasterVT 8 років тому

    learnt more from this video then all my years in English lesson

  • @winkletsdad
    @winkletsdad 7 років тому

    BaBaCa is now officially the ONLY way to pronounce BBC.

  • @Stellaluna88
    @Stellaluna88 8 років тому

    I am having flashbacks of my "History of the English Language" course.

  • @reubenkane8993
    @reubenkane8993 8 років тому

    1:29

  • @oliverpaszkowski2457
    @oliverpaszkowski2457 8 років тому

    Gangagoo:(noun) a unit of drug usage.Ex:I can seriously go for one gangagoo of that. see gangagooing(verb),gangagooer (noun)

  • @SmellySquid
    @SmellySquid 8 років тому +1

    Gangagoo; a colloquialism for slime molds found in urban environments

  • @vukathers
    @vukathers 7 років тому

    hello, my name is George, and I have been gangagooing for the past thirty years.
    have fun figuring out the meaning

  • @Pining_for_the_fjords
    @Pining_for_the_fjords 8 років тому

    What about the word 'tnetennba', as in _'Good morning, that's a nice tnetennba.'_

  • @Dunkelbount
    @Dunkelbount 8 років тому

    When you thought you made a bargain, but in the end you just bought rubbish you don't ever feel like using. "Oh yeah, I know it looks nice, but the fabric is so unpleasant, I never ended up wearing it. You know, typical GANGAGOO.." From spanish Ganga (low price, bargain) and english goo (a sticky substance). Pronouncation flattened out over time to sounding almost like "ganna-goo", emphasis on last syllable.

  • @ZaFrOCDI
    @ZaFrOCDI 8 років тому +5

    That's not how I have heard BBC becoming.
    Well I'm not anglophone so that explains.

  • @carlslater9022
    @carlslater9022 8 років тому +2

    Orange an orange yet a colour too? What ever thought of that patrick ?

    • @carlslater9022
      @carlslater9022 8 років тому

      Who ever **** 😏

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +4

      No idea, someone should make a video on that...

    • @Catishcat
      @Catishcat 8 років тому +1

      I've heard, that color orange was named after the fruit. Before that, it was called yellow-red or something.

    • @RiderAEonRanger
      @RiderAEonRanger 8 років тому

      Orange the colour was named after Orange the fruit, and was known otherwise as Red-Yellow or Yellow-Red (depending where it leaned more towards).

    • @Nahue91Carp
      @Nahue91Carp 8 років тому +4

      Orange (the colour) was name after orange (the fruit) that was named after the house of Orange (Dutch royalty)

  • @YMZaki
    @YMZaki 8 років тому

    Gangagoo is an animal. A hybrid between a goose and a kangaroo. Usually they have a body of a kangaroo and a head and sound of a goose

  • @bigetvsonestopshop5671
    @bigetvsonestopshop5671 6 років тому

    Great video

  • @amaliapursell
    @amaliapursell 3 роки тому

    Why is it called 'coining' a new word?

  • @luciferangelica
    @luciferangelica 6 років тому

    gangagoo would be a group of odo from st ds9's people, possibly involved in illicit activity

  • @jynxie17
    @jynxie17 8 років тому

    Please explain why resign means both to leave ure job and to accept something... Just random thoughts...

  • @EINSTEINIUMEPICNESS
    @EINSTEINIUMEPICNESS 8 років тому +1

    Gangagoo: A kangaroo whose favorite letter is G

  • @arthurmcvey8231
    @arthurmcvey8231 7 років тому

    Gangagoo: that fuzzy feeling on your tong in the morning
    "How are you feeling?" "Fine except I caught Gangagoo."
    Gangalian: feeling unnaturally fuzzy
    "This moss seems Gangalian."

  • @samoakley2223
    @samoakley2223 8 років тому +19

    This vid is lit bruh

  • @FelixHelixihare
    @FelixHelixihare 8 років тому

    gangagoo: a foreigner who films videos of himself or a representative of himself.

  • @Chetab01
    @Chetab01 7 років тому

    This didn't really cover what I'd hope it would. It mostly was how one word becomes another word, not how words in general are formed. I know how Sitcom became a word.

  • @RonJohn63
    @RonJohn63 6 років тому

    No mention of neologisms?

  • @hamzadhaoui13
    @hamzadhaoui13 8 років тому

    a gangagoo is a framble that flanes over a sloke

  • @nikolaslastname9480
    @nikolaslastname9480 8 років тому

    a gangagoo is a object that seems like its wet but its Not
    get skooled

  • @reubenkane8993
    @reubenkane8993 8 років тому

    love it

  • @TheFoxyBard
    @TheFoxyBard 8 років тому

    Gangagoo - An animal that looks cute and cuddly but is in fact very dangerous.

  • @marcrubin8844
    @marcrubin8844 6 років тому

    Gangagoo is a complicated situation. Por ejemplo. That situation in the Middle East is a real gangagoo

  • @Kestas_X
    @Kestas_X 6 років тому

    4:37 It's a little mouse-Ayeaye hybrid.

  • @cityraildude
    @cityraildude 7 років тому

    Gangagoo (or rather Ganga goo) already exists. It's username on certain websites

  • @NuzzlyNyxi
    @NuzzlyNyxi 6 років тому

    Gangagoo is an ambiguous word with no concrete meaning unless defined as such, in which case the definition contradicts its meaning.

  • @chtoffy
    @chtoffy 8 років тому

    Gangagoo :
    A type of pipe mud found mostly in the caribbean. If used to fix your very own smoking pipe, it may lead to a fantastic ride to the local police station. However, you won't be driving...
    P.S. Sorry for my English, I'm from Belgium.

  • @Alice-gr1kb
    @Alice-gr1kb 7 років тому

    Gangagoo: describing somebody who can't do laundry

  • @aiferapple1246
    @aiferapple1246 5 років тому

    Gangagoo is the muck you sometimes have to pull out of a plug hole in a shower, bath or sink

  • @TheMichaelmorad
    @TheMichaelmorad 8 місяців тому

    the revival of Hebrew used the semitic morphology to create new words in these ways, this is a great example of this.

  • @JoelFeila
    @JoelFeila 8 років тому

    gangagoo a synonymy for chom chom

  • @TheTalented10th
    @TheTalented10th 7 років тому

    I absolutely LOVE THIS!!!! Words are SO fabulous. #MyInnerNerdIsShowing #ShamelessDrWhoFanToo

  • @supahnubz
    @supahnubz 8 років тому

    Gangagoo: An aggressive gang of free roaming kangaroos.

  • @glibaudiostories
    @glibaudiostories 7 років тому

    knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein wasn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing he /was./

  • @dixhuit6141
    @dixhuit6141 8 років тому

    Gangagoo is the act of sleeping in a awkward position

  • @hoithere902
    @hoithere902 6 років тому

    Gangagoo now means rubbish (not as in the saying 'That's rubbish!' and not actual rubbish) does 'that's gangagoo! ' not sound good?

  • @dotmatrixgamer
    @dotmatrixgamer 8 років тому

    the gangagoo is a species of kangeroo that has a explicit feel for bloodlust. they hunt in packs, even though the do not consume their pray. and they use tools that were made by the smart dolphins to accomplish these goals. they are like gangster kangaroo's... oh, wait.

  • @PharyngealMedia
    @PharyngealMedia 6 років тому

    Gangagoo is a UA-camr that talks about Nordic countries

  • @fireflocs
    @fireflocs 8 років тому

    A gangagoo is any unpleasant smell you do not know the origin of, and cannot compare to other unpleasant smells.

  • @Stefan1of3
    @Stefan1of3 8 років тому

    You were so missing out on calques.

  • @perfold2137
    @perfold2137 8 років тому

    A Gangagoo is a gang of illegal Kangaroo smugglers. To enter a Gangaroo, you have to get refered by a Gangaroon of the inner circle of Gangaroos. The league of fantastic Gangaroon accountants then process your request for an interview and once the procedure is finished and they accept it, you can move on to the Gangaroon overlords. This is the final stage of Gangaroon-hood, to become a fully fledged Gangaroon, one must bow down to the almighty midget Gangaroon John Smith 27 times and present him with an orange 6 carrot diamond ring. Oh yeah and don't forget to recite your FSM prayer that you remembered by heart.