With a salute to other word-inventors (Sniglets, The New York TimesSunday magazine’s “that should be a word” feature), these are actual seven-letter combos that have appeared on my recent racks – and, if I had any say, should be acceptable to play.
| The Word | My Definition | Used in a Sentence |
| SNOTINE | A device in which you can charmingly deposit your snot rockets. | “Honey, please don’t store your snotine in the kitchen.” |
| EXZIGRR | A former “ball” athlete who has taken up running and needs to adjust from multi-directional running to straight-line running. | “Hines Ward, an exzigrr, crushed his Ironman.” |
| ASSTUDE | When you wear too-small shorts. | “Feeling good about my body today. Time to rock some asstude.” |
| RUNROWS | When three people run side-by-side in a race and you can’t get around them. | “Hey, runrows, on your left!” |
| REWORNS | Wearing yesterday’s socks today because you’re backed up on laundry. | “Oooh, nasty, gotta go with the reworns for today’s five-miler.” |
| RANROOT | Slang for nailing a trail run. | “Dude, totally, ranroot and nearly bit it on the switchback.” |
| TORORAN | What Spanish-speaking people say when I finish a race. | “Man, did you see how that tororan?” |
| REDLOIN | Chafing condition. | “No, I’m not walking funny because I pulled a hamstring on my intervals, just a mild case of redloin.” |
