"Chilipunked" has made it to Montana.
In his Watch Yer Language blog, Billings Gazette copy desk chief Craig Lancaster notes that he's run across the word on Under the Dome, via UNC-Chapel Hill professor Andy Bechtel's copy editor blog.
While I’m certainly not prepared to give chilipunked a free ride into print, it is an entertaining little word, one that I’d happily drop into a casual conversation with friends. A similar but more instantly decipherable word is weaksauce, one I use too often (but never, never, never in formal writing).
A few more references, and the word will be well-prepped for the 2050 edition of the O.E.D.
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