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I proposed[1] the portmanteau "hallucofabulation" as a compromise, but it hasn't caught on yet. I'm totally shocked and dismayed by this, of course. [1]: https
by mindcrime 3y ago
I proposed[1] the portmanteau "hallucofabulation" as a compromise, but it hasn't caught on yet. I'm totally shocked and dismayed by this, of course.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36977935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36977935
- brookst 3y agoThe re-use of the "c" as a soft c in "hallucinate" and then a hard c in confabulate is confusing, and probably affecting the uptake of your neologism.
- fhars 3y agoYes, it would probably have to be halucinfabulation for purely phonetic reasons.
- mindcrime 3y agoMaybe if I added a hyphen? "halluco-fabulation"?
- singingfish 3y agowould lead to hafabulation. Still not acceptable in my view - confabulation is clearly the correct term
- mcmcmc 3y agoIt would probably help if you didn't drop the "n" from the confabulation part.
- randomcarbloke 3y agobut confabulation sufficiently describes the phenomenon without the need for ugly neologisms.