For the past few years, I’ve been trying to introduce a couple of words into the American lexicon. The first was tilk. It can be used as a verb or noun and it’s defined as the accidental lurch a person experiences when a train begins to move. Haven’t heard it used before? Me neither. But this next word will surely seep into the American vocabulary by year’s end: swest. It is just another word for a sweater vest, but I believe it gives the piece of clothing it’s own identity. No longer is it some boring hybrid caught between innerwear and outerwear. The swest (rhymes with test) is its own thing.
I assumed that since I’m from the same town as Noah Webster, I would have some sort of in with the dictionary people, but Webster’s has been ignoring my constant calls and faxes. The only way I see it possible for the term “swest” to someday become an acceptable Scrabble answer is for the masses to use it in their everyday lives. Here are a couple quick examples: “Hey, it is a little cold out today; I’d better throw on a swest.” Or, “You should totally cut the sleeves of that sweater- it would make a great swest.” So I urge you, go forth and say swest. Once we get it in the dictionary, we’ll go back and work on tilk.
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