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Announcing a New Word: Hanitizer

Posted by Phil Jamieson on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 @ 03:41 PM
  
  
  
  

hanitizer

Main entry: han-i-ti-zer

Pronunciation: HAN-ah-ti-zr

Function: noun

Etymology: blend of hand and sanitizer

Date: 2009

: a soapy substance stored (usually) in a plastic dispenser bottle and used as an antiseptic and as a hand-washing compound

 

Comments

Very nice! Long overdue!
Posted @ Monday, November 16, 2009 8:55 PM by Jen
This is too funny! My 4-year-old son has always called his hand sanitizer "hanitizer", and I thought it was cute but also pretty cool.
Posted @ Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:12 PM by Alison Stringham
As it turns out, this portmanteau word hanitizer is not so new! It's actually out there already. Our dreaming it up just corroborated it, though. Well, we will come up with a new word soon.
Posted @ Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:19 PM by Phil Jamieson
Sorry, "Hanitizer," and similar derivations are generally thought to have something to do with radio talk show host Sean Hannity - as in "Oh, that fellow listens to Sean and has been completely Hannitized." 
 
 
 
When in a hurry and asking for the bottle of hand sanitizer in the car, I often find myself reduced to asking for the "goop."
Posted @ Sunday, December 13, 2009 7:14 PM by Dale
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