Update: records of the word "sedinery" being spoken have been produced that predate all the previous times I've heard it. It's possible it predates the English language itself. One commenter suggested it may have roots in Norse mythology and language.Ever since he replaced Tommy Larscheid in the second game of the season, Team 1040 commentator Dave Tomlinson's frequent use of the term sedinery (to describe the Sedins' hockey blood magic) has become one of his most enjoyable phrases. Unfortunately, debate has sprung up over who originally coined this amusing term. Is it a Tomlinson original? Certainly not.
Pass it to Bulis has been using the term "wizardous sedinerie" since the Every Goal series in mid-September. Our use predates Tomlinson's. Is he a closeted Bulie?
More than likely, no (unless he's smart enough to know brilliant blogging when he sees it, natch). It was probably passed to him by Vancouver Sun writer Iain MacIntyre, whose earliest use of the word dates back an April 19 playoff article titled Kings' Drew Doughty Quickly Learning Sedinery. Though I generated the term spontaneously of MacIntyre, Tomlinson probably got it from his media colleague, not from the Internet.
But this article isn't about getting credit for made-up words (especially since I can't have it). Instead, this article is for to celebrate the invention of words. It happens all the time in Vancouver. Let's take a look at--and define--some other Canuck-based linguistic inventions.
