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So, I just invented a new word.
Fidgetoid, n. an object with which one fidgets.
A Google search reveals no substantive results, so I’m gonna call this a new one.
It came up after this Tweet from Geof:
I’m a fidgeter at a desk. I fidget. My current object of fidgeting is a UAH Hockey puck that Coach Cole gave me. Indestructible.
My reply:
@gfmorris A hockey puck is a good fidgetoid. Can cause some damage if you get mad and throw it, though. :-)
There you have it: language evolution in progress. I can only hope that my language hero, the late William Safire, would be proud.