Did you ever invent your own word?English is a very adaptable language. It has in previous times incorporated large chunks of classical Greek, Latin, French, Germanic Saxon, Celtic and other languages into its lexicon.This adaptibility may well be why, alongside British and American imperialism, that English is well on its way to becoming the first genuinely global language.But there are still concepts in existence that English is lacking words for.One great example is the joy of witnessing someone else's pain. Only the Germans could have identified the need for such a word, and they did. They call it 'schadenfreude'. And English has gleefully borrowed it.But there are still many concepts missing a word to define them. and when we were young, we used to create our own.These weren't...