Britta’d, Lizzing, & Tedding Out: The TV Character Name Dictionary

Here’s your handy guide to television character names as words that should be added to the Oxford English Dictionary. If derp, food baby, and twerk are considered legitimate(-ish) words, then so can these:

Abed
ah-bed
1. (noun) being meta
“Yeah, way to pull an Abed.” - Abed Nadir
origin: Abed Nadir, Community

Britta
brit-ta
1. (verb) to mess something up
“You probably just Britta’d the test results somehow.” - Jeff Winger
synonyms: Lemon, Monica, Schrute
see also: Dorian
origin: Britta Perry, Community

Cory
kawr-ee
1. (verb) to be emotional
“Oh man, I Cory’ed this up, didn’t I?” - Shawn Hunter
see also: Mosby
origin: Cory Matthews, Boy Meets World

Dorian
dohr-ee-uhn
1. (adjective) wrong
“I think not giving you permission to do this for your friend would be totally Dorian.” - Carla Espinosa
see also: Lemon, Monica, Schrute
origin: John Dorian, Scrubs

Frasier
frey-zer
1. (noun) when one tries something and fails
2. (noun) shame
3. (noun) The moment when a soccer player tries to kick a ball, misses, and falls down, in Italy
“It’s now called a ‘Frasier.’” - Frasier Crane
origin: Frasier Crane, Cheers

Homer
hoh-mer
1. (noun) American bonehead; to succeed despite idiocy
“Looks like I pulled a Homer.” - Magic Johnson
origin: Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

Jack
jak
1. (verb) to throw up after being overjoyed
“Everybody back up, get out of the way, he’s going to jack” - Liz Lemon
origin: Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock Apollo Apollo

Lemon
lem-uhn
1. (verb) to mess something up
2. (noun) self destruction
“I’ve Lemon’ed the situation with Nancy!” - Jack Donaghy
synonyms: Britta, Schrute, Monica
see also: Dorian
origin: Liz Lemon, 30 Rock

Liz
liz
1. (verb) to laugh and pee at the same time
“Lizzing is a combination of laughing and whizzing.” - Liz Lemon
origin: Liz Lemon, 30 Rock

Michael
mahy-kuhl
1. (adjective) coward
2. (verb) to chicken out
“Nobody’s turning all Michael on you. But when you get out, then we’re going to have a real party, right, Dad?” - Gob Bluth
origin: Michael Bluth, Arrested Development

Monica
mohn-eh-kuh
1. (noun) a screw-up; mistake
“This was in case you pulled a Monica.” - Judy Geller
synonyms: Britta, Lemon, Schrute
see also: Dorian
origin: Monica Geller, Friends

Mosby
mohz-bee
1. (verb) to say or be told “I love you” at the beginning of a relationship
“Oh my god, you just did it again, you just Mosby’ed me again.” - Barney Stinson
see also: Cory
origin: Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother

Pierce
peersh
1. (verb) to not understand/comprehend
“Shirley, don’t Pierce.” - Jeff Winger
origin: Pierce Hawthorne, Community

Shirley
shur-lee
1. (verb) to lecture
“Well, now you’re Shirley’ing.” - Jeff Winger
origin: Shirley Bennett, Community

Schrute
shrewt
1. (verb) to mess something up
“Like when you screw something up in a really irreversible way, you Schruted it.” - Andy Bernard
synonyms: Britta, Lemon, Monica
see also: Dorian
origin: Dwight Schrute, The Office

Ted out
ted-out
1. (verb) to overthink
“Don’t Ted Out about it.” - Lily Aldrin
see also: Ted up (verb, to overthink with disastrous results)
origin: Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother

To Nadia is to giggle uncontrollably when one sees guinea pigs or rabbits.