Style Invitational Week 1422: The Collaboratory

Correspondunce: Someone who starts a letter with “To Who It May Concern.” (Jesse Frankovich)

Creshundo: The growing chorus of outrage from Republicans distancing themselves from Trump. (May soon be followed by a decreshundo.) (Jonathan Jensen, Baltimore)

Dadouncement: The old man’s embarrassing habit of saying things like “I’m off to lose a few pounds” when he leaves the table holding the newspaper. (John Bauer, Gaithersburg, Md.)

Donuments: What Trump really thinks should replace Confederate statues. (Jesse Frankovich)

Donut Orifices: Dunkin’s marketing failure before coming up with a better name. (Jon Ketzner, Cumberland, Md.)

Doody-bound: Constipated. “I wish I could have that second helping, but I’m doody-bound to decline.” (Chris Doyle, Denton, Tex.)

Endonube: Someone experiencing their first colonoscopy. “I’m such an endonube, I thought Bowel Prep was a boarding school.” (Bill Dorner, Indianapolis)

Fonduel: Fork-jabbing competition for that last cube of bread that fell into the pot. (Mark Raffman, Reston, Va.; Beverley Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.)

Fonduodenum: The Donner Party’s version of Taco Tuesday. Also known as Chitlins ’n’ Cheese. (Mike Gips, Bethesda, Md.; Dave Prevar)

Fondupes: Restaurant patrons who are tricked into cooking and serving their own food. (Frank Mann, Washington)

Foreplayground: The back row at a movie theater. (Jeff Contompasis)

Founding Fodder: It’d be a great brand name for baby formula. (Jesse Frankovich)

Go undercover: Euphemism for bedwetting. (Jon Ketzner)

Guano duty: How Rudy Giuliani’s ex-publicist described her job. (Steve Smith)

Houndini: A dog that’s an escape artist. “Sorry that Max got out of the yard and into your trash can again — he’s a regular houndini.” (Adie Peña, Makati, Philippines, a First Offender)

Iguan’udon: Mm-mm, Godzilla noodle soup. (Chuck Helwig, Centreville, Va.)

In-Doubt Burgers: Always made with USDA Choice mystery meat. (Mark Raffman)

Sin-and-Out: A chain of drive-thru brothels. (Jeff Contompasis)

Innuendo U.: “Come inside and check out the intimate relationship you’d have with our well-endowed faculty.” (Danielle Nowlin, Fairfax Station, Va.)

Produnk U.: An “academic” institution that’s nothing more than a feeder school for the NBA. (Beverley Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.)

Loudnum: A drug that causes uncontrollable yelling. “It seems likely that he got a big dose of loudnum at Walter Reed.” (Sarah Walsh, Rockville, Md.)

Nincompounded: Exacerbated by idiots. “Nothing like a call for ‘trial by combat’ to nincompound the insurrection, Rudy.” (Kevin Dopart, Washington)

Nanodunk: An extremely quick quickie. (Kevin Dopart)

Plagueground: Right now, any indoor recreation facility. (Duncan Stevens)

Pseudo-understudy: You, in your living room, singing every word of “Hamilton” at full volume. (Danielle Nowlin)

Pundora’s box: What you will open if you say “Who’s there?” to a racist’s knock-knock joke. (Kevin Ahern, Corvallis, Ore.)

Sondunce: The scion who tweets a video of his girlfriend dancing in joy over his dad’s coup attempt. (Sam Mertens, Silver Spring, Md.)

The Sound of Mucus: Even when her heart is lonely, Maria should not go to the hills during hay fever season. (Gary Crockett, Chevy Chase, Md.)

Thun (d’oh) storms: Sudden squalls reminding you that you left your car windows open. (Jeff Shirley, Richmond, Va.)

Trolling in dough: Sending fundraising emails about “election fraud” while the Capitol is under attack. (Steve Smith)

Undonate: What some Republicans wish they could do these days. (Steve Honley, Washington)

Undownhill skiing: The ultimate cardio workout. (Pamela Love, Columbia, Md.)

Muon Day: Feb. 19 of every year, to represent the approximate mean lifetime of the positive muon (2.1969811 millionth of a second ±0.0000022). “This year, me and my buddies are going to celebrate Muon Day by — duh, how else? — calculating the square of Fermi’s coupling constant with the overall dimension of the inverse fourth power of energy. Gotta say, though, this is getting a little old.” (Neal Starkman, Seattle)

Undoo: To remove poop references. “Were the Empress to undoo this week’s entries, she’d have a far smaller pile to judge.” (Jeff Shirley)

And Last: Pseudonice: What the Empress was being when she said your entries were surprisingly good. (Jesse Frankovich)

And Even Laster: Stupundous: What neologisms that get ink are. Well, most of them. (Jesse Frankovich)