The Suffix Awards

Most Widespread:

- ism

The ideology-maker! Choose something you like and make it an ideolgoy.
Ex. I like females - let's call that feminism!
Unfortunately too many people caught on, and 'ideologies' like 'Cheesism' were born.


Runner-Up for Most Widespread:

- ist

We can take our hip ideology-maker one step further, and use it to self-identify!
Ex. I like females - let's call that feminism - and I'll be a feminist!
If you're in the mood for some self-identifying, see http://phrontistery.info/isms.html for 234 such - isms that you can - ist.


Most Effective for Verb-Faking:

- ify (also '- isify')

Choose an adjective and make it a verb.
Ex. Diverse - Diversify (this is an actual verb)
Green - Greenify (this is not)


Most Void of Meaning:

- ificationism

The bastard child of - ification and - ism. Please don't use this in speech. Or writing. It has the effect of discrediting much of what you are saying to my pretentious ears.


Too much theory can breed cynicism.