InStyle Invents the Worst Word in Human History

We’ve previously lamented the recent penchant for adding a –y to transform a noun into an adjective, but as it turns out, we hadn’t seen anything yet.  This month, InStyle used a Sandra Bullock profile as an opportunity to create what is, by far, the worst amalgamation we have ever seen.  And we read every word of Lucky every month, but at least their made-up words don’t evoke mental images of anything other than an angry Noah Webster.  See for yourself:

From March’s “What Sandra Knows” by Phoebe Eaton:

But today, even in jeans and a ponytail and boots dusty from a nearby construction site, Bullock is still so…sexpotty.

Sexpotty?  Sexpotty? Did no editor see a problem with a word that manages to convey a squirm-inducing combination of sex and a first-grader asking the teacher for a hall pass?  And, sure, we realize some people enjoy the, uh, sexpotty, but we’re absolutely certain that’s not what Eaton is talking about here.  We’d like to think we aren’t likely to encounter a more appalling imaginary word any time soon—but then, we haven’t even cracked open the March issue of Lucky yet.

Previously: Sandra Bullock faced off with another magazine writer.  Think There Are No Stupid Questions?  Think Again, Glamour

Comments

[Jocelyn]

I enjoy how they have EMBRACED ITALICS. :P

[Glossed Over]

True. Seemed like Sandra Bullock did half the interview in italics.