Is 'additised' a real word?

[plowter]

There's a new advert for Esso fuel and the small print describes performance 'compared to additised fuel'. Is 'additised' a real word?

[joggerjayne]

Is is now !

[MASS1961]

Maybe?

http://uk.answers.yah...20090407043128AA6DvRJ

[glasman]

You're slurring your speech, JJ - on the Drambuie again?

[dickythecook]

I thought I had misheard. We are obviously in the power of the advertising wordsmiths of makebelieve world.

[Buenchico]

JJ's succint answer says it all.

Words are constantly being added to the English language. Just because a word might not have made it into the OED yet, that doesn't mean that it's not 'real'.

I've just checked the OED website. 'Additise' isn't recognised. However a quick Google search finds it used it loads of documents from reputable organisations, so it will almost certainly be added to the OED in the near future.

It will be interesting to see whether the verb 'to additise' is added, or just the participle 'additised'. Only that participle seems to be in use (as an adjective) rather than any other form of the (pseudo-)verb.

Chris

[DTCwordfan]

additives are what are put in at the loading rack in an oil depot - the joke is that Exxon are pretty scanty on theirs in comparison to Shell or Chevron......I wouldn't touch their fuel with a barge pole.

[FredPuli43]

It is if it serves a purpose, has a meaning, which is not provided by another word. It means, presumably, treated by adding chemicals, additives. What word is there for that? The test is not whether it's in a dictionary yet. It will be if it has currency, even if it is only used by scientists or engineers. It does serve a purpose, have a useful meaning, and is being used as though it is accepted already, so it must be a 'real word' .

[joggerjayne]

glasman ... as it happens, yes I am. I've got a bit of a taste for it. It's SO warming. How have I lived until now without Drambuie?

[plowter]

Additised.
It sounds such a clumsy word - 'fuel with additives' seems clearer.

[glasman]

JJ.

Sláinte.

[joggerjayne]

dheagh shlàinte, glasman

[joggerjayne]

(I cheated and Googled that, but one does like to try to return courtesies)

[ichkeria]

It would surely have to be 'additivised' in that case. I suspect illiteracy rather than innovation here :-)

[FredPuli43]

True, ich, but we are entitled to shorten words to make them readily pronounceable.'Additivised' is a tongue twister. The meaning of 'additised' is plain enough.

[Quizmonster]

Was there anything particularly wrong with modified?

[dickythecook]

Olympians used to win medals. Now they just 'Medal'
I will say nothing about J savile onthis thread. ;-)

[Old_Geezer]

Quite right, new words are being added to the language all the time.

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So I now hope that's all clear and answers your question. Not to mention increased your vocabulary no end.

[Quizmonster]

Dicky, in 1822 the poet, Lord Byron, wrote about someone in a letter to Sir Walter Scott saying, "He was medalled" and in 1860 the novelist, W M Thackeray, wrote, "Irving went home medalled by the king."
It is clear, therefore, that the verb ‘to medal' has existed in British English for about two centuries. A bit late to start complaining about it now!

[ichkeria]

"The meaning of 'additised' is plain enough. "

Well apparently not, especially as it doesn't appear in dictionaries by the sound of it. "Additivised" is hideous but IMO understandable because at least you can parse it and deduce the meaning.

Anything wrong with "compared to fuel with additives"??

[ichkeria]

Quizmonster, there's a difference between "medalled" in a passive sense and "medalled" in an intransitive verb sense (not that I want to get into another row about intransitive verbs again!!)
I think the latter use is dire, but I daresay we must live with it.