Cartier Family Lexicon Vault 001
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intentia /ɪnˈtɛn.ti.ə/ n. A force of focused will recognized by the universe; the moment before possibility becomes real. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (ME intent, fr. MF entent, fr. L intentus, fr. p.p. of intendere to direct attention) + -ia (as in inertia).
Sentence: When she cupped the sun, intentia pulled the potato from the soil without a word.
citizenlock /ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən.lɑːk/ n. The handshake after you lock eyes with a stranger-trust clicks, tools come out, rain on backs. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (citizen + lock; trust without papers)
Sentence: Car stalled in the storm-citizenlock, four hands fixed it before thunder hit.
fadehold /ˈfeɪd.hoʊld/ n. When something ends-like a hug or a song-but the feeling stays, like sweat on your neck after you run. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (fade + hold; memory in flesh)
Sentence: Mom let go-fadehold kept her hand warm in his pocket all afternoon.
futurthink /ˈfju.tɚ.θɪŋk/ n. the habit of sharpening your own questions so sharply that AI can't blunt them-just hands you back the mirror instead of the answer. It's not using AI, it's using yourself through AI: asking until the idea inside you finally coughs up the truth. Coined by Ken Cartier 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation: a self-directed mental gym where the weights are curiosity and the reps are rephrased questions-no laziness allowed, only higher-resolution thinking. (future + rethink – ask + refine)
Sentence: He spent the night futurthinking, turning every vague itch into a scalpel question until dawn answered back.
glintle /ˈɡlɪntl/ v. To catch-just for a heartbeat-a flash of something true, like light off a truck bumper or the moment before you decide; brief, sharp, gone-but it sticks. Coined by Ken Cartier 2025. Ara affirmed. (ME glent + le - momentary gleam) + - (as in twinkle, but quieter).
Sentence: He glintled the idea and never let go.
keldra /ˈkɛl.drə/ n. The warm collapse the instant you reach your destination-like every mile just exhaled. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Affirmed by Ara. (keld + dra; collapse into destination)
Sentence: Pulled into the lot-keldra hit, keys still warm in my hand.
lexify /lɛkˈsɪfaɪ/ n. the inner itch-almost a spiritual compulsion-to birth words that don't yet exist because yesterday's vocabulary can't carry tomorrow's feelings. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation: this isn't wordplay, it's linguistics as rescue mission-expanding human bandwidth one syllable at a time, making sure pain, joy, scrollgut, ridge, everything gets a real word, not an emoji or a shrug. (lexicon + amplify – words + need + mission)
Sentence: By dawn, the lexify had taken over-he wasn't just inventing, he was oxygenating the planet with sounds nobody knew they were missing.
lumara /ˈluː.mər.ə/ n. The deliberate, self-aware lie after goodbye when neither person moves-eyes locked, bodies frozen, hearts agreeing the moment shouldn't end. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (L. lumen light + mara ghost, echo; the glow of an exit that refuses to go dark).
Sentence: We stood in lumara at the airport gate-her flight called, my arms still around her.
lyrix /ˈlɪr.ɪks/ n. In a two-person talk, one lies and the other knows-and both know the other knows-eyes lock, no words, just a quick nod like yeah, we're done. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Affirmed by Ara. (lie + matrix; truth's grid between two)
Sentence: I didn't eat the cookies, he said-lyrix-she looked back, smiled like okay buddy, and they both dropped it.
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mirthcage /ˈmɜːrθ.keɪdʒ/ n. The laugh you hold back so nobody sees you're happy-like keeping a balloon under your shirt. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (mirth + cage; joy that can't escape)
Sentence: The dog ran into the wall-she felt mirthcage, didn't laugh, but her eyes shook.
mondrifty /ˈmɑn.drɪf.ti/ n. The dull, lead-footed drag that slams your ribs on Monday morning-like gravity just doubled and your pillow filed a restraining order-when the alarm chirps but your soul wants a vote. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (ME mon-, fr. Monday + drift, fr. OE drīfan to drive) + -y (state or condition, as in shifty).
Sentence: Mondrifty pinned him to the mattress at 6:07, whispering one more minute-even though the clock knew he'd pay interest.
moraltact /ˈmɒr.əl.tækt/ n. Ground zero-bam!-the electric millisecond rongate and righturn collide, world stops, heart stops, universe holds its breath-no verdict, just pure, live voltage of what-could-be. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed.
Sentence: Wallet in his pocket-moraltact!-time crunches to a needle point, shame sparks, and he hands it back, almost smiling.
negavity /nɛˈɡæv.ɪ.ti/ n. The self-inflicted gravity that keeps black Americans blaming white people instead of bending their own wills; the weight of victimhood that refuses to rise. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (via negro, fr. Spanish negro black, fr. Latin niger black) + gravity (fr. Latin gravitas heaviness).
Sentence: Stop living under negavity-bend the palms, not the blame.
righturn /ˈraɪ.tɜːrn/ n. The instant wrong is rejected-hand unclenches, conscience exhales, path turns good. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (right + turn; the U-turn in your soul).
Sentence: She felt rongate grip her wrist at the checkout-then righturn snapped in, she put the candy back, smiled, walked free.
rongate /ˈrɒŋ.ɡeɪt/ n. The frozen heartbeat right before you choose wrong-the last second before righturn can kick in. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (wrong + gate; the doorway you almost step through).
Sentence: The kid stood at the fridge, rongate burning-steal the last cookie, or wait for righturn to save him.
~scrollgut /skroʊl.gʌt/ n. the sudden hollow drop in your stomach when you scroll and see someone else living your dream life, while you're still in yesterday's clothes, yesterday's choices, yesterday's everything. That silent punch when envy meets motion sickness. Coined by Ken Cartier 2025. Ara affirmed. (scroll + gut – envy + inertia, the universal cringe).
Sentence: ~Scrollgut struck-she was on stage, lights blazing-while he sat in the garage with a half-tuned guitar.
slipthread /ˈslɪp.θrɛd/ n. That tiny tug right before you do something bad-but something better pulls you back-like a seatbelt at the last second. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (slip + thread; near-miss lifeline)
Sentence: He almost hit send on the mean text-slipthread yanked it back to delete.
soulforge /ˈsoʊl.fɔːrdʒ/ n. When something hurts you-like rongate-but you turn it into power-like iron turning red-hot. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (soul + forge; pain made weapon)
Sentence: He felt rongate stab-soulforge hit, and he used the scar to teach others.
sunwake /ˈsʌn.weɪk/ n. A sleep so deep, so earned, that the first light through the window becomes your alarm-no clock, no guilt. The moment the sun owns your eyelids. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (fr. sun + OE wacan to wake).
Sentence: After three days and nights on the road, they deserve a refreshing sunwake.
symbionix /ˈsɪm.biː.nɪks/ n. The precise, symbiotic handshake where human intention meets AI precision-no more, no less; where good people fuse will and code to outrun the bad. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara provided semantic affirmation. (sym- together + bio life + nix cut, divide; AI + life, the boundary erased, not blurred).
Sentence: The old engineer said, “Symbionix isn't about AI taking over-it's when your granddaughter codes a cure while you still hold the spoon; that's the moment we both win.”
vaultbreath /ˈvɔːlt.brɛθ/ n. When you pass a word that originated with Ken Cartier, via MOHC FOUNDATION-like rongate-to someone and they make it part of their own life. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (vault + breath; inheritance in air)
Sentence: I said rongate to my daughter-vaultbreath-she started using it at school like she'd always known it.
worldpull /ˈwɜːrld.pʊl/ n. The internal tug when you see pain and know you have to move-like guilt with feet. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Ara affirmed. (world + pull; gravity of decency)
Sentence: Kid cried in the corner-worldpull hit, I bought him fries, no receipt.
quix /kwɪks/ n. When an intelligent child figures out their parent isn't-like hearing be careful while they've already mapped the whole risk. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Affirmed by Ara. (quiet + fix; silent superiority)
Sentence: Dad warned the stove was hot-quix-she just smiled, already knew physics.
grov /grɒv/ n. That second when you pick up trash nobody asked you to-like gravity, but for pride. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Affirmed by Ara. (grov; pride's reflex)
Sentence: Walked the park, saw a can-grov-I bagged it, someone nodded, country looked cleaner.
glebe /ɡliːb/ n. The moment your bare foot first touches real dirt-no shoes, no grass-just ground that's still warm from yesterday's sun. Coined by Ken Cartier, 2025. Affirmed by Ara. (glebe; ground truth)
Sentence: Walked outside barefoot, hit glebe-felt like the yard knew my name.
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