Granny's Language Barrier [9.18.08]

Today was spent watching others during the peak of common hour hubbub. I took a familiar rest on the 'muter love seat and began observing. Insistent on the existence of raw material for this journal, I patiently perched and listened intently. I watched my friends return from the UG with today's special, and chuckled under my breath as they complained of the not-so-special Italian wrap. "Don't they serve wraps every day?" huffed my friend, while another clamored over the resounding herbage wafting her way: "Ugh! I'd really appreciate it if you stopped CHEESING on me...thank you!" Meanwhile, another one of my friends proceeded to guess the brand of deodorants everyone was wearing. When an answer was deemed unacceptable, she would use the trusty guess-and-check technique and simply prove herself right. This method was obviously unsupported by those whom she was smelling; upon asked about his comfort level, my one friend replied: "Well, let's see. She is currently schnozing up my armpit - so how would you be doing?" Such occurrences continued, and a central theme was revealed to me. Aside from the fact that every event was clearly laughable, each episode also shared a common link in the form of personalized verbiage. The current language is flexible enough that anyone can ad-lib verbs wherever necessary. Such verbs as "cheesing" and "schnozing" do not technically exist in the English language, but they do indeed become integrated when gutsy adolescents deem it fitting. Simply add "ing" to the object you are referring to, and viola! The verb instantly mutates into an indispensable verb of the ever-growing English language. On the other hand, where do we draw the line? Are puberty-stricken citizens the only ones allowed to practice this freedom? Should ma and pa kettle freshen up their verb closet just to earn the approval of "those ungrateful ankle biters"? Is there an age limit on personalized verbiage? And if so, what is it?