The ultimate glossary of Wicked’s made-up words, from ‘definish’ to ‘wizomaniac’

The wonderful world of Oz is chock-full of oddities and made-up words that you might have missed during your first watch of Wicked because you were too distracted by Jonathan Bailey’s smile and Cynthia Erivo’s gravity-defying high notes.

Wicked’s official glossary comes directly from Wicked: The Grimmerie, a companion book that documents behind-the-scenes information about the original musical Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz. As such, it is split up into three sections: ancient Ozian dialect, new modernist Ozian, and universal Ozian.

Soon enough, you’ll be talking like a regular Ozian citizen.

Universal Ozian is known and used by most

Universal Ozian is the language most commonly found in the world of Oz, from the sprawling fields of Munchkinland to the hilariously named Winkie country, where Fiyero is the prince.

A full list of published Ozian words includes:

• Clandestinedly (adjective) – a combination of family and destiny that can be used to describe hidden ambitions and emotions
• Congratulotions (noun) – to congratulate someone, derived from the combination of small rodents prone to effusive praise, and u-lotion, an Ozian skin-care product
• Disgusticified (adjective) – the state of being beyond grossed out
• Disrespectation (noun) – an insult that comes as a surprise
• Encouragerize (verb) – to fill something with confidence
• Festivating (verb) – used to describe an absolute raging party
• Hideoteous (adjective) – coined by Shiz students, hideoteous is used to describe something truly ugly to look at
• Horrendible (adjective) – something so horrid you don’t know whether to destroy it or eat it
• Moodified (adjective) – said to come from depressed cows, the word is used to describe something grumpy and melancholic
• Rejoicify (verb) – celebrating something more than once

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• Scandalacious (adjective) – something so bad it’s good
• Thrillifying (adjective) – super, super exciting

New modernist Ozian is for the cool kids

If Universal Ozian is the language parents and elders use, then New modernist Ozian is the world’s equivalent of TikTok slang. It’s most often used by Ozians in Emerald City and Shiz University.

A full list of published modernist Ozian words includes:

• Degreenify (verb) – to remove something green
• Demanderating (adjective) – increasingly difficult particularly where magic is concerned
• Devastrated (adjective) – made to feel very, very sad
• Discoverate (verb) – to reveal something in a highly dramatic fashion. It was initially created in underground dance groups
• Disturberance (noun) – something loud and upsetting
• Galindafied (adjective) – basically a makeover
• Gratitution (noun) – a very strong expression of thanks
• Linguification (noun) – the study of words, and the least popular class at Shiz University
• Outuendo (noun) – a declaration of shock upon learning some particularly juicy gossip
• Ozmopolitan (adjective) – someone who is at the peak of style
• Surreptitially (adjective) – something that is sneaky, derived from the way Munchkins walk
• Wickedest (adjective) – can be used to describe someone negatively or in a positive manner
• Wizomaniac (noun) – a die-hard fan of Emerald City musical theatre

The ancient Ozian dialect is largely obsolete in modern-day OZ

The world of Oz has a rich and deep history that goes back thousands of years, with the ancient Ozian dialect primarily being obsolete in more modern times. It’s basically Latin.

A full list of published ancient Ozian words includes:

• Braverism (noun) – means better you than me
• Confusifying (adjective) – something is very confusing
• Decipherate (verb) – used to describe reading ancient texts
• Definish (adjective) – this word falls at the intersection of definite and not-so-definitive
• Despondiary (adjective) – used to describe feeling so awful that you fill a notebook with depression doodles
• Grimmerie (noun) – the ancient book of spells used by Elphaba
• Swankified (adjective) – something has been made cool

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