On C-SPAN the other day, a political consultant used the phrase (unintentionally, I'm sure) "Powers-to-be". If this phrase takes off to describe someone who has been elected but has not yet taken office, then I'd like to take partial credit.
(She's not the only one to commit this malapropism.)
I've also created a portmanteau word, "whunch" - a cross between a "whim" and a "hunch". For example, my smoke detector was beeping - low battery. I unscrewed it from the ceiling, but on a whunch I left it dangling there without replacing the battery. It has not beeped since, confirming my whunch.
("Whunch" is being used elsewhere onomatopoeically like "Wham" or "Whomp" - example here - good dialogue!)
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