maybring

Coined by Marsita

verb coined here

MAY·bring

As first written
maybring
Stands today exactly as it was first set down.

To may or may not bring something; to promise an item in the maybe, so nobody can count on it or complain when it doesn't come.

“Is he bringing wine?” “He's maybring it.”

Etymologymaybe + bring, overlapping on the shared may-. It splits two ways at once: as may bring, the plain modal phrase, and as maybe + bring, bringing in the maybe. Both readings say the same thing, which is why the pun lands.

NoteIt looks like a typo of maybering and is a different word: one letter shorter, and the -bring is a real verb, not a suffix. Maybering is the state; maybring is the state applied to a specific bottle of wine. Grammatically it bends the rules: may is a modal and does not normally take -ing, so “he's maybring it” cannot exist in standard English. It is said anyway, because it is the only way to fit the hedge inside the verb.

Word family

mayber · noun, informal

A person permanently in the maybe.

maybering · verb, continuous

Actively dwelling in the maybe state.

maybring · verb

May or may not bring something.

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