This sounds fun! Have a go!

[Patti (baconater)]

Rosen posted this on Facebook.

I need a made-up word synonymous with 'plonker' for trolls to say to each other. Any ideas?

I know how we all love playing with words!

[David]

Dankblot

[Kath]

Bazonker. It really ought to be a word!

[Jud]

Wingle

(I came across this last night when someone tried to say wiggle and mingle and it merged together)

[Michael]

Sorry, I'm at work and don't 'do' fun during that time.

Fargler.

[Mago]

Boj

[Rosen]

Hee hee! Nice suggestions folks.
I've come up with 'narb brain' ('narb' means 'no' in troll).

I also need a replacement for 'Dickens' in 'What the Dickens is going on?'

Any ideas?

[Mago]

Rosen wrote: "Hee hee! Nice suggestions folks.
I've come up with 'narb brain' ('narb' means 'no' in troll).

I also need a replacement for 'Dickens' in 'What the Dickens is going on?'

Any ideas?"

Bojboj

[Michael]

What the argle-bargle is going on?

[[deleted user]]

What the mucklebum is going on?

[Kath]

Bazonkers. Sorry - I just love the sound of it!

[Darren]

Best that I can do is gravelhead and what the anthracite shards is going on.

[B J]

'Numby-bumby' for the first and 'what the wibbly-wobbly wingle-wangle' for the second.
At this rate, Rosen, you're going to have to do a Tolkien and create an entire history/mythology/language of the Troll world.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Nuzzox/ nussocks. (emphasis on the first syllable)

[Jud]

That one sounds like it could be a real swear word Lynne!

[Nick]

Wasn't too good at languages at school, so didn't get into classical troll, but here's a try.
Finkler for first, furzlehoop for second.

[Jim]

Plonker = Barrg

Dickens = jert

I'm afraid it's not classic troll either, more rustic dialect

[Rosen]

This is the greatest response I've ever had to a Facebook question - a UKAKF thread, loads of Facebook responses and also private emails full of candidate words.

Perhaps I ought to be writing a kids' swear word dictionary instead of a novel! ;-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Now that would be a fun book, Rosen!

I can just see a bunch of the kids I teach loving that!

[Rosen]

I'm tempted, at a much later date, to write 'The Troll Hunter's Handbook'. It would have a spotters guide to the different trolls, a low down on all the troll hunting weapons, a dictionary of made up words used in the book, etc.

[Jason]

GERGLBLERG

[Katie]

Rosen wrote: "I'm tempted, at a much later date, to write 'The Troll Hunter's Handbook'. It would have a spotters guide to the different trolls, a low down on all the troll hunting weapons, a dictionary of made ..."

Ooh, I'd enjoy illustrating that! :)

As for words for plonker ... funkelplopper? globwobbler? or maybe faffdorker?

[Rosen]

Something like that would be have loads of illustrations.

Incidentally Katie, did you get the survey Amazon sent to children's authors? One of the questions about their self-publishing platform was "Would you like to see an option to split royalties?"

That could be very useful for projects with multiple authors or books that use illustrators who would like to be paid a commission.

[Katie]

I didn't get that, Rosen, but yes it would be a good option to have available.

I wonder why I didn't get it? I'm a children's author.:(

[Rosen]

Probably just a random selection.

[Rosen]

Ha ha. You have to love online name generators.

[Karen]

you cd prob pick out a Welsh place name at random, Rosen!
Can't go far into Wales without finding Tolkeinish place names