Sometimes The Old Lady is sadly disappointed by the English language, usually when she cannot find a word for a very specific thing.

For example: there should be a word for buildings that are shaped to look like what is sold inside, like the Twistee Treat stand in Crystal River, Florida pictured above or the filling station shaped like a dinosaur in Spring Hill, Florida.

Such dilemmas throw The Old Lady into her imagination to make up her own terms:

Picto-tecture?

Sculptural construction?

Faux façade?

“New words enter the English language all the time,” complained The Old Lady; “I just want those Linguistics Departments to work a little harder.”