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the worthless word for the day is: chartopaigniologist [fr. Gk charte[s], a sheet of paper + pagnios, playful + -ologist, person who studies] nonce word : an...
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Sep 23, 2009
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1375
the worthless word for the day is: violaceous [L. violaceus, violet-colored] of a violet color, bluish purple "(his prose frequently begins as lavender and...
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Sep 24, 2009
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1376
the worthless word for the day is: importunity wwftd has quite a wide web presence today; in addition to the original web site, the daily word is available via...
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Sep 25, 2009
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1377
the worthless word for the day is: moider [origin uncertain] /MOI dur/ Irish & Brit. dial. (also moither, etc.) [tv] 1) to perplex, bewilder 2) to distract,...
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Sep 28, 2009
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1378
the worthless word for the day is: tralatitious [fr. L. tralatio, a transporting or transferring] /tra luh TISH us/ 1) characterized by transference;...
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Sep 29, 2009
3:00 am
1379
the worthless word for the day is: gry [fr. Gk gru, grunt of a pig; dirt under the nail] obs. : anything of little value, as the paring of the nails {Johnson,...
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Sep 30, 2009
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1380
the worthless word for the day is: lusk [origin uncertain] idle, lazy, worthless {Johnson, 1822) "The lapses of lusk water heard apart, As in a dream are...
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Oct 2, 2009
2:21 am
1381
the worthless word for the day is: Thalian [pertaining to Thalia, the muse of comedy] of the nature of comedy; comic this week: more eponyms "The Thalian...
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Oct 6, 2009
6:29 am
1382
the worthless word for the day is: Oblomovian [fr. Ivan Goncharov's novel, Oblomov] characterized by sloth or lassitude (see also Oblomovism, sluggish inertia)...
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Oct 7, 2009
3:01 am
1383
the worthless word for the day is: Zoilist [after Zoilus, Gk critic famous for criticism of Homer] a carping critic "My fashion's known; out rhyme, tak't as...
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Oct 8, 2009
3:25 am
1384
the worthless word for the day is: heisenbug [after Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle] Programming jargon : a software bug that alters its behavior or...
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Oct 9, 2009
2:53 am
1385
the worthless word for the day is: mussitate [fr. L. mussitare, to mutter] obs. : to mutter "'Oh, Anu, I never thought to see you again,' he mussitates. (I...
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Oct 13, 2009
9:19 pm
1386
the worthless word for the day is: myrmidonize [myrmidon + -ize] obs. rare : to make hard, to harden "Besides, she hath steeled my soft impressive heart, and...
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Oct 14, 2009
8:56 pm
1387
the worthless word for the day is: omniscian [fr. L. omniscius + -an] obs. rare : a person who knows, or professes to know, everything "[A]nd say not but...
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Oct 15, 2009
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1388
the worthless word for the day is: pernickety [origin unknown] chiefly Brit. : characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; fussy,...
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Oct 16, 2009
9:24 pm
1389
the worthless word for the day is: obnixely [fr. L. obnixus: strenuous, resolute] obs. rare : earnestly, strenuously cf. obnixiously (not to be confused w....
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Oct 20, 2009
4:46 am
1390
the worthless word for the day is: nomothetic [fr. Gk nomothetikos, of legislation] /nom uh THET ik/ relating to law; based in general laws "Is musicology.. a...
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Oct 21, 2009
2:59 am
1391
the worthless word for the day is: enturbulate [coined by L. Ron Hubbard, prob. fr. turbulent/disturbed] used as a shibboleth by Scientologists : to disturb; ...
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Oct 23, 2009
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1392
the worthless word for the day is: hedgehoggy [hedgehog + -y] having a prickly nature, of a forbidding appearance or manner; tending to arouse aversion (hence,...
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Oct 26, 2009
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1393
the worthless word for the day is: frostification jocular : the process of becoming frosty (this week: nonsense and jokes) "..a certain frostification in...
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Oct 27, 2009
2:56 am
1394
the worthless word for the day is: stupex [fr. stupid] jocular, obs. : a fool "The light of nature would show that to any one but a stupex." - Charlotte Mary...
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Oct 28, 2009
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1395
the worthless word for the day is: hackette [hack + -ette] a jocular or disparaging term for a female journalist "I, innocent hackette on my first foreign...
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Oct 29, 2009
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1396
the worthless word for the day is: contrafibularities [fr. contra-, against + fibula, a bone in the lower leg] while sounding congratulatory, the elements...
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Oct 30, 2009
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1397
the worthless word for the day is: legerity [fr. F. legereté, lightness (fr. L. leviarius?] /luh JER ud ee/ agility of mind or of limb: nimbleness "This is...
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Nov 2, 2009
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1398
the worthless word for the day is: orexis [Gk orexis, desire] /aw REK sis/ Psych. : the aspect of mental activity concerned with emotion and desire rather...
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Nov 3, 2009
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1399
the worthless word for the day is: Sprachgefuhl [G., fr. sprache speech + gefuhl feeling] /SHPRAKH guh fyl/ an intuitive grasp of the spirit of a language,...
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Nov 4, 2009
7:21 am
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the worthless word for the day is: humectation [fr. L. (h)umecto, to moisten] /hyu mek TAY shun/ archaic : the act or process of moistening or wetting; ...
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Nov 9, 2009
6:11 am
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the worthless word for the day is: humicubation [fr. L. humi, on the ground + cubare, to lie down] /hyu mik yoo BAY shun/ obs., rare lying on the ground,...
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Nov 10, 2009
5:58 am
1402
the worthless word for the day is: obluctation [fr. L. obluctari, to offer resistance] obs. rare : the action of striving or struggling against something 'a...
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Nov 11, 2009
5:54 am
1403
the worthless word for the day is: villatic [fr. L. villaticus, of a country house < villa] /vi LAD ik/ of a farm or village: rural, rustic And as an evening...
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Nov 12, 2009
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