the worthless word for the day is: gubernate [fr. L. guberno, to steer/govern] obs. rare : to govern; hence, gubernation "Behold the creation of this world,...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 4, 2010 6:03 am
the worthless word for the day is: feckly [feck + -ly] /fek ly/ chiefly Scots 1) for the most part 2) almost, nearly Wheel-carriages I hae but few: Three...
1550
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tsuwm2002
Nov 5, 2010 5:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: jobbery [fr. job or jobber] the practice of turning a public office or position of trust to personal gain or political...
1551
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tsuwm2002
Nov 17, 2010 5:42 am
the worthless word for the day is: cringeworthy [eponymous, after Cuthbert Cringeworthy (Beano comics)] informal, orig. Brit. causing feelings of embarrassment...
1552
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tsuwm2002
Nov 18, 2010 6:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: hibernaculum [L. hibernaculum, winter residence < hibernare] 1) obs. : a greenhouse for wintering plants 2) a shelter...
1553
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tsuwm2002
Nov 19, 2010 5:44 am
the worthless word for the day is: bumwhush UK dialect : ruin, obscurity, annihilation "When anything has made a noise for some time, and is then quashed, it...
1554
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tsuwm2002
Nov 22, 2010 5:40 am
the worthless word for the day is: obelus [L. < Gk obelos : spit, pointed pillar] 1) a mark (- or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to indicate spurious or...
1555
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tsuwm2002
Nov 29, 2010 2:21 pm
the worthless word for the day is: tripudiation [fr. tripudiate < L. tripudiare, to dance exultingly] obs., rare : the act of dancing {Carlyle} "Till...
1556
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tsuwm2002
Dec 1, 2010 8:22 am
the worthless word for the day is: shipoopi [neologism of Wolfe/Meredith?] slang : a woman; the girl who's hard to get(?) (Eric Partridge claims the slang...
1557
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tsuwm2002
Dec 2, 2010 6:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: rumbustious [prob. alt. of archaic robustious] informal, chiefly British : boisterous or unruly "That black-whiskered...
1558
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tsuwm2002
Dec 10, 2010 4:36 pm
the worthless word for the day is: infralapsarianism [fr. L. infra, later than + lapsus, fall] a doctrine holding the view that God's election of some to...
1559
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tsuwm2002
Dec 14, 2010 5:40 am
the worthless word for the day is: muculent [L. muculentus, sniveling < mucus] slimy; moist, and moderately viscous; resembling mucus "[He] ground his teeth...
1560
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tsuwm2002
Dec 15, 2010 6:49 am
the worthless word for the day is: binotonous (cf. monotonous) consisting of two tones or notes "During the breeding season their [the Lesser Pettychaps]...
1561
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tsuwm2002
Dec 27, 2010 8:14 am
the worthless word for the day is: divulsion [fr. L. divello, to rend asunder] (now used chiefly in surgery) the act of pulling away; a tearing asunder;...
1562
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tsuwm2002
Dec 28, 2010 5:06 am
he worthless word for the day is: variorum [L. variorum, of various persons] 1) an edition or text with notes by different persons 2) an edition containing...
1563
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tsuwm2002
Dec 29, 2010 5:29 am
the worthless word for the day is: amygdala [L. amygdala, almond] /ah MIG duh luh/ an almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the anterior portion of the...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 31, 2010 6:48 am
the worthless word for the day is: gregger Hebrew (also gragger, grogger) a rattle noisemaker {A Popular Dict. of Jadaism} "The gregger is sounded on the...
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tsuwm2002
Jan 3, 2011 6:03 pm
the worthless word for the day is: gregicide [fr. L. grex: flock, crowd + -cide (after regicide)] nonce-wd. involving the slaughter of the common people ...
1566
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tsuwm2002
Jan 4, 2011 5:12 pm
the worthless word for the day is: gregarization [fr. L. gregaria, the gregarious phase of locusts] the swarming of locusts "Phase change plays a central part...
1567
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tsuwm2002
Jan 5, 2011 4:07 pm
the worthless word for the day is: haver [origin unknown] chiefly Brit. to hem and haw : stall for time (as by useless talk); hence, havering <she was...
1568
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tsuwm2002
Jan 6, 2011 10:40 pm
the worthless word for the day is: off-piste [see piste] away from prepared ski runs <off-piste slopes> also transf. "Taking ski instructor training and...
1569
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tsuwm2002
Jan 10, 2011 5:39 am
the worthless word for the day is: exoptable [fr. L. exoptare: to wish earnestly, desire greatly] obs. : highly desirable "Justine was, like the solemn,...
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tsuwm2002
Jan 11, 2011 8:21 pm
the worthless word for the day is: flaneuring [F. flâneur, idler] ~/FLAH nuhr ing/ idling; sauntering; wandering aimlessly "..flaneuring American-style like...
1571
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tsuwm2002
Jan 12, 2011 6:09 pm
the worthless word for the day is: lygophilic [fr. G. lyge, twilight + -philic] (soft or hard g?) one who loves darkness (as opposed to lygophobic) "..a...
1572
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tsuwm2002
Jan 14, 2011 6:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: castrophenic [var. of castrophrenic (note 2nd 'r'), which relates to the belief that one's thoughts are being stolen; +...
1573
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tsuwm2002
Jan 17, 2011 5:17 am
the worthless word for the day is: mythomane [back-formation fr. mythomania] one who has an excessive propensity for lying or exaggerating this week: more from...
1574
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tsuwm2002
Jan 18, 2011 5:04 am
the worthless word for the day is: nycterent [fr. G. nycto- < nyx, night] (relating to) one who hunts by night "Looking into the animal's melting blue eyes ...
1575
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tsuwm2002
Jan 19, 2011 6:18 am
the worthless word for the day is: dziggetai [fr. Mongolian tchikhitei] /DZIG uh tai/ the wild ass of Mongolia "He paid them little mind, as he skirted the...
1576
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tsuwm2002
Jan 21, 2011 9:10 pm
the worthless word for the day is: fubbery [fr. fob, to cheat + -ery] obs. rare : cheating, deception "O heaven! O fubbery, fubbery!" - J. Marston, The...
1577
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tsuwm2002
Jan 24, 2011 5:24 am
the worthless word for the day is: cobwebbery [cobweb + -ery] the spinning of cobwebs; a texture of cobwebs; fig. "Metaphysical controversies and...
