the worthless word for the day is: turgor [LL. fr. turgere, to swell] 1) Physiol. : the normal swollen condition of the capillaries and smaller blood vessels ...
1730
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tsuwm2002
Apr 3, 2012 5:34 am
the worthless word for the day is: chickee [fr. Creek chiki] /CHIK ee/ (var. of chikee) a Seminole Indian house built on stilts, with open sides and a...
1731
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tsuwm2002
Apr 4, 2012 5:42 am
the worthless word for the day is: wax [of obscure origin; perh. fr. phrase to wax angry] Brit. informal, old-fash. : a fit of rage or temper "Father Arnall's...
1732
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tsuwm2002
Apr 6, 2012 5:24 am
the worthless word for the day is: paleomnesia [fr. Gk paleo-, ancient + -mnesia, condition of memory] a good memory of events of the distant past an...
1733
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tsuwm2002
Apr 9, 2012 4:45 am
the worthless word for the day is: scurrifunging [a word of jocular formation] (cf. scurryfunge) Newf. dial. : a brisk and thorough cleaning ""Needs a good...
1734
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tsuwm2002
Apr 11, 2012 5:38 am
the worthless word for the day is: hangashore [hang + ashore] Newf. dial : a lazy person (a fisherman who doesn't fish) "..storm journeys to fetch medicines...
1735
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tsuwm2002
Apr 13, 2012 12:31 pm
the worthless word for the day is: glaikit [ME (Scot) glaikit] chiefly Scottish : foolish, giddy, thoughtless "”The MP,” Kaye stated. “I’m not...
1736
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tsuwm2002
Apr 17, 2012 6:00 am
the worthless word for the day is: elbedritsch [Penn. G.] |EL buh drich| (cf. snipe hunt) an imaginary creature which, as a practical joke, a greenhorn is...
1737
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tsuwm2002
Apr 23, 2012 2:32 am
the worthless word for the day is: upscuddle [up- + scuddle, origin uncertain] South. U.S. dial. : a quarrel "..those dear saints would surely end up in the...
1738
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tsuwm2002
Apr 26, 2012 3:51 am
the worthless word for the day is: sockdologizing [sockdolager + -izing] nonce-wd : sensationalizing (?) ""Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I...
1739
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tsuwm2002
Apr 30, 2012 2:55 am
the worthless word for the day is: dementate [fr. L. dementare < demens, mad] archaic : to deprive of reason "This mystery of iniquity began to work even in...
1740
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tsuwm2002
May 1, 2012 5:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: evirate [fr. L. evirare, to deprive of virility] to emasculate; to render unmanly "Many Philosophers and Divines have...
1741
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tsuwm2002
May 2, 2012 5:19 am
the worthless word for the day is: fucate [fr. L. fucare, to paint, rouge] obs. : painted; hence, falsified, disguised, counterfeit "..virtue and honesty are...
1742
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tsuwm2002
May 3, 2012 5:34 am
the worthless word for the day is: gnatho [fr. L. Gnatho, used as the proper name of a parasite] a person resembling the Gnatho of Terence; a parasite, ...
the worthless word for the day is: prognathous [pro- + Gk gnathos] of jaws or a lower jaw: prominent, protruding "But he cuts no ice. If your business is big,...
1745
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tsuwm2002
May 14, 2012 4:11 am
the worthless word for the day is: whoopensocker regional U.S. dial. : something extraordinary of its kind, esp. a large or strong drink "Whoopensocker...
1746
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tsuwm2002
May 15, 2012 5:28 am
the worthless word for the day is: dap [of imitative origin] urban slang : a knuckle-to-knuckle fist bump, as a greeting or form of respect cf....
1747
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tsuwm2002
May 16, 2012 2:58 am
the worthless word for the day is: nibby [cf. Sc. nebby, nebbie] U.S. regional : nosy, inquisitive, interfering "One broken-down med student.. is very nibby...
1748
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tsuwm2002
May 17, 2012 4:16 am
the worthless word for the day is: gaydar [portmanteau of gay + radar] slang : the supposed ability to discern whether a person is homosexual, at a glance ...
1749
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tsuwm2002
May 21, 2012 3:28 am
the worthless word for the day is: insuavity [fr. L. insuavitas < in- + suavis, sweet] rare : unpleasantness; surliness "All fears, griefs, suspicions,...
1750
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tsuwm2002
May 22, 2012 4:29 am
the worthless word for the day is: maleficiate(d) [fr. L. maleficiare] obs. : bewitched "A third dares not venture to walk alone, for fear he should meet the...
1751
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tsuwm2002
May 24, 2012 4:04 am
the worthless word for the day is: vastity [fr. L. vastitas < vastus : empty, waste] archaic 1) a waste or desolate condition <all the vastity of the Arabian...
1752
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tsuwm2002
May 28, 2012 3:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: blat [fr. v. blat, to bleat] 1) a bleat or bleatlike cry 2) a senseless or raucous noise <the never-ending blat of airhorns...
1753
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tsuwm2002
May 29, 2012 3:20 am
the worthless word for the day is: eidos [Gk, literally, shape, form] 1) something that is seen or intuited a) idea (Plato) b) form, essence (Aristotle) 2)...
1754
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tsuwm2002
May 30, 2012 5:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: theolepsy [fr. Gk theolepsis] rare : seizure or possession by a god; inspiration "Perhaps ancient accounts of theolepsy -...
1755
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tsuwm2002
May 31, 2012 6:00 am
the worthless word for the day is: smug [perhaps back-formation fr. smuggling] to steal, filch, run away with "What did that mean about the smugging in the...
1756
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tsuwm2002
Jun 1, 2012 6:37 am
the worthless word for the day is: guetapens [F. guet-apens, < MF, de guet apens, with premeditation] ambush, snare, trap <a trick to lure him into some...
1757
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tsuwm2002
Jun 4, 2012 4:22 am
the worthless word for the day is: paraprosdokian [fr. Gk para prosdokian, contrary to expectations] /par ah proze DOKE ian/ a figure of speech in which the...
1758
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tsuwm2002
Jun 6, 2012 3:40 am
the worthless word for the day is: blurfled nonce-wd : intoxicated "’I know a place where we can get some alcohol,’ she said. ‘Let’s go there; then we...
