the worthless word for the day is: enatic [L. enatus] also enate related on the mother's side <enatic clans> bonus word: agnatic (also agnate) - related on...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 3, 2006 9:49 am
the worthless word for the day is: comcast My roadrunner ISP has converted to comcast. As of today I will no longer be updating the wwftd page hosted by...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 4, 2006 8:05 pm
the worthless word for the day is: bętise [F, from bęte, beast, fool, foolish, fr. OF beste, beast] /bay TEZE/ 1) a stupid or foolish act or remark 2)...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 6, 2006 7:11 am
the worthless word for the day is: irreption [fr. Latin irreptus] /eh REP shun/ creeping or stealing in, stealthy entrance <the irreption of pseudoclassical...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 8, 2006 2:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: ejulation [L. ejulatio, fr. ejulare to wail, lament] /EJ u LAY shun/? obs. : a wailing, lamentation "..with dismal groans, ...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 9, 2006 5:47 am
the worthless word for the day is: scry [fr. shortening descry] 1) obs. : descry 2) to practice crystal gazing hence, scrying "The bowl of water you scry with...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 10, 2006 5:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: fumifugist [L. fumus, smoke + fugare, to put to flight, fugere to flee] /fu MIF u gist/? 'One who or that which drives away...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 13, 2006 4:13 am
the worthless word for the day is: tatum [named to evoke the rapid-fire piano playing of jazz keyboardist, Art Tatum] Music : the smallest perceptual time...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 14, 2006 6:26 am
the worthless word for the day is: treeware [tree + -ware, after hardware, software, etc.] computing slang, freq. humorous : documentation or other printed...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 15, 2006 4:48 am
the worthless word for the day is: blatterer [L blaterare to prate, babble] dialect one who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster <he blattered...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 16, 2006 6:12 am
the worthless word for the day is: bobbasheely [fr. Choctaw itibapishily, my brother with whom I was suckled] U.S. dialect (Gulf States) /?/ [n] a very close...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 17, 2006 4:33 am
the worthless word for the day is: antigodlin [origin unknown] also antigoglin U.S. dialect (Midl., SW) [adj] lopsided, out of line: askew [adv] at an angle;...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 17, 2006 9:22 pm
the worthless word for the day is: newsfeed I've been pondering the utility of adding a newsfeed (RSS feed) to wwftd, but I've read some comments saying that...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 20, 2006 4:42 am
the worthless word for the day is: schizothemia [fr. Gk schizo-, from schizein, to split + thema, theme] rare : digression by means of a long reminiscence; ...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 21, 2006 5:47 am
the worthless word for the day is: micrology [fr. Gk mikrolog�a : minute discussion, frivolity] /mahy KROL uh jee/ 1) attention to petty details or...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 22, 2006 4:37 am
the worthless word for the day is: impignorate [fr. Latin pignerare, to pledge] obs. [v] to place in pawn; to pledge or mortgage [pple] pledged, pawned,...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 22, 2006 9:53 pm
the worthless word for Thansgiving day is: epulose [fr. L. epulum, a feast] /EP u lose/ obs. rare : feasting to excess hence epulosity, a feasting to excess ...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 27, 2006 4:57 am
the worthless word for the day is: zoosemiotics [fr. Gk zoi-, animal + semiotics, the study of signs and symbols] /ZO uh sem ee OT ics/ the scientific study...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 28, 2006 6:59 am
the worthless word for the day is: musard [F., fr. muser, to loiter, trifle] /MU sard/ obs. a dreamer; an absent-minded person "Alle men wole holde thee for...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 29, 2006 5:39 am
the worthless word for the day is: murdrum [ML] /MUR drum/ early English law, now hist. 1) the killing of someone in a secret manner 2) a fine imposed by the...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 30, 2006 6:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: perpession [fr. L. perpessio, endurance of suffering] /per PES sion/ obs. endurance of suffering "The eternity of...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 1, 2006 7:21 pm
the worthless word for the day is: oicotype [fr. Gk oikos : house, dwelling + type] /OY ko type/? cf. ecotype* a term proposed by Carl Wilhelm von Sydow to...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 4, 2006 4:00 am
the worthless word for the day is: grammatolatry [fr. Gk grammato- + Eng. -latry, worship of or fanatical devotion to] /GRAM eh TAL eh tree/ the worship of...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 5, 2006 8:29 am
the worthless word for the day is: logomachist [Gk logomachia + -ist] /lo GAM eh kest/ one given to disputes over or about words (also logomach) "One feels...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 6, 2006 8:55 am
the worthless word for the day is: pundigrion [origin unknown, but prob. the source of pun; perhaps a humorous alteration of It. puntiglio : equivocation,...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 7, 2006 6:21 am
the worthless word for the day is: haplography [fr. Gk haplo- single + -graphy writing] /hap LOG ruh fee/ the inadvertent omission of a repeated letter(s) in...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 8, 2006 2:49 am
the worthless word for the day is: logocentrism [fr. Gk logos, word + -centrism] /lo go CEN triz em/ 1) literary analysis that focuses on words and language ...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 11, 2006 5:11 am
the worthless word for the day is: postpositive [fr. L. postpositus, pple of postponere, to put after] /post POZ i tiv/ [adj] a modifier placed after or at the...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 13, 2006 3:25 am
the worthless word for the day is: centicipitous [fr. L. centum + caput, head] /cen ti CIP i tous/? obs. rare : hundred-headed {in Bailey} "Hence, then can...
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tsuwm2002
Dec 15, 2006 3:57 am
the worthless word for the day is: abligurition [f. L. abligurire, to spend in luxurious indulgence] /ab lig yoor ISH un/ obs. lavish spending on food and...
