the worthless word for the day is: spalling [origin uncertain] splitting or chipping off "But at the western end of the block were three old piles, all in a...
1818
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tsuwm2002
Jan 29, 2013 5:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: fauxonry [fr. OF faussoner, to deceive] also fausonry obs. : fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures,...
1819
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Feb 4, 2013 5:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: boke [ME bolken; related to belch] (also boak) Scot. : to retch or vomit "The smell the eight of us, two long baskets of...
1820
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tsuwm2002
Feb 11, 2013 6:54 am
the worthless word for the day is: spondulics [origin uncertain] (also spondulicks, spondulix) U.S. slang : money, cash "The days when I had that kind of...
1821
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tsuwm2002
Feb 12, 2013 6:44 am
the worthless word for the day is: jeopard [back-formation < jeopardy] to put in jeopardy; to hazard, risk, imperil "And when they heard of his adventures,...
1822
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tsuwm2002
Feb 18, 2013 7:07 am
the worthless word for the day is: momser [fr. Hebrew mamzer] 1) a child who is born out of wedlock; a bastard 2) slang : a contemptible person, a jerk "I...
1823
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tsuwm2002
Feb 21, 2013 5:03 am
the worthless word for the day is: innumerate [after such pairs as illiterate : illiteracy] marked by ignorance of mathematics and the scientific approach:...
1824
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tsuwm2002
Feb 22, 2013 6:17 am
the worthless word for the day is: desidious [fr. L. desidere : to sit long, sit idle] obs. : idle, indolent, slothful "Ye fight the battles of the Lord, be...
1825
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tsuwm2002
Feb 25, 2013 6:30 am
the worthless word for the day is: reniflement [F., a sniff] a sniff; sniffling "They shook hands, shared a brief reniflement-the term came from the world of...
1826
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tsuwm2002
Mar 6, 2013 6:35 am
the worthless word for the day is: corpocracy [blend of corporate + bereaucracy] 1) a corporate bureaucracy, esp. one characterized by ineffective management ...
1827
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tsuwm2002
Mar 7, 2013 5:16 am
the worthless word for the day is: hypercritical [fr. hyper + critical < L. critic-us] extremely or unduly critical; addicted to excessive adverse criticism,...
1828
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tsuwm2002
Mar 11, 2013 3:29 am
the worthless word for the day is: fulminous [fr. L. fulmen, a thunderbolt] of or pertaining to thunder and lightning; also fig. "Oh cataclysm of fulminous...
1829
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tsuwm2002
Mar 13, 2013 3:49 am
the worthless word for the day is: blellum Scot. : a blabber She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum. That frae...
1830
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Mar 18, 2013 6:45 am
the worthless word for the day is: thanatology [fr. Gk thanatos, death + –logy] the study of death and dying and of psychological mechanisms for coping with...
1831
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tsuwm2002
Mar 27, 2013 5:51 am
the worthless word for the day is: circumambient [fr. L. circumambire, to surround in a circle] being on all sides: encompassing; surrounding "More than this,...
1832
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tsuwm2002
Mar 28, 2013 9:37 pm
the worthless word for the day is: lunt [fr. Dutch lont, a match] chiefly Scot., archaic(?) 1) to smoke tobacco in (a pipe) 2) to set fire to : light up :...
1833
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tsuwm2002
Apr 1, 2013 4:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: doyen [F., doyenne is the feminine form] 1) the eldest or senior member of a group 2) a person uniquely skilled by long...
1834
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tsuwm2002
Apr 2, 2013 7:12 pm
the worthless word for the day is: rebarbative [F. rébarbatif, < rebarber to be repellent] repellent, irritating "I can easily remember.. why I found him...
1835
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tsuwm2002
Apr 9, 2013 5:25 am
the worthless word for the day is: septenary [fr. L. septenarius < septem, seven] pertaining or relating to the number seven; forming a group of seven (see...
1836
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tsuwm2002
Apr 11, 2013 2:27 pm
the worthless word for the day is: selvage [fr. M. Eng. selfegge] 1 a) the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not fray or ravel b) an edge (as of...
1837
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tsuwm2002
Apr 15, 2013 4:43 pm
the worthless word for the day is: perdurance [fr. perdure < L. perdurare : to endure, persist] (also, perduration) the state or quality of being everlasting: ...
1838
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tsuwm2002
Apr 17, 2013 5:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: fulmination [fr. L. fulminare, strike with lightning] 1) the bursting forth of thunder and lightning 2) the act of...
1839
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tsuwm2002
Apr 22, 2013 4:22 am
the worthless word for the day is: seddity [perh. fr. alt. of sedate] also saddity, siddity, seditty, etc. U.S., in African-Amer. usage affecting white...
1840
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tsuwm2002
Apr 23, 2013 5:37 am
the worthless word for the day is: homiletics [fr. Gk homiletos, conversation] (plural but singular in construction) the art of preaching "They were in her BMW...
1841
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tsuwm2002
Apr 24, 2013 2:59 pm
the worthless word for the day is: nanometric [fr. nanometer, after metric] pertaining to a nanometer, which is a billionth part of a meter (pretty small) "The...
1842
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tsuwm2002
May 10, 2013 5:01 am
the worthless word for the day is: phlyarologist [fr. ancient Gk phlyaros(?) silly talk, nonsense] obs. nonce-wd a person who talks nonsense "I would not...
1843
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tsuwm2002
May 13, 2013 2:44 pm
the worthless word for the day is: blutherbung [East Lincolnshire] obs. (also blutterbung) to break down in speech; to lose the thread of conversation,...
1844
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tsuwm2002
May 14, 2013 6:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: gloppened [fr. Old Norse glupna, to be downcast] archaic : astonished; surprised "Don't look so gloppened because thou'st...
1845
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tsuwm2002
May 15, 2013 12:34 pm
the worthless word for the day is: chillax [blend of chill (out) + relax] slang : to relax, take it easy, calm down "Although new to the world of teens, I know...
1846
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tsuwm2002
May 21, 2013 4:44 pm
the worthless word for the day is: swarf [of Scand. origin, akin to ON svarf] any fine waste produced by a machining operation "The ground was soaked with oil...
