Celebrating words…
Do you love unusual, tongue-twisting, ugly or beautiful words?
How about:
gobbet – piece, lump – especially of raw flesh or food ( plenty of those in the Lord of the Rings movies!)
lunisolar – of the sun and the moon
lumpenproletariat – ignorantly contented lower orders of society (a great way to insult people without them realising it!)
and last of all, one of my favourites,
mellifluous – sweet as honey – applied to voices or words. (Try using this one on your girlfriend.)
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Tell us some of your favourites.
The kids at insideadog have come up with some mind-boggling ones!
Mrs Sweeney
March 14th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Triskaidacaphobia – The fear of the number 13
(I think thats how you spell it)
March 14th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Some unusual words I have found include:
*batrachophagous–someone who eats frogs
*brevirostrate–having a short nose
*mytacism–the incorrect or excessive use of the letter M
*onychophagy–the habit of biting your fingernails
*qualtagh–the first person you see after leaving your house
All of these are true!
March 15th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Victor I love this selection of words! Where on earth did you find them? Now to try a sentence…
“My unfortunate qualtagh this morning was obviously suffering from onychophagy – perhaps he was savouring the remnants of last nights frogs, (he’s our neighbourhood batrachophagous). He also suffers from triskaidacaphobia – doubly unfortunate because he lives at number 13!”
PS. Victor, come and pick up a prize at the library !
April 10th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I went on the literature and debating tour to england and france last year, and while we were in London we went to a book shop called Foyles. I found a book call Foyle’s Philavery (pron: Fill – a – vree) which is a collection of weird and wonderful words. It is a great book and has some funny words. Here are some:
harridan – a bad tempered old woman
fopdoodle – a fool or a simpleton
dasypygal – having a hairy buttocks
compotation – to get drunk with a group of 5 or more people
blennophobia – fear of mucus or slime
battology – an exessive or pointless repetition of wordsin speaking or writing
aproctus – lacking an anus
felicide – the killing of a cat
novenary – relating to the number nine
oh and its triskaidekaphobia
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I have a few
Trichotillmania- the habit of picking your eyebrows (i happen to have it!)
Flabbergasted- To cause to be overcome with astonishment.
Gobble- everybody knows it but say it over and over and it starts to sound wierd
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Oh and also Phobiaphobia- Having the fear of being scared!!!