I really appreciate the concept you've attempted to convey, but am having some difficulty linking it to/with this unwieldy series of syllables, Prolagus... . .
Obstinacy, inflexibility, determination of mind, stubbornness.
A good thing one might think at first glance, but beware the hidden dangers of propagating such half~formed drivel as one's side of the story! Many a virtuous person has been brought to shame for entertaining this scandalous whim!
Really now, haven't you better things to do, like read crossword puzzle clues like cryptic poetry in places like smoky dim dens, to jaded audiences? I'd aDivise, no picky the scabs, and i'll naught spit fire for yer troubles ;)
Ah, um... what is it that this pony bears as it's theme motif? I'm having a difficult time envisioning something less than an alcoholic beverage, or worse.
Learnt of this from an ex about 12 years ago... Something tragic happened, and the deceased's doctor simply told him to get along with his life when queried on why the life could not be saved.
Evidently, one can be tried & charged with defenestration in court.
Provisions purchased; also the room or place alloted to the keeping of all such provisions as the purveyors purchased for the king; relative to acater, A caterer, a purveyor.
Collecting and confining Voters! several days prior to an election in a house or a vessel hired for that purpose. Here they are treated with good living and liquors, and at a proper day are taken out to the polls and "voted" as it is called, for the party.
A substance contained in the juice expressed from the green shell of the walnut, It is used as a remedy in cutaneous and scrofulous diseases; also for dying the hair.
A gourmand, who cheats at hotels, eating~shops, and oyster~cellars; from a person of that name living many years ago whom was an enormous oyster~eater. According to tales, Dando would visit an oyster~room, devour an almost fabulous quantity of bivalves with porter, bread and butter, proceeding to calmly state that he had no money.
A confusion, a state of tumult or disorder. It may be conjectured that the term has some affinity to the old tune 'Reel o' Bogie', as perhaps referring to some irregular kind of dance.
A race in which a criminal was required to run in the navy or army, for any heinous offense. The ship's crew, or a certain division of soldiers, were disposed in 2 rows, face to face, each provided with a knotted cord, with which they severely struck the delinquent as he ran between them, stripped to the waist.
n. That curious matter that makes all ultra~processed meat~type food products both palatable, & maximizes the manufacturer's profits... Waste not, want not!
Much like amputee, but much more more malleable. I sense this explains much of what children witnessed 40+ years ago at the height of the great stuntman Gumby's career.
n. Nasty Rash. Indicates a disturbing condition, or new phenomenon on one's physical being. Successful treatment and recovery depend upon length of time spent with invalid and creepy book. Not transmitable between subjects, except as a mental condition.
yeh. i Did have of the thinks that it was more hobo homebum/swineswill/post~industrial offal sludgepuddle than that, but it pretty much sums my daughter up.
A form of magic lantern invented in America, the first to employ a 2~wicked paraffin lamp. Since it's introduction, 3, 4, and 5 wicks have been introduced.
To gang gizzen: to break out into chinks from want of moisture; a term applied to casks. Also figuratively applied to toppers, when drink is withheld ;)
"It was indeed by the name of Bostonians that all Americans were known at that time in France... Coffee~houses took that name, and a card game was invented at the time called Boston. It is to this day 1830 exceedingly exceedingly fashionable in Paris by this appellation."
Bizarre pass~time of nobility in the mid~19th century, also known as swan~hopping.
A Yearly ceremony held by 'swan companies' and the mayor of London in which capturing and marking 'upping' the swan's necks, though to distinguish whom's bird's were whose, quite likely a popular tradition for the struggle upon capture on the animal's behalf.
Adjective applied to describe the flavour of milk, because the cow ate thatch: long, coarse salt~marsh native grass of the north~easter American seaboard.
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missanthropist commented on the word brawndo
noooooooo_0
Not here in my respite sanctuary... the horrors.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zygostates
Greek Weigher, balance.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zygon
Greek Yoke.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zootrophion
Greek A menagerie!
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word petalon
Greek Petal.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sepalum
Greek sepal, petal.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word vainilla
Spanish Little pod.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word symphyein
Greek To grow together.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tetra
Greek Fourfold.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word thelys
Greek Female.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word thrix
Greek Hair.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tricho-
Greek Hair refers to kind of. See also Thrix (hair).
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word mitra
Greek Hat, cap.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word micros
Greek Small.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word spatha
Greek Spathe.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word aer
Greek Air.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scaphosepalos
Greek Bowl-like sepals.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word psyche
Greek Butterfly.
Speaking of where words came from...
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sarcos
Greek Fleshy, corpulent.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word renes
Latin Kidney.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word poneros
Greek Miserable.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stachys
Greek Ear of grain, or seed spike.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word helminthion
Greek Worm.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word plektron
Greek Spur.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word platystele
Greek Broad pillar. refer to:
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pleurothalos
Greek Rib-like branches.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pleione
Greek Mother of Pleiades
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word angos
Greek Vessel.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pholidotos
Greek Scaly.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word phragma
Greek Division, split.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word phalaina
Greek Moth.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word peristerion
Greek 'Little dove'.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word phaios
Greek Dark, deepness of shading.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word paphia
Greek Name of Aphrodite in Cyrus; Of Paphos, an epithet of Venus.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lepanthos
Greek Scale~like flower.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word anthera
Greek A flower's anther.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ion
Greek Violet the flower, not colour.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lakaina
Greek The beauty of Helen of Troy.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word laelia
(The name of?) Vestal virgin. Also, Roman Laelius.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word genos
Greek Race, one's kind.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word galea
Greek Helmet.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gramma
Greek Letter, mark.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word plesios
Greek Affinity.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word andr-
Greek Greek prefix denoting man, maleness.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word elle
Greek Helen.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word elytron
Greek
(To?) Cover.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word erion
Greek Wool.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word epipaktis
Greek A medicinal plant used in ancient Greece.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lophos
Greek Plume.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word enkyklein
Greek To surround.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word eu
Greek Well, true.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dory
Greek Spear.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dracon
Greek Dragon.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dyak
Malaysian Borneo Aborigines.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word epi
Greek Upon.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word euanthes
Greek Blooming.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pera
Greek Pouch, sac.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word oura
Greek Tail.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dis
Greek Twice, double. See: Di, diplous double.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dipteros
Greek Fly. As in...sect.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word morphe
Greek Shape.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bios
Greek Life.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dactylos
Greek Finger. Digits!
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word rhyza
Greek Root.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dendron
Greek Tree.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word podion
Greek Little foot! See also Pous foot.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kyrtos
Greek Curved. Also, 'Cyrtos'.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kynos
Greek Dog.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pous
Greek Foot.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kyknos
Greek Swan.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word auchen
Greek Neck.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kymbos
Greek Boat shaped, cup.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stylos
Greek Column.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kentron
Greek Spur.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word korys
Greek Helmet.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word chysis
Greek Melting.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kephale
Greek Head.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kerato
Greek Horn.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stylis
Greek Style.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word schistos
Greek Cleft.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word iella
Greek Similar to.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kaulos
Greek Stem.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word arthron
Greek Joint.
July 11, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nigritella
Ah, good. The devolution is progressing according to plan...
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word a children that has gone to tofu
o_0
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word geeschter
Dutch akin to 'ghost'.
wondering about allusion to Geezer... . .
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word maxilla
Latin Jawbone.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word anthos
Greek Flower.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bolbos
Greek A root~bulb.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kalypso
Greek A sea nymph.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word mormolyca
Greek Hobgoblin.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word mystax
Greek Moustache.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word neottia
Greek Nest.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word neos
Greek New.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nephela
Greek Cloud.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word phyllon
Greek Leaf.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word meros
Greek Part, a piece.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tylon
Greek Hump.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word noton
Greek Back.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nigritella
Latin Black.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word oikeios
Greek Private, secret.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word mummy daddy mummy daddy
See also: Stupid Haunting Terms That Run Amok Through My Tiny Brains Because A Small Child Has Been Howling Them All Day.
July 10, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word osme
Greek Odor, fragrance, scent.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word octo
Greek Eight.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word onkos
Greek Tumor, swelling.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word odonto
Greek Tooth.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word orchis
Greek Testicle.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ophrys
Greek Eyebrow, hairy.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ornis
Greek Bird.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word phoros
Greek Bearing.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word otus
Greek Resemblance.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word otos
Greek Ear.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pedilon
Greek Sandal.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pan
Greek All.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word palumbina
Pertinent to wood~pigeons; in reference to spreading wings.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pogonophile
Proof of collective consciousness, or too many minds at work in this small~albeit~extensive universe!
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ans'cray
If it goes bump in the night, it's probably this.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word drunpy
Something one does for fun. Akin to skipping, or hopping, but more stairway~related.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word boke
Verb, denotes action in a sentence. Like 'oberdare' only not.
Inexplicably linked to cup, or water.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pogonophile
Hah. We list 'pogon', & derivative there~of at the same exact time... wtfity up, Bilby?
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word telos
Greek End.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pogon
Greek Beard.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tainia
Greek Fillet.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stenos
Greek Narrow.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stelis
Greek A mistletoe.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word spira
Latin Coil, or spring.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word anthesis
Greek Flowering.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word spiculum
Latin Spike, sharp point or sting.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sophron
anc. Greek Chaste, modest. Diminutive of Sophronia.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stalix
anc. Greek Stake.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word serapis
Greek Taken from Osirapis, an Egyptian deity.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scutia
Latin A lash.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word schoenos
Greek Reed, hollow stem.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scaphe
Greek Bowl, dish.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word cheilos
Greek Lip.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word frenum
Latin Rein, strap.
See also: Latin Hibena, Greek Himas
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word philocomal
Fetishistic!
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word habena
Latin} Reins, strap.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word isos
Greek Equal.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word hex
Greek} Six.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gymnos
Greek Exposed.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word acantho
Greek Spiny, spiky.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word akis
Greek Point, tip.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word eides
Greek Resembling.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word angurek
Malaysian
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word aniktos
Greek Open.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word arthros
Greek Jointed.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word aspasia
Greek Happy, delightful. The name of Pericles' wife.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word adenos
Greek Gland.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kalos
Greek Beautiful. Also, Calos.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word seta
Latin Bristle.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kata
Greek Down.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word rhynchos
Greek Nose, snout, beaklike.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word xhonseoa
Greek Cartilage.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word cirrus
:probably has a history, or association with spindly, organic occurrences.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word cirrus
Greek Tendril.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kochliodes
Greek Spiral, or snail~shell like in appearance.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word opsis
Greek Appearance.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word graphe
Greek Writing.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gaster
Greek Belly.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word leptotes
Greek Delicateness.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word liparos
Greek Greasy, or shiny.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pakpack
"Wherah pakpack?"
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word mormo
Greek Phantom, bugbear, frightful object.
July 9, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dat
i.e.
Ineeda Dat!
July 3, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ineeda
No, she really doesn't. Generally the focal, heavily~emphasized, coherent set of syllables in a long string of frantic gibberish.
More than a want, it's a neeeeeed.
July 3, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word big kini
Originally, 'Big~Ass Kini'. Used by small, small child to describe any number of foods or vegetables that have frequented our kitchen lately.
July 3, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word twelfth~cake
A large cake, into which a bean was introduced.
Charles Annandale, Dictionary of the English Language, 1897
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word aboutyrapistesis
I really appreciate the concept you've attempted to convey, but am having some difficulty linking it to/with this unwieldy series of syllables, Prolagus... . .
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word praktisk
It's called PRACTICE!!!!! Maybe if them durn swedes would, they wouldn't sound all dykslexics like...
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word barnslig
Wrong. Oh so wrong. Don't make me explain this one for you!
I am not going to buy this thing, no matter how much sniglin' i be doin' while i stare crosseyed at it in Ikea.
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sniglar
Enunciate in classic old~school homie~hoodrat style dialect: "This wordie list is turning me into a Snig~lah"
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word superfluört
Yay! I can buys this at Ikeaville, no? For my unflouridated well water?
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kräpslöt
Uhmmmm omg, What? Is this the dark side of those 'swedish' meatballs Ikea is so famed for?
Among other things, something I would really like to witness when I go on my yearly outing to Ikea~land.
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word opiniatry
Obstinacy, inflexibility, determination of mind, stubbornness.
A good thing one might think at first glance, but beware the hidden dangers of propagating such half~formed drivel as one's side of the story! Many a virtuous person has been brought to shame for entertaining this scandalous whim!
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the user missanthropist
30 days in county Taciturn, that's a no~know!
Really now, haven't you better things to do, like read crossword puzzle clues like cryptic poetry in places like smoky dim dens, to jaded audiences? I'd aDivise, no picky the scabs, and i'll naught spit fire for yer troubles ;)
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word little honey pie
Wrong, meet Fail!
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bootsie
Ah, um... what is it that this pony bears as it's theme motif? I'm having a difficult time envisioning something less than an alcoholic beverage, or worse.
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sans serif ampersand bunnies
Blasphemer.
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word defenestration
Learnt of this from an ex about 12 years ago... Something tragic happened, and the deceased's doctor simply told him to get along with his life when queried on why the life could not be saved.
Evidently, one can be tried & charged with defenestration in court.
July 2, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word hey happy good corporation morning greeeting
Escaping at the opening note is key to surviving this attack.
June 12, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word textplanations
*recoils*
Those horrid txt msgs one sends to one's Significant Others to get oneself out of troubles?
June 12, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ellipsis whitespace
NO. Not even for a fictional character!!!
June 12, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word hey happy good corporation morning greeeting
To be sung in tune with the jingle of one's most despised product endorsement.
June 12, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word doot
Adjective or exclamation used by small children in that curious language we all have heard yet know so little about, Gibberish.
May 21, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word necromance
A form of sorcery, the ends of devious means resulting
in a love affair between living & dead forces. See also, Necromantic.
May 21, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word disturbilatory
also, disturbilatorial.
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word himmicane
See also: deep south hillbilly reference to republican presidential nominee, McCain.
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word clack
To 'clack' wool, to cut off the sheep's mark.
John Kersey, New English Dictionary, 1772
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word grithbruch
Breach of the peace, from Anglo~Saxon grith, peace.
Herbert Coleridge, Dictionary of the Oldest Words in the English Language, 1863
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word acatery
Provisions purchased; also the room or place alloted to the keeping of all such provisions as the purveyors purchased for the king; relative to acater, A caterer, a purveyor.
James Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lollop
To lounge or saunter heavily. Loll-poop, a sluggish sedentary lounger. Literally, one whom is sluggish in the stern.
Rev. Robert Forby, Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bibliothecary
Keeper of a library.
Elisha Cole, English Dictionary, 1713
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word whilt
An indolent person. "An idle whilt".
In the phrase "to catch one a~whilt", to put one in a state of confusion. Scotland.
John Brockett, Glossary of North Country Words, 1825; Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary, 1896~1905
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word cooping
Collecting and confining Voters! several days prior to an election in a house or a vessel hired for that purpose. Here they are treated with good living and liquors, and at a proper day are taken out to the polls and "voted" as it is called, for the party.
James Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms, 1877
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word colus
A whitish beast with a hog's head who drinks through it's nostrils.
Elisha Cole's English Dictionary, 1713
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word vampirarchy
A set or class of ruling persons, comparable to vampires.
William Cragie, New English Dictionary, 1928}
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word phantomnation
Appearance as of a phantom.
Sir James Murray, New English Dictionary Supplement, Spurious Words, 1933
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word creaturism
A theorem which ascribes qualities of a creature to God.
The applying of the name of God to the Creation... or dealing with it as though it belonged to a creature.
James G. Murphy, Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Exodus, 1866; Sir James Murray, New English Dictionary, 1893
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word juglandine
A substance contained in the juice expressed from the green shell of the walnut, It is used as a remedy in cutaneous and scrofulous diseases; also for dying the hair.
Daniel Lyon, Dictionary of the English Language, 1897
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word strump
To tread heavily or pace about, whence, probably strumpet, a street walker.
Charles Mackay, Lost Beauties of the English Language, 1874
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zafty
One whom is very easily imposed upon
Maj. B. Lowsley, A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases, 1888
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dando
A gourmand, who cheats at hotels, eating~shops, and oyster~cellars; from a person of that name living many years ago whom was an enormous oyster~eater. According to tales, Dando would visit an oyster~room, devour an almost fabulous quantity of bivalves with porter, bread and butter, proceeding to calmly state that he had no money.
John Camden Hotten, Slang Dictionary, 1887
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scrud
A mythical disease alleged to be very serious, painful, and socially objectionable... 'Double scrud', here the double makes the... disease even worse.
Harold Wentworth & Stuart Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, 1960
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word reiliebogie
A confusion, a state of tumult or disorder. It may be conjectured that the term has some affinity to the old tune 'Reel o' Bogie', as perhaps referring to some irregular kind of dance.
John Jameson, Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1801
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lethean
Oblivious, from Lethe, one of the rivers of hell, said to cause forgetfulness of the past to all who drank it's waters.
From greek Letho, old form of Lanthano: to forget
Daniel Lyon, Dictionary of the English Language, 1897
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word knittle
A knotted cord, rather like a simple whip, used to strike prisoners who had been made to run the gauntlet.
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gantelope
A race in which a criminal was required to run in the navy or army, for any heinous offense. The ship's crew, or a certain division of soldiers, were disposed in 2 rows, face to face, each provided with a knotted cord, with which they severely struck the delinquent as he ran between them, stripped to the waist.
Adm. William Smith, Sailor's Word-Book, 1867
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bewarey
...or be sorry.
I.e., to watch where one treads or consider at length and breadth possible conSequences of actions.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word meat slurry
SpamMmmmalicious!
n. That curious matter that makes all ultra~processed meat~type food products both palatable, & maximizes the manufacturer's profits... Waste not, want not!
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word awarey
you know, that thing called consciousness.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word amputty
Much like amputee, but much more more malleable. I sense this explains much of what children witnessed 40+ years ago at the height of the great stuntman Gumby's career.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word jackelope
n. A fascinating phenome-anon in which we prove the powerful force of evolution cannot be stopped by mere mortality.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word umblia
n. Ooom-blE-ah. Umbrella? Pizza? What the $&#% are you asking for?
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word domi
a. Daddy + Mommy. The state~us one achieves through a long and arduous process of retiring another from tedious daily events.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nassywash
n. Nasty Rash. Indicates a disturbing condition, or new phenomenon on one's physical being. Successful treatment and recovery depend upon length of time spent with invalid and creepy book. Not transmitable between subjects, except as a mental condition.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the list favorite-psychological-topics
Schizotypical :)
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pooster
uhmmmmhhhhmmms.
yeh. i Did have of the thinks that it was more hobo homebum/swineswill/post~industrial offal sludgepuddle than that, but it pretty much sums my daughter up.
Aiming for anti~equated adjectives... . .
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word vespertine vertigo tetragrammaton shitstorm
OH. It's like That.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word fluffly electrokinetic halcyon doiley screechings
Christ... What are you going to Do with your life!?
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zomg
Having *ahem*, difficulty with the overtly pharmaceutical flavour of this one... . .
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word waistcoating
Not to be confused with wainscotting.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ballerine
Plural of ballerina, feminine of Italian ballerino, 'dancer'.
C.A.M. Fennel, The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, 1964
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tosher
One who, on the Thames, steals copper from the bottom of ships.
Adm. William Smythe's Sailor's Word~Book, 1867
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dittology
A two~fold or double reading or interpretation.
Sir James Murray, New English Dictionary, 1897
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flooster
To flatter, coax, make much of. of a dog: To play, gambol.
Michael Traynor, The English Dialect of Donegal, 1953
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word superserviceable
Over serViceable or offecious; doing more than is required Or desired: "A whoreson, glass~gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue." from King Lear
Daniel Lyons, Dictionary of the English language, 1897
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scurryfunge
A hasty tidying of one's home between the time one sees a neighbour, and the time she knocks upon one's door.
John Gould's Maine Lingo: Boiled Owls, Billdads, and Wazzats, 1975
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sciopticon
A form of magic lantern invented in America, the first to employ a 2~wicked paraffin lamp. Since it's introduction, 3, 4, and 5 wicks have been introduced.
Edward Loyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bunnel
A dried hemp~stalk used by smokers to light their pipes; cumberland.
Capt. Francis Grose, Provincial Glossary, 1811
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word februation
Purification.
Personal paranoia arising over the 2nd month of the year, and it's particulars.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word fluxionist
One skilled in fluxions the analysis of infinitely small variable quantities, or a method of finding an infinitely small quantity which, being taken an infinite number of times, becomes equal to a quantity given.
Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word curglaff
Curgloft, confounded, and bumbaz'd,
On east and west by turns he gazed.
As ship that's tossed with stormy weather,
Drives on, the pilot knows not whither.
William Meston's Poetical Works, 1767
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sillily
In a silly manner, foolishly.
Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c.1850
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word unthew
A bad habit or custom; a vice 900~1400, unthewed
Ill~mannered, unruly, wanton 1200~1300, unthewful
Unmannerly, unseemly 1050~early 1300's
William Cragie's New English Dictionary, 1926
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gizzen
To become dried, to become leaky through drought.
To gang gizzen: to break out into chinks from want of moisture; a term applied to casks. Also figuratively applied to toppers, when drink is withheld ;)
John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1801
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tyromancy
Divination by the coagulation of cheese!
John Gaule's Magicall Astrologicall Diviner, 1652
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flabberdegaz
Gibberish, nonsensical talk.
Maurice Weseen's A Dictionary of American Slang, 1934
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word whiffler
An officer who preceeds a procession, clearing the way and playing a flute.
William Toone's Glossary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words, 1832
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word atheize
To discourse as an atheist.
Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word luce
Blue matter scraped from the face whilst shaving.
John Mactaggart's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sportulary
Dependant, subsistent, or supported by the doles or gifts of patrons.
Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1919
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word heterarchy
The government of an alien. Greek heteros foreign, and arche, rule.
Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scufe
Scotticism for the racket used in the game of tennis.
T. Elswood Zell's Popular Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, 1871
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bostonian
"It was indeed by the name of Bostonians that all Americans were known at that time in France... Coffee~houses took that name, and a card game was invented at the time called Boston. It is to this day 1830 exceedingly exceedingly fashionable in Paris by this appellation."
Samuel Breck's Recollections & Passages from His Notebooks, 1877
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pooster
To toil in mud and filth, the act of splashing among water.
Alexander Warrack's Scot's Dialect Dictionary, 1911
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word punctualist
One whom is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word swan~upping
Bizarre pass~time of nobility in the mid~19th century, also known as swan~hopping.
A Yearly ceremony held by 'swan companies' and the mayor of London in which capturing and marking 'upping' the swan's necks, though to distinguish whom's bird's were whose, quite likely a popular tradition for the struggle upon capture on the animal's behalf.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word costril
Small barrel, used as a bottle. Generally by labourers who filled them with milk and beer. Also known as a stoop, with a capacity for 2 quarts.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word welkin
Antiquated word for clouds.
Described in "To make the welkin ring".
from James Greenough's Words and Their Ways in English Speech, 1901
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word riparian
Pertaining to the bank or banks of a river.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nake
To make or go naked. approx. 14th century
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word poetize
To endeavor to employ eloquence as a poet.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word burry
Adjective. Description of one in appearance & mannerism. Rough, boorish, uncouth, shaggy, unkempt.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flippercanorious
Poorly termed ;)
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flippercanorious
Elegant.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word wanion
Misfortune, calamity, curse, mischief.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stabulation
The act of housing beasts.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sniggling
A particular and peculiar method devised to catch eels in small ponds or streams.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word shrumpsed
Beaten in gaming, as in, to one who has been.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word jirging
The sound dry shoes make while being walked in.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word squackett
To make disagreeable sounds, or noises with one's mouth.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kingkisheen
One so unfortunate as to have been born on Whit Sunday, superstitiously believed to be destined to murder or becoming murdered, or both.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word poor~man~of~mutton
Leftover mutton shoulder broiled for the previous night's supper.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word troat
The rutting call of bucks, to cry out in this manner.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word thatchy
Adjective applied to describe the flavour of milk, because the cow ate thatch: long, coarse salt~marsh native grass of the north~easter American seaboard.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word escargotoire
Snail nursery.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word fence~month
A time in which hunting is prohibited in a forest, usually during the fawning of deer.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word woad
Mad, Furious; from saxon wod: insane.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zwimmer
A thin pudding of flour & water, generally added into the cook~pot whilst other ingredients are cooking.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word toesmithing
Thespian slang for the act or art of dance.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word englishable
Is self~explanatory.
May 17, 2008
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