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• youremyfoible commented on the word scibility

  "scibility - The power of knowing."-- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scibility

  January 16, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word rhedarious

  "a rare adjective meaning 'used as a cart or chariot.' If you pile things on your wheeled office chair to move them down the hall, your chair is then rhedarious" -- Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

  By Erin McKean

  January 16, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word rhathymia

  "carefree behavior; light-heartedness." -- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carefree

  January 16, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word portmantologist

  "one who studies or coins portmanteau words " -- http://phrontistery.info/clw3.html

  January 14, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word plenisphere

  "plenisphere- a perfect sphere" -- http://phrontistery.info/clw3.html

  January 14, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word ooglification

  "It refers to a supposed process by which an oo sound is substituted for another vowel, either to turn a regular English word into slang or to make a slang word even more slangy." -- More information and history at http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oog1.htm

  January 13, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word entortillation

  "The action of entwining or twisting. This comes from a Latin word meaning 'to twist.' " -- as defined in the book "Totally Weird and Wonderful Words" By Erin McKean.

  January 13, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word eutrapely

  "wit, ease and urbanity of conversation " -- http://phrontistery.info/e.html

  January 13, 2012

• youremyfoible commented on the word choronymy

  This word was featured in "Totally Weird and Wonderful Words" by Erin McKean. It means "the study of naming...including wind names, hurricane names, and astronomical names." From the Greek choro (place) and nymy (name).

  January 13, 2012