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Post by purple on Nov 5, 2015 20:26:21 GMT
Engastrimyth: (pronounced ɛnˈɡæstrɪmɪθ), being exact equivalent for Latin ventriloquist, which became this entertainment source, near end in our Eighteenth Century. Engastrimyth hardly common these days and usually only used, in rather formal literary contexts.
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Post by buffy on Nov 6, 2015 11:13:19 GMT
Digladiation: means strife or bickering. This link with strife and second syllable suggests this connection with: Gladiator and from Latin Gladius for cross swords.
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Post by atm on Nov 6, 2015 15:59:27 GMT
Gobbledygook: pronounced 'ɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡʊk' and abbreviated slightly toward Gobbledygoo, being some truly maverick word. This word which castigate's unintelligible language, especially jargon or bureaucratese. Inspiration for this word coinage came from the Turkey: 'always gobbledy gobbling and strutting with ludicrous pomposity'.
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Post by headboi on Nov 7, 2015 15:34:53 GMT
Etheromaniac: means addicted to ether from some intoxicant. Some have been known for inhaling this, but true; since Etheromaniacs drank this.
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Post by tinkerbell on Nov 7, 2015 18:57:25 GMT
Houghmagandy rarely used word these days but were some grand sound meaning: adulterous sexual intercourse.
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Post by babydoll on Nov 7, 2015 21:02:01 GMT
Incalescence: means some process or action, in becoming warm or hot.
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Post by vixen on Nov 8, 2015 14:57:22 GMT
Gelotologist: specialises in Gelotology for study in humour, laughter and exercising gelastic muscles. This deeply serious exploration for what happens in our bodily physical systems. Like, circulation and respiration, when exposed from humour.
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Post by raven on Nov 8, 2015 19:01:55 GMT
Heterography: for somebody's Orthography, has been this subject in Animadversion. In our 18th Century, Heterography referred about this individual's idiosyncratic way in spelling, which didn't fit conventions.
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Post by fizzy on Nov 10, 2015 16:21:17 GMT
Kakistocracy: Government for some County/Province/State, whereby has most unprincipled citizens.
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Post by spirit on Nov 13, 2015 21:29:23 GMT
Katzenjammer: in some old sense, widely known for someone's hangover.
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Post by tiny on Nov 15, 2015 19:12:59 GMT
Leiotrichous: comes from Greek word Leios, meaning smooth and trikhos hair. Having straight hair.
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Post by qtee on Nov 19, 2015 16:24:12 GMT
Nihilartikel: being this native German technical word, for some false article about someone or place. Like, copyright infringement or some fictitious location.
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Post by madmax on Nov 21, 2015 15:41:39 GMT
Opisthograph: special term describing some rare occurrence for scrolls written on both sides or where someone's reversed memorial slab inscription can be made on blank side. This term comes via French and Latin from Greek: 'Opistho' (behind) plus 'Graphos' (written).
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Post by blondie on Nov 23, 2015 13:26:01 GMT
Humicubation: where someone with whom one euphemistically lies down.
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Post by dieseldyke on Nov 24, 2015 15:24:36 GMT
Leucipottomy: means invention, since this refers about craft for cutting white horses on hillsides.
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