Word O' The Day

Yes That's right! Now you too can understand the big fancy words that only the likes of rocket scientists knew the true meaning of for so long!
So take the word of the day and use it confidently at some point today!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Inaniloquent




Definition: Speaking foolishly, or saying silly things.




Pronuciation: In-ani-lo-que-ent




Origin: from Latin inanis empty, and loquen(t-)s, present participle of loqui, speak, talk.




Used in a sentance: Shelly sometimes is inaniloquent.

Monday, April 26, 2010

GRAPHOLAGNIA

Grapholagnia

Pronunciation: graph-ol-ag-ni-a.

Definition: The urge to stare at obsene pictures.

Use in a sentence: Sometimes i get a feeling of grapholagnia.

NELIPOT

Nelipot

Pronunciation: nel-i-pot.

Definition: A person who walks without shoes.

Use in a sentence: Jesus was a nelipot.

GARGALESIS

Gargalesis

Pronunciation: gar-gal-es-is.

Definition: To be heavily tickled.

Use in a sentence: I hate when someone gargalesis's me.

GAMBRINOUS

Gambrinous

Pronunciation: gam-brin-ous

Definition: Being full of beer.

Use in a sentence: Most college students are planning on being very gambrinous after their exams.

DIPPOLDISM

Dippoldism

Pronunciation: dipp-ol-dism.

Definition: The act of beating or whipping school children.

Use in a sentence: Mrs. Gregg was a very bad school teacher who always used dippoldism.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Dactylonomy


Definition: Counting using one's fingers


Pronunciation: dacty-lon-no-me


Origin: Greek


Used in a sentence: Dactylonomy: The real man's calculator!

Whimsical





















Pronunciation: whim-si-cal

Definition : 1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice.
2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability.

Used in sentence: What a whimsical party.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Cantankerous


Definition: Difficult or irritating to deal with

Pronounced: Can·tan·ker·ous

Origin: circa 1772

Used in a sentence: The cantankerous old man slammed the door in the face of the postman.

heres a very cantankerous puppet



Wednesday, April 21, 2010

IGNIMBRITE

Pronounced: " ig-nimm-bright"

What the hell does it mean?

Ignimbrite is a hot mixture of particles and gases that flows rapidly from a volcano when an eruption occurs. It is made of a poor mixture of volcanic ash. This ash is composed of glass particles and crystal fragments.

The ignimbrite particles can be blown high into the earths atmosphere, travelling for kilometers before falling to the ground.

History/Origin?

Back in 1932 a young rastafarian wanted to experience first-hand what smoking volcanic ash could do to someone. The ash had no effect on him and no damage was done to his internal organs. He later used his latin speaking skills to develope the word 'Ignimbrite'.

Examples of everyday use in conversation:

Child: "Daddy, how much longer do we have to sleep in this airport?"

Father: "Oh just until that ignimbrite stuff clears from the skies honey."


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

ABECEDARIAN

Abecedarian

Pronunciation: ab-ec-ed-ar-i-an

Definition: A person whi is learning the alphabet.

Use in a sentence: John is an abecedarian.


Sunday, April 18, 2010

Abacinate


Definition: To blind someone by putting a hot copper basin near their eyes.

Pronuciation: A-back-sin-ate

Used in a sentance: If you keep annoying me, I'm going to have to abacinate you!!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Hedonism


Definition: Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.

Pronounced: He·do·nism

Origin: Circa 1856

Used in a sentence:
John was known as a hedonist by his active pursuit of every pleasurable experience that life could bring.

Heres a vid that shows hedonism



Friday, April 9, 2010

Capernoited



Definition:
To be slightly intoxicated or tipsy

Pronunciation: cap-er-noy-ted

Origin: Scotland, around 1719.

Used in sentence:
Last night, I wasn't quite inebriated, but I was definatiely more than capernoited, to the extent where I couldn't quite say capernoited.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Drumble



















Definition: 1. To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused.
2. To mumble in speaking.

Pronunciation: drum-bil

Origin: first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598.

Used in sentence: People are becoming very drumble.



Saturday, April 3, 2010

schadenfreude


Pronounced: Scha·den·freu·de.

Definition: Satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.

Origin: Circa 1890

Used in a sentence: The evil prankster was driven by by his schadenfreude.

Heres a vid with a song from Avenue Q about schadenfreude



Friday, April 2, 2010

Zebrule

Definition: hybrid offspring of male zebra and female horse.

Pronunciation: Zeb-rule

Origin: 19th Century

Used in a sentence: Marty is a zebra, and Black Beauty is a horse, they are both guys, but if Black Beauty was a chick, and they had babies, it would totally be a zebrule! =].

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Cantankerous














Definition:
1.Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.
2.Difficult to handle .


Pronunciation: can-tan-ker-us

Origin: 1765-75

Used in sentence: The cantankerous monkey always made a mess when the people wouldn't feed him.

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