possimpible

Pronounced: poss-imp-ible

Definition: the place where the possible and the impossible meet

Origin: how i met you mother season 4 episode 14 circa 2009

Used in a sentence: Nothing, and everything, is possimpible.

here's a vid with barney explaining possimpible

Automatonophobia

Pronounced: oto-mat-on-a-fo-be-a



Definition: Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsely represents a sentient being.

Origin: No identifiable origin.

Used in a sentence: 'Hey I got tickets to Marc Rubben!' 'But I have Automatonophobia!'

Ok I'm aware that the dummy in this video isn't exactly 'life like' but it's so funny I had to use it!

Enjoy!! :)

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

Pronounced: "flock-suh-naw-suh-nih-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-kay-shun"

What the hell does it mean?
Floccinaucinihilipilification is the estimation of something as valueless.

History/ Origin?
Between 1735 - 1745 a very pessimistic tutor at Elton College in England spent most of his miserable days in denial of the existence of the objects in life that were of worth and value to most people. Basically he took most things for granted. Anyone with an attitude such as this is known as a 'floccinaucinihilipilifilicat'.

Examples of everyday use in conversation:
"That floccinaucinihilipilification is a terrible thing!Sure didn't Peter only go and get himself arrested last Sunday when he stood up in the middle of mass preaching against the ideas of the 'Trocaire' charity organization!"

Supernova

Definition: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process. (BANG!!)an extremely bright, short-lived object that emits vast amounts of energy.
Supernova is also a term artists use to describe their own influence on music.
History: 1925-30 Super + Nova.

Examples: "And i feel like taking off, let me be your supernova"

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia-

Pronounced: Hippo-poto-mons-stro-ses-quipped-alio-phobia
Definition: Ironically, the fear of long words

Example: John suffers from Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Treatment:

If you suffer from this although if you do you've prob stopped reading at this stage, but there are ways to help which are:

Behavior therapy, anti-anxiety medication
Psychotherapy
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
Behavioral therapy
Exposure therapy
Relaxation techniques - controlled breathing, visualisation
Medication
Medications to treat anxiety may be utilised for treatment of symptoms, but there are no studies that support the efficacy of medication in the treatment of specific phobias

There are heaps of vids about Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia on youtube but here's one of my favs

Abstemious

This word has all the vowels in it in alphabetical order.










Pronounced: ab-stee-mee-us

Definition: 1. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
2. Characterised by abstinence: an abstemious life.
3. Sparing: an abstemious diet.

Origin: 1615-25

Used in sentence: He maintains his weight on an abstemious diet.

PYRRHULOXIA

Pronounced: "pir-uh-lok-see-uh"

What the hell does it mean?
Pyrrhuloxia is a medium-sized American bird, similar to the Northern Cardinal or the Vermilian Cardinal. It roams through Mexico and parts of the southern states of America such as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. It's gray in color and has a red breast.

History/ Origin?
Well its all Greek to me, but they developed the name through describing it's colour (πυρρος = pyrrhos = reddish or orange) and the shape of its bill (λοξος = loxos = oblique, hence crossbill).

Examples of everyday use in conversation:
Michael: "Yo!Tommy!, you coming to that fancy dress thing tonight? I hear theres gonna be a lot of savage birds there!". Tommy: "Okay, cool! I'll come dressed as a Pyrrhuloxia!".

Dale:"Aw darn it! Maggie, the cats just swallowed another Pyrrhuloxia!. Maggie: "What!, that's the sixth one today!!!".

Mediocre

Definition: moderate to inferior in quality. Average: lacking exceptional quality or ability.

History: "Mediocre" originated when a young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.

Examples: " this fried chicken is mediocre " " that song is a mediocre one " " does that guys tattoo really say mediocre?? crazy! "

Pulchritudinous

Pronounced: Pul·chri·tu·di·nous

Definition: Characterized by or having great physical beauty and appeal.

Origin: Early 15th century from the latin word pulchritudo which means beauty.

Example: She was the most pulchritudinous woman i had ever seen.

Here's an awesome vid invoving over 10,000 domino's

Quagmire

Pronounced: kwag-mire

Definition: 1. Land with a soft muddy surface.

2. A difficult or precarious situation; predicament.

Also for you Family Guy fans out there it has a very different meaning as it is the name of one of the characters in the show :)

Origin: The word dates back to 1570-80.

Used in sentence: I was driving along late for a meeting and there was a tree blocking the main road this put me in a quagmire.


Here's a fun vid for you I'm sure you'll like :)

WINEBIBBER

Pronounced: "wine-bib-ber"

What the hell does it mean?
Winebibber is the name given to a person that drinks an unmerciful amount of wine.

History/ Origin?
Back in 1535 when people discovered the delights of a good night out on the wine binge, those that were locked drunk were labeled as "drunkard". "Winebibber" later developed from this word.

Examples of everyday use in conversation:
"I knew Emily was always putting herself in hospital on purpose, just to be fed the wonderful grapes, but i had no idea she liked wine this much! She's a real winebibber that girl!"

Grearious (James)

Gregarious

Definition: to associate with others of ones kind, to bo sociable, an indication of liking or companionship or, of a or relating to a social group.

history: originated in 1668, Latin gregarius of a flock or herd, from greg-, grex flock, herd.

Examples: "in my school i am considered very gregorious", "are you coming to our gregorious event?"

Legendary

Pronounced: Leg-gen-dar-y

Definition:
1: Of or relating legend
2: Celebrated or described in legend or legends
3: Very famous or notorious

Origin: It appeared in the english language circa 1340.

Examples: That concert last night was legendary!

It is used very often by Barney Stinson from how i met your mother to describe everything good.

Asinine

I think this picture will help with the pronunciation

Pronounced: as-e-nine

Definition: 1. extremely or utterly foolish
2. of, relating to, resembling an ass

Used in sentence: I did not expect such an asinine comment such as "I have to watch cyclists rather than the scenery".

Origin: The words dates back to the 15th Century

Phlogiston

Pronounced: "flog-is-tonne"

What the hell does it mean?
Well its funny that you mentioned the word 'Hell' in your question!

Phlogiston is the invisible, imaginary chemical that was believed to be released when something was burning and there's plenty of burnings going on in the underworld!


History/ Origin?
Well back in 1700s (good times!), before oxygen was discovered and television existed, some nut case suffering from severe boredom set out to name the cause of combustion and hence the word 'Phlogiston' was born. Simple words like 'grass', ' 'sky' and 'cloud' were born from similar situations.

Examples of everyday use in conversation:
(sitting by the bonfire at Halloween)- "wow, I'm not even drunk but can any of you guys see the Phlogiston in the air?".

STILL CONFUSED? Then check out the dude in the video below.

REVEL

Revel (rev′əl):

intransitive verb reveled -·eled or revelled -·elled, reveling -·el·ing or revelling -·el·ling
1. to make merry; be noisily festive
2. to take much pleasure; delight (in) to revel in one's freedom

Noun

1. boisterous festivity; merrymaking; revelry
2. an occasion of merrymaking or boisterous festivity; celebration
Etymology: ME < MFr < the v.
Related Forms:
reveler rev′·eler noun or reveller rev′·el·ler



Revel - use in sentences
Converse of object
hold: William Thomas maintains that the revel held in St. Andrews Major was ' no more than 50 yrs making ' .
Modifying Another Word
all: We were all reveling in the stunning beauty of the scenery and keeping a wary eye on the army in front of us.
Adjective modifier
most: Most zeros revel in asset cover high enough to satisfy even the most nervous investor.
high: High revel was held at night to celebrate the triennial achievement.
good: Good photographers revel in making you comfortable before their camera.
Modifying Another Word
positively: However, some people positively revel in the excitement of last-minute arrangements.
just: Or just revel in re-runs of old eighties classics.
simply: If you love reading you will simply revel in Paul Jennings ' sheer enthusiasm for books and reading.
Noun used with modifier
I: The sights and sounds of the world fill my senses and I revel in the sensation of the friendly breeze which strokes my skin.
film: Green's characters are thinkers and the film revels in charting the intricacies of their mental and emotional development.
child: The visits are always great fun and the children revel in the rugby ethos of fun, skills and competition.
Preposition: in
glory: A multitude of great space battles were both won and lost but few survived to revel in any glory.
joy: Who, more than a surfer, revels in the unique joy of bodily incarnation?
excitement: A true surfers ' paradise where you can revel in the excitement of its thunderous surf or simply relax under clear blue skies.
beauty: I am a country lover, I live here, love the wildlife, revel in te beauty.

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

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Revel synonyms :

Revel

Noun:

carousal, frolic, festivity; see celebration 2, entertainment 1.
revel

Verb:

1. To make merry
frolic, carouse, rejoice, party; see celebrate 3, play 1.
2. To take pleasure; used with in
indulge, delight, relish, luxuriate in; see enjoy 1, like 1.

Revel quotes:

"And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedecked halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall".

-Poe, EdgarAllan 'The Masque of the Red Death', in the Gentleman's Magazine, May.

Muse (James)

Muse

History: 1350–1400;Muse comes from Greek mytholigy, it is any of the 9 daughters of zeus and mnenosyne; the protector of art and science.

Definition: A guiding spirit, a source of inspiration or a sort of good look charm. Muse is also the name of a major rock band.

Examples: "you are my muse", "I need my laptop, its my muse" or "hey how about that band muse?!"