the worthless word for the day is: cosmopsis [fr. cosmic + -opsis, view] a cosmic view of life, which leads one to psycho- logical paralysis (see novelist...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 3, 2011 3:49 am
the worthless word for the day is: autoptic [fr. Gk autoptikos, of an eyewitness] seen for oneself; self-obvious <an autoptic report on the Far East> "That...
1643
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tsuwm2002
Aug 4, 2011 5:14 am
the worthless word for the day is: cecity [fr. L. caecitas] blindness, lack of sight (usu. fig.) "I can only marvel at the utter want of comprehension and...
1644
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tsuwm2002
Aug 5, 2011 1:27 pm
the worthless word for the day is: shandy [of obscure origin] wild, boisterous; also visionary, scatter-brained "Could there be anything more moonstruck, more ...
1645
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tsuwm2002
Aug 8, 2011 4:45 am
the worthless word for the day is: logodaedalus [fr. Gk logos, word + Daedalus, famed artificer] obs. : an artificer of words and phrases: wordsmith "But least...
1646
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tsuwm2002
Aug 9, 2011 6:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: gralloch [fr. Sc. Gaelic, grealach, entrails] UK : to remove the offal from (a deer) also transf. (for the purpose of...
1647
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tsuwm2002
Aug 11, 2011 3:19 am
the worthless word for the day is: volitation [fr. L volitare, to fly about] the act or power of flying "Flight from physical self.. was futile. Volitations of...
1648
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tsuwm2002
Aug 12, 2011 4:47 pm
the worthless word for the day is: vilipending [see vilipend] [adj] disparaging [n] disparagement "..the never-relieved apprehensions he must in consequence...
1649
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tsuwm2002
Aug 15, 2011 4:51 am
the worthless word for the day is: succussion [fr. L. succutere, to toss up from below] 1) Medical : a violent shaking of the body to ascertain if fluid is...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 16, 2011 4:25 am
the worthless word for the day is: dephlogisticate [cf.. phlogiston] to remove or deprive of phlogiston; to take away the ability to burn (now understood to be...
1651
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tsuwm2002
Aug 18, 2011 4:22 am
the worthless word for the day is: morosoph [fr. Gk morosophos : foolishly wise, wise fool] now rare a) a wise fool, a jester b) a foolish pedant or would-be...
1652
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tsuwm2002
Aug 23, 2011 3:18 am
the worthless word for the day is: paradiorthosis [Gk, a marginal correction] /parr uh dye or thoh sis/ obs. rare : a false correction "I cannot choose but...
1653
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tsuwm2002
Aug 24, 2011 6:14 pm
the worthless word for the day is: frobnicate [perhaps fr. frobnitz, a thingname] abbrev. as frob slang : to manipulate or adjust; to tweak the controls "We...
1654
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tsuwm2002
Aug 29, 2011 4:44 am
the worthless word for the day is: hirudinal [fr. L. hirudinem, leech] obs. : of or pertaining to a leech "Like unto the coleopter attacked by a myrmidonian ...
1655
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tsuwm2002
Aug 30, 2011 5:17 am
the worthless word for the day is: underconstumble [alteration of undercumstand < understand] UK dialect : to understand (also undercumstumble) "Waiting,...
1656
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tsuwm2002
Aug 31, 2011 3:45 am
the worthless word for the day is: eventerate [fr. L. e-, out + venter, belly; cf. F. eventrer] obs. rare : to open the bowels of; to disembowel "[H]ere is...
1657
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tsuwm2002
Sep 6, 2011 4:54 am
the worthless word for the day is: mythopoeia [fr. Gk mythopoiia, the making of myths] also mythopoesis the creation of myths (cf. mythopoeic) "As she stood...
1658
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tsuwm2002
Sep 7, 2011 4:26 am
the worthless word for the day is: abhorfulness [formed after fearfulness, cheerfulness, etc.] obs. rare : abhorrence "Natures abhorfulness to permitte any...
1659
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tsuwm2002
Sep 9, 2011 5:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: quagswagging [fr. quag, to quake + swag, to sway] obs. rare : the action of shaking to and fro "Therefore John Calfe, her...
1660
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tsuwm2002
Sep 12, 2011 4:54 am
the worthless word for the day is: irrisible [fr. L. irredere, to laugh at] obs. rare : worthy of derision; ridiculous "They may.. conclude that the natives of...
1661
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tsuwm2002
Sep 14, 2011 3:30 am
the worthless word for the day is: faculent [fr. L. fax, torch] obs. rare : giving forth light like a torch; bright, clear (compare luculent) (not to be...
1662
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tsuwm2002
Sep 16, 2011 5:44 am
the worthless word for the day is: gaudiloquent [fr. L. gaudium, joy + -loquus, speaking] obs. rare : speaking with joy or happiness "Her gaudiloquent tone was...
1663
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tsuwm2002
Sep 20, 2011 4:30 am
the worthless word for the day is: opsigamy [fr. Gk opse, late + gamos, marriage] /op SIG uh mee/ marriage late in life (cf. opsimathy) "Nor is there any...
1664
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tsuwm2002
Sep 21, 2011 3:38 pm
the worthless word for the day is: chironomy [L. chironomia < Gk cheir-, hand + -nomia, management] /kai RAHN uh mee/ obs. : the art or science of...
1665
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tsuwm2002
Sep 27, 2011 4:35 am
the worthless word for the day is: tragematopolist [fr. L. tragematopola] obs. rare : a seller of sweets; a confectioner "We were happy when a tragematopolist...
1666
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tsuwm2002
Sep 28, 2011 4:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: obnunciate [fr. L. obnuntiare] obs. rare : to announce an unfavorable omen (and thus prevent, stop, or render void, some ...
1667
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tsuwm2002
Sep 28, 2011 4:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: tensity [fr. L. tendere, to stretch] the state of being tense: tenseness "Theremon staggered to his feet, his throat ...
1668
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tsuwm2002
Oct 3, 2011 1:49 pm
the worthless word for the day is: diddicoi [fr. Romani didikai] also diddicoy Eng. dialect : a gypsy or other nomadic person "'Gyppos, diddicoys, whatever...
1669
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tsuwm2002
Oct 4, 2011 1:13 pm
the worthless word for the day is: spliff [Jamaican Eng.] slang : a marijuana cigarette "What [she] really wanted was a spliff, something to relax her before...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 5, 2011 4:04 am
the worthless word for the day is: sarky Brit. informal : sarcastic "'Captured smugglers ain't supposed to be sarky; they're supposed to have a humble and...
