today's classic wwftd is: abderite /AB-de-rite/ usually capitalized (from the Greek city Abdera, whose inhabitants were reputedly stupid) 1) a native or...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 24, 2003 3:35 am
the worthless word for the day is: barathrum [L., from Gr., a pit, gulf] a) a deep pit at Athens, into which condemned criminals were thrown b) the abyss, hell...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 25, 2003 12:29 pm
the worthless word for the day is: fewterer [obs, from F. veltre, greyhound] a keeper of dogs, esp. greyhounds "The fewterer was the keeper and handler of the...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 26, 2003 4:43 am
the worthless word for the day is: exonumia [NL] /EK-su-nOO-me-uh/ objects that resemble money but are not designed to circulate as money; e.g., medals,...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 29, 2003 5:41 am
the worthless word for the day is: rampallion [origin unknown] /ram-PAL-yen/ (also rampallian) a good-for-nothing scoundrel: wretch "[Did you have to] raise...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 30, 2003 3:32 am
the worthless word for the day is: nympholepsy [from Gr. numpholeptos] /NIM-feh-lep'-sy/ 1) a frenzy supposed by ancient peoples to have been induced by nymphs...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 1, 2003 3:21 am
the worthless word for the day is: peregrinate [adj, rare] (from L. peregrinatus) having the air of one who has traveled or lived abroad: foreign HOLOFERNES:...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 2, 2003 4:44 am
the worthless word for the day is: omnisufficiency [obs., rare] the quality of being 'all-sufficient' "To find an Omnisufficiency in ourselves is an Intrusion,...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 3, 2003 4:21 am
the worthless word for the day is: yirn /yurn/ to whine; to pout or show petulance an abecedarian insult, from "The Superior Person's Book of Words" by Peter...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 6, 2003 3:26 am
the worthless word for the day is: offscum [archaic] that which is skimmed off; scum, dross, refuse; fig., that which is rejected as vile or worthless "The...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 7, 2003 4:03 am
the worthless word for the day is: bdellotomy /de-LOT-eh-my/ [from Gr. bdella, leech] the surgical application of leeches; the practice of cutting leeches to...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 8, 2003 2:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: haecceity {Scholastic Philos.} [from L. haec, this] /hek-SEE-ih-ty/ that which gives something its unique quality: thisness ...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 9, 2003 4:39 am
the worthless word for the day is: legerity [from OF leger, light] /le-JER-i-tee/ lightness; quickness or agility of mind or body And when the mind is...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 10, 2003 2:31 am
the worthless word for the day is: bovarism (domination by) a romantic or unreal conception of oneself: conceit; hence, bovaristic - conceited "The French...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 13, 2003 2:27 am
the worthless word for the day is: dotterel /DAH-teh-rel/ or /DAH-trel/ [from ME; related to dote, dotard] also dottrel 1) a species of plover (said to be...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 14, 2003 2:58 am
the worthless word for the day is: drachenfutter [G] a peace offering to a wife from a guilty husband (literally: dragon fodder) from "They Have a Word for...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 15, 2003 4:10 am
the worthless word for the day is: miridically [obs. rare] (from L. miridicus, from mirus, wonderful) amazingly, remarkably "Those things that are miridically...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 16, 2003 2:07 am
the worthless word for the day is: extropian an advocate or adherent of the theory of extropy; a person who believes that cultural and technological ...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 17, 2003 5:02 am
the worthless word for the day is: aroint [archaic, origin unknown] verb imperative: begone -- used with reflexive thee <aroint thee, witch - Shakespeare> ...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 20, 2003 5:10 am
the worthless word for the day is: zeptosecond one sextillionth of a second not to be confused with a yoctosecond, one septillionth of a second "Of course, one...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 21, 2003 3:24 am
the worthless word for the day is: lucripetous [obs. from L. lucripeta] /loo-KRIP-eh-tous/ eager for gain (money-hungry?) "When he was made a Bishop no man...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 22, 2003 3:40 am
the worthless word for the day is: gemelliparous [rare, from L. gemellus, twin + parere, to produce] /gem-el-LIP-a-rous/ producing twins [Bailey, 1727] ...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 23, 2003 5:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: mole [Chem.] the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; gram molecule Celebrated annually on October 23 from...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 24, 2003 4:09 am
the worthless word for the day is: eglomerate [obs., faux L. from e- + glomerare, to wind or gather into a ball] to unwind, as thread from a ball <the kitten...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 27, 2003 7:10 am
the worthless word for the day is: chronotherapy treatment of a sleep disorder by changing sleeping and waking times in an attempt to reset the patient's ...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 28, 2003 4:58 am
the worthless word for the day is: feuillemort /fu-ya-MORT/ [F. feuille morte, dead leaf] the color of a faded leaf The shadow of a cloud Falls on the gnarled...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 29, 2003 3:11 am
the worthless word for the day is: horrisonant sounding horribly; of terrible sound [from L. horrere + sonant] also horrisonous [f. L. horrisonus] "To exact...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 30, 2003 4:22 am
the worthless word for the day is: avernal (also avernian) infernal, chthonic /ah-VERN-ul/ or /ah-VER-nee-un/ from L. Avernalis, of Avernus, a lake near...
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tsuwm2002
Oct 31, 2003 4:40 am
the worthless word for the day is: cryptozoology /KRIP-tuh-zoe-ah'-luh-gee/ the study of the lore concerning legendary animals esp. in order to evaluate the...
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tsuwm2002
Nov 3, 2003 5:37 am
the worthless word for the day is: night-foundered distressed for want of knowing the way in the night - James Barclay's Dictionary of the English Language Him...
