the worthless word for the day is: delirament [fr. L. deliramentum, from delirare to be crazy] archaic an insane fancy: craze, delusion "I stood then in the...
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Jul 22, 2005 6:28 am
the worthless word for the day is: iggry iggri, iggry, int. [Representing Egyptian colloq. Arab. pronunc. of ijri, imper. of jara to run.] Hurry up! also as n....
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tsuwm2002
Jul 25, 2005 1:21 am
the worthless word for the day is: miscible [fr. L. miscere, to mix] /MIS uh bul/ capable of being mixed: mixable "[Acetaldehyde] is miscible in all...
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tsuwm2002
Jul 26, 2005 1:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: desudation [fr. L. desudare, to sweat greatly] /de sjui DAY shun/ Med. a profuse and inordinate sweating ...
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tsuwm2002
Jul 27, 2005 2:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: idioticon [fr. Gk idiotikos] /id e OT ikon/ a dictionary of a dialect "Idioticon, a word of frequent use in Germany, ...
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tsuwm2002
Jul 28, 2005 3:54 am
the worthless word for the day is: fusee [fr. French fusée: spindle, rocket, flare, fuse (lit. spindleful of yarn), from L. fusus, spindle] /FYU zee/ (also...
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tsuwm2002
Jul 29, 2005 1:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: achromatopsia [fr. Greek akhromatos, without color + -opsia] /a krO muh TAHP see ah/ a visual defect marked by total color...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 1, 2005 2:21 am
the worthless word for the day is: nelipot [fr. Gk. nelipous (nelipodos): unshod, barefooted] /NEL i pot// someone who walks about barefooted "Though it looks...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 2, 2005 3:04 am
the worthless word for the day is: zerk [fr. Oscar U. Zerk, American inventor] /zerk/ a grease fitting "A zerk is a grease fitting on a machine, a sort of...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 3, 2005 2:59 am
the worthless word for the day is: arghness [f. argh (Teut. : cowardly, pusillanimous, timid, fearful) + -ness] obs. cowardice, pusillanimity, timidity Arghe,...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 4, 2005 3:31 am
the worthless word for the day is: logofascinated [hybrid fr. Gk logos, word] nonce-wd : fascinated by words "The logofascinated spirits of the beholding...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 5, 2005 2:59 am
the worthless word for the day is: gangue [ad. F, fr. G Gang, vein of metal] /gan/ (var.: gang) the worthless rock or earthy matter in a mineral deposit ...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 8, 2005 4:43 am
the worthless word for the day is: floricide [f. L. flor(i), flower + -cide, killer] nonce-word : one who destroys flowers "I cannot like a floricide." -...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 9, 2005 2:17 am
the worthless word for the day is: pleistodox [f. Gk. pleistos, most + doxa, opinion; after orthodox] nonce-word : holding the opinion of the majority "His...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 10, 2005 3:55 am
the worthless word for the day is: plumeopicean [f. L. plume-us, feathery + pice-us, pitchy + -an] humorous nonce-word : composed of tar and feathers (alluding...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 11, 2005 3:08 am
the worthless word for the day is: glossomachicall [as if f. Gk. glossomachos, f. glosso, tongue + -machos, fighting] obs. nonce-word : given to wordy strife ...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 12, 2005 5:22 am
the worthless word for the day is: glutless [fr. glut, satiate + -less] nonce-word : insatiable "The greedy Trout and glutless Eel." - Th. Best, A concise...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 17, 2005 6:30 am
the worthless word for the day is: cahooting [fr. cahoots : collaboration, collusion] conspiring, plotting ".. I doubt they'd execute Dmitriev." "Unless he was...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 18, 2005 7:08 am
worthless word for the day is: biblioclasm [f. biblio- + Gk. klasmos breaking] destruction of books, or of the Bible also biblioclast, a destroyer of books, or...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 22, 2005 4:15 am
the worthless word for the day is: wabbit [origin uncertain] Scot. tired out, exhausted; slightly ill "Been feeling a bit wabbit lately? Blaming it on the...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 23, 2005 2:56 am
the worthless word for the day is: fud [origin uncertain] Scot. and Brit. dial. 1) the backside or rump 2) the tail of a hare or rabbit "Ye maukins cock your...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 25, 2005 11:12 pm
due to computer problems beyond my ken, wwftd updates are temporarily suspended. regards, the wwftd master...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 29, 2005 1:23 am
the worthless word for the day is: biro [named after László József Biró (1899-1985), Hungarian inventor of the ballpoint] Brit. trademark a kind of...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 30, 2005 5:06 am
the worthless word for the day is: nyaff Scot. and Irish a diminutive, insignificant, or contemptible person; often as 'wee nyaff' "He never knew before...
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tsuwm2002
Aug 31, 2005 4:29 am
the worthless word for the day is: kipple the collection of useless bits of trash we wallow in; all the paper and junk that is not recycled "Kipple is useless...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 1, 2005 5:20 am
the worthless word for the day is: omnist [fr. classical L. omnis, all + -ist] rare one that believes in all faiths or creeds "I am an omnist, and believe in...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 5, 2005 1:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: burelage [F] /BUR(uh) lazh/ fine lines printed on stamp paper as protection against fraud or forgery "The burelage on some...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 6, 2005 2:39 am
the worthless word for the day is: skive [perh. ad. Fr. esquiver, to dodge, slink away] UK slang (orig. Military) to avoid work by absenting oneself, to play...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 7, 2005 3:52 am
the worthless word for the day is: homeopape [coined by P. K. Dick] a futuristic newspaper that has been filtered such that you see only the news which...
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tsuwm2002
Sep 8, 2005 3:00 am
the worthless word for the day is: snook [uncertain origin] a derisive gesture, thumb to nose with fingers spread, usu. in phrase "to cop a snook"; also fig. ...
