the worthless word for the day is: gastropub [<gastro- in gastronomic, etc. + pub] Brit. a public house which specializes in serving high-quality food (as...
the worthless word for the day is: pencil-necked [<pencil + necked] orig. U.S. slang having a pencil-neck; thin, underdeveloped; weak, effete, or excessively...
the worthless word for the day is: esquivalience [perhaps from French esquiver, dodge, slink away] "the willful avoidance of one's official responsibilities" ...
the worthless word for the day is: cullet choose one: a) a pointed, bladed tool used in shaping clay; a potter's knife b) in dressmaking, a tuck made in the...
the worthless word for the day is: hoon [origin unknown, but perhaps a blend of hooligan and goon] Austral./NZ slang 1) a lout or hooligan 2) someone, esp. a...
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...
the worthless word for the day is: siderate [fr. L. siderari, to be struck by a star] obs. to blast or strike down (as with lightning) "This is Demonstration...
the worthless word for the day is: scalawag [origin unknown] or scallywag /SKAL uh wag/ or /~ lee wag/ 1) rascal, scamp, reprobate 2) an undersized or...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
the worthless word for the day is: cahooting [fr. cahoots : collaboration, collusion] conspiring, plotting ".. I doubt they'd execute Dmitriev." "Unless he was...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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." -...
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 ...
the worthless word for the day is: logofascinated [hybrid fr. Gk logos, word] nonce-wd : fascinated by words "The logofascinated spirits of the beholding...
the worthless word for the day is: arghness [f. argh (Teut. : cowardly, pusillanimous, timid, fearful) + -ness] obs. cowardice, pusillanimity, timidity Arghe,...
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...
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...
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...
