Fun, unusual, words...

[waltesefalcon]

loggorhea: Too many words flowing, or freely flowing words. I think that is the right spelling and definition at least.

 

[Boink]

DOMPTEUSE: a woman who trains animals

 

[JPSmit]

DOMPTEUSE: a woman who trains animals

Use in a sentence.

Papa Fritz yells across the yard,

"Tell your brother the dorbellist broken you Dompteuse!"

 

[JPSmit]

loggorhea: Too many words flowing, or freely flowing words. I think that is the right spelling and definition at least.

certainly rhymes with something else freely flowing.

 

[Boink]

OK, on to the nearly disgusting:

NIDOROSITY... belching with the taste of undigested meat – ick!

 

[judow]

Words With Friends is a game favorite of mine. I use garagemajal and shopmajal and autophile. Think I just made them up. If they’re not words they should be

Favorite answer to a really stupid query is “Because there are no bones in ice cream.”

 

[Boink]

 

[Roger]

When I was in grade school living in Germany, my best friend's Dad used to recite a nonsensical saying. I never new what it meant or where it came from, but for some odd reason it's on thing from my "ute" that I clearly remember:

Eenie Beenie Chich n cheeny
oo-ga gaga leenie
Otchy potchy goomalatchy

At primary school in England I learned

Eeney meanie dipateeny
Ooka moosha dominoosha
Alibaba Choobalacka
Om pom push.

The similarities cannot be coincidental, I wonder where the origin lies? I cannot guarantee spelling, nor after 70 years, the exact pronunciation. The rhyme was used in playground games to pick, or eliminate, whoever was "it".

 

[pdplot]

Sunday's NY Times puzzle had the word evitable. Means something not certain to happen. Opposite of inevitable.

 

[HealeyRick]

loggorhea: Too many words flowing, or freely flowing words. I think that is the right spelling and definition at least.

log·or·rhe·a
ˌlôɡəˈrēə/
noun

• a tendency to extreme loquacity.
  
  Used in a sentence: "He suffers from logorrhea of the mouth."

 

[HealeyRick]

crepuscular

adjective

• of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
  • ZOOLOGY
    (of an animal) appearing or active in twilight.
    
    
    Deer are crepuscular, but the ones around here haven't got the message and chew on my shrubbery all day long.
  
  
  
  

 

[AngliaGT]

And let's not forget "Sniglets", presented by Rich Hall.

 

[Boink]

I've always been partial to the word "sesquipedalian." Accusing someone of being one sort of commits the same crime.

ses·qui·pe·da·li·an
ˌseskwəpəˈdālyən/
adjectiveformal

adjective: sesquipedalian

• (of a word) polysyllabic; long.
  "sesquipedalian surnames"
  • characterized by long words; long-winded.
    "the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"
  
  
  
  

 

[Basil]

I've always been partial to the word "sesquipedalian." Accusing someone of being one sort of commits the same crime.

ses·qui·pe·da·li·an
ˌseskwəpəˈdālyən/
adjectiveformal

adjective: sesquipedalian

• (of a word) polysyllabic; long.
  "sesquipedalian surnames"
  • characterized by long words; long-winded.
    "the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"
  
  
  
  

Ooo, I like that one!

 

[pdplot]

Years ago, a roving reporter asked people on the street if they believed in interdigitation before marriage. Many said no and some gave reasons. It's shaking hands.

 

[Boink]

Oooo... this now reminds me of "omphaloskepsis!"

Omphaloskepsis or navel-gazing is contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation. The word comes from Greek omphalos (navel) + skepsis (act of looking, examination).

 

[Basil]

Oooo... this now reminds me of "omphaloskepsis!"

Omphaloskepsis or navel-gazing is contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation. The word comes from Greek omphalos (navel) + skepsis (act of looking, examination).

I'm a master at that!