Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Hasenpfeffer

Hasenpfeffer
Noun: A seasoned stew that usually includes rabbit meat.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Logorrhea

Logorrhea
Noun: A tendency to be excessively wordy.

Once you visit this website enough, you might suffer from a bit of logorrhea.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Haggard

Haggard
Adjective: Looking exhausted or tired.

After running for a few hours I always feel haggard.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Frigorific

Frigorific
Adjective: Producing coldness

Refrigerators are known to be quite frigorific.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Copacetic

Copacetic
Adjective: Going extremely well

Was your day copacetic?

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Ataraxy

Ataraxy
Adjective: Relating to a drug or other agent that has a tranquilizing effect.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Cacology

Cacology
Noun: The bad choice of words

I think this site is a good contender for cacology.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Dapocaginous

Dapocaginous
Adjective: mean; heartless

Many people are quite dapocaginous, don't you think?

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Quadragenarian

Quadragenarian
Noun: Someone who is between the ages of 40 and 49.


I'm pretty sure a lot of you know some quadragenarians. Why don't you tell them this word and get weird looks from them?

Monday, August 8, 2011

Jurimetrics

Jurimetrics
Noun: The study of law and science

I don't think anyone actually knows of a person that studies jurimetrics.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Paedophage

Paedophage
Noun: One who eats children.

I don't know when you will ever use such a word. Maybe in a movie?

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Amblygon

Amblygon
Noun: A triangle with an obtuse angle.

You could use this, and nobody would understand, or you could just call it an obtuse triangle like everyone else does.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Mungo

Mungo

Noun: Someone who goes into a dumpster to extract things from the trash.

Next time someone goes through your trash bin you know what to call them.