Periodically I find a word that I find interesting. I’d call it “Word of the Day” except that I find new words much less frequently than that. I put the most recent one on the main page. Here is the archive of all words that intrigued me so far:
- triskaidekaphobia
- logomachy
- noetic
- mojibake
- lief
- bankster
- ripsnorter
- zeugma
- euouae (yes, it’s a word!)
- obnubilate
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OK…. i LOVE learning a new word everyday! Obnubilate (which, please note, my spell checker does not recognize as a real word) is awesome! It seems that this should be part of the formal description of the experience that is the Reality Distortion Field.
Now I just need to get disciplined enough to actually update the list every day (or so)…
let’s see if i can pull one up from my head for every letter of the alphabet. oh here’s a good one to start with:
abecedarian – what i put down as my profession at spelling bees.
bacchanal
circumambulation – favorite high school word
defenestrate – this is js’s favorite word
euonym – you’ll have to internet this to understand
f…
gobemouche –
h…
i…
jocoserious – i explained this word to someone and they’ve used it every time they see me…
k…
latibulate – current favorite word
masticate – i probably like this for childish reasons
n…
o…
pederast – another js favorite, right behind portmanteau
quean – ha! a homophone.
r…
syzygy
t…
u…
v…
x…
y…
zeugma
I like it (though adding the constraint of one word per letter stifles the elusive aesthetic I’m trying to go for).
k should definitely go to “keming”