Weird Word of the Day

This blog is an ideal place for periodic expansion of your personal lexicon of obscure but useful words.

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Concinnity

kŏn-sǐn'ǐ-tē n. Skillful blending; harmony

Example: Wonderful job everyone, especially the string section! Your concinnity was awe-inspiring!

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Imperdible

(ĭm-pûr'dĭ-bǝl) adj. Incapable of being lost

Example: I misplaced my remembrall one too many times, so my mum cast a spell on it so it's imperdible!! Now if only I could remember what that means...

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Perigraph

(pĕr'ĭ-grăf) n. An inexact description or drawing

Example: When the teacher went to the board, the perigraph they sloppily threw on the board was a very crude representation of her pet pony.

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Laparohysterosalpingooophorectomy

(lap"ər-ō-hĭs"tər-ō-sal-pĭng"gō-ō"ə-fôr-ek'tə-mē) n. Surgical removal of the female reproductive organs.

Example: I don't want to have a laparohysterosalpingooophorectomy! Why should I get my tubes tied when it's so much easier to just cut off your balls?

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Epicaricacy

ĕp"ĭ-kər-ĭk'ə-sē (n.) Taking pleasure in other's misfortune

Example: You just got laid off? Thanks for telling me, Bob. That makes me feel better about my salary being docked! Hey, don't get all uppity on me. It's just epicaricacy. Yeah, it's schadenfreude too. They're synonyms, Bob. Jeez, he watched one Broadway musical and now he thinks he knows everything.

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Hebdomadal

hĕbdŏm'ə-dəl (adj.) Weekly

Example: Our club's meetings are hebdomadal. If you show up at Bill's house every Sunday at 8 PM, you can join our Simpsons appreciation organization.

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Swartwouter

swôrt'wout"ər (n.) An embezzler who flees.

Example: Stop that swartwouter before he get's away! That bugger stole our entire profit margin!

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Dasypygal

dăz-ĭ-pī'gəl (adj.) Having hairy buttocks.

Example: If you weren't so dasypygal, I wouldn't be having phallic problems!

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Mimp

mĭmp (n.) Pursing of the lips.

          (v.) To speak affectionately

Example: Stop mimping so much! All this lovey-dovey couple's stuff is grossing me out.

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Iatrogenic

ī-ăt"rō-jĕn'ĭk (adj.) Illness or disease caused by doctors; resulting from prescribed treatment.

Example: Homer got iatrogenic cancer? Well sue Dr. Nick! He did the surgery.

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Clappermaclaw

klăp'ər-mə-klô" (v.) To claw or scratch; to scold

Example: Aw, don't clappermaclaw me, Mom! I'm sorry I hurt Jimmy.

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Vibratiunculation

vī-brā"shĭ-ŭnk-ū-lā'shən (n.) A shudder; a slight vibration

Example: What was the cause of that vibratiunculation? Was it that you're afraid of the garbage, or repulsed by it? Or was it just your cell phone?

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Deblaterate

dē-blăt'ər-āt (v.i.) To babble

Example: Well, I.. I don't know. You see, I'm a little... well, a little... nervous, and I can't really think of anything to say and so... well, I don't know what happens now. 

Sorry, I'm deblaterating. What were you going to say?

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Facient

fā'shənt (n.) A doer or agent; in mathematics, the second number in a 2-number multiplication problem

Example: What is the facient of the equation 179 times 42 equals 7,518? That's right Billy, it's 42. Now what is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?

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Yeld

yĕld (adj.) Not old enough to procreate; giving no milk

Example: You creep! What the hell were you doing with my yeld daughter? She's not even 8 yet, you perverted child-molestor!!!

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Farrago

fă-rā-gō (n.) hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble

Example: Oh, the stew's just a farrago - a little of this, a little of that, some possum, cockroach. You know, normal, everyday things.