crap·u·lence (krpy-lns) n. 1. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking. 2. Excessive indulgence; intemperance.
[From crapulent, sick from gluttony, from Late Latin crapulentus, very drunk, from Latin crapula, intoxication, from Greek kraipal.]
crapu·lent adj. crapu·lous adj.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 7 December 2007 06:15 (eighteen years ago)
krpy-lns?
― estela, Friday, 7 December 2007 07:04 (eighteen years ago)
rictus
Main Entry: ric·tus Pronunciation: \ˈrik-təs\ Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, open mouth, from ringi to open the mouth; akin to Old Church Slavic rǫgŭ mockery Date: 1827 1: the gape of a bird's mouth 2 a: the mouth orifice b: a gaping grin or grimace
― m coleman, Friday, 7 December 2007 11:03 (eighteen years ago)
hauntology (though its kinda made up)
also
YOU & YR GDDMND WRDS! the dictionary thread
― bb, Friday, 7 December 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)
galavant ragamuffin
― Mr. Que, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)
merkin
mer·kin /ˈmɜrkən/ – noun false hair for the female pudenda.
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:24 (eighteen years ago)
cloaca
noun 1. (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open 2. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)
vilipend (VIL-uh-pend) verb tr. 1. To treat someone with contempt. 2. To disparage.
― bb, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:06 (eighteen years ago)
defenestrate- to throw out of a window.
― darraghmac, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:07 (eighteen years ago)
avernal
a. 1. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.
― Edward III, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:01 (eighteen years ago)
all words are made up
― sexyDancer, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)
What about onomatopoeia?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)
-- sexyDancer
thanks, claude
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)
rastaquouère /rastakwE:r/ n. & a. Pl. pronounced same. L19. [Fr. f. S. Amer. Sp. rastacuero tycoon in the hide trade, upstart.]
A n. A person (esp. from a Mediterranean or S. American country) intruding into a particular social group and having an exaggerated manner or style of dress; a dashing but untrustworthy foreigner. L19.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:25 (eighteen years ago)
dictionary.com word of the day has been sending me words again they sent like 2 years ago. dicks.
― bell_labs, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:28 (eighteen years ago)
sorta like a rastapopolous?
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)
or a rastakrautpasta?
^^^^^I just got that album from my music share buddy! I'll add JETTISON. Sort of like Defenestrate.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:21 (eighteen years ago)
I have always like "blowtorch" and "scoreboard"
― El Tomboto, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:22 (eighteen years ago)
always thought 'numismatist' was a cool word for something so boring.
― bnw, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:28 (eighteen years ago)
ad nauseum
― Heave Ho, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:30 (eighteen years ago)
Ad nauseam even
― Heave Ho, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:31 (eighteen years ago)
interrobang also interabang (ĭn-tĕr'ə-băng') pronunciation n.
A punctuation mark in the form of a question mark superimposed on an exclamation point, used to end a simultaneous question and exclamation.
― Steve Shasta, Saturday, 8 December 2007 07:25 (eighteen years ago)