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Jul 29 '09 by lemonalle
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there's a word for that

(an educational blog wherein i admire the specificity of certain words)

dewclaw/duclaw -- not just a chain restaurant

that's a dewclaw. i feel like i should've known this but i didn't.

sanpaku -- refers to people who have eyes with the whites showing around three "sides" of the iris (kwiki). viewed as rare and inauspicious. see jfk, marilyn monroe, and that one girl from the hills.

callipygian -- having well-shaped buttocks

learn me some more?

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tracerbullet on Nov 23 '09 at 11:41am

it's Murryum-Webber's Wordtionary

lemonalle on Nov 23 '09 at 12:34pm

i have a book called a dicktionary in my house. i'm pretty sure it's full of wang illustrations.

tracerbullet on Nov 23 '09 at 12:34pm

hehehe...tionary

lemonalle on Nov 24 '09 at 8:45am

howdah -- a seat on an elephant

27 days later

lemonalle on Dec 21 '09 at 4:40pm

i use lek/leks all the time for switchword!

cacozelia -- use of classical language, especially Greek or Latin, to impress

Example:

As I have said, passim, the idea tempus fugit becomes reductio ad absurdum when in terrorem.

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lemonalle on Jan 24 '10 at 5:19pm

autotonsorialist -- A person who cuts his/her own hair

8 days later

lemonalle on Feb 02 '10 at 6:57am

baize -- the green cloth used on pool (or snooker) tables

lemonalle on Feb 02 '10 at 12:45pm

opsimath -- a person who begins his/her learning or education late in life

herky on Feb 02 '10 at 12:56pm

gambrinous -- being full of beer

Tonteau on Feb 02 '10 at 1:04pm

Walk like a callipygian!

lemonalle on Feb 02 '10 at 6:19pm

i heard that was a big hit for the bungholes in the 80s!

herky sighting!!!

38 days later

lemonalle on Mar 12 '10 at 6:49pm

pandiculation: the act of stretching and yawning

mooseinmyshoe on Mar 12 '10 at 6:53pm

I am happiest when I am gambrinous.

phones on Mar 14 '10 at 12:21pm

Banjax

to ruin, corrupt, render useless

spacesick 2 on Mar 14 '10 at 3:52pm

this is like one of those awesome word-a-day calendars, except it doesn't tell you what day it is, except it does

2 days later

avalanche_lily on Mar 16 '10 at 8:29pm

Pandiculation is orgasmic.

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lemonalle on Apr 06 '10 at 7:53pm

nelipot -- a person who walks around barefoot

(would've been nice to pull out for the TOMS contest)

72 days later

lemonalle on Jun 18 '10 at 4:51pm

misocapnist -- a person who hates the smell of tobacco smoke

98 days later

lemonalle on Sep 25 '10 at 3:51pm

eccedentesiast

a person who fakes a smile

Krimson on Sep 25 '10 at 3:56pm

Interrobang = A short lived a little used English punctuation mark consisting of a combination of the question and exclamation marks. It is used to show surprise, disbelief, or incredulity.