unclevlad Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Xerious: derogatory; describes a person who can't take *anything* seriously, even things any normal person would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Yakkadaisical (and.): Characteristic of one who speaks thoughtlessly and/or without regard for the consequences of what they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 (From Lady P:) Zoolandeficient (adj.): Stupid enough to have a water fight using petrol. New Topic: Words that don't sound real, but are. Definitions optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Amenorrhea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Bezant. a gold or silver coin originally minted at Byzantium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Callipygian (having shapely buttocks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Defenestration...almost a trope to have this word to be misunderstood to be something males would greatly fear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Eidolon sounds like a fantasy city, but is actually a ghost or ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Faineant. Someone who is lazy or disinclined to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Galactometer - sounds like something Ensign Chekov would activate while on the bridge of the Enterprise, but it's actually an instrument used for measuring the density of milk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Hizentra Not the entrance way for a man but a medical drug name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Ichthyoacanthotoxism: being poisoned by the bite or sting of a fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 jabble: An old Scots word meaning “to shake liquid around in a container" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Kedge (v) To move ship by hawser attached to small anchor (n) small anchor for this purpose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Loggerheads: Cross purposes or opposing objectives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Musquash Not a vegetable or drink from Miskatonic University but the fur of the muskrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 nephrectomize: to be the victim of the VERY early email urban legend/scams (someone stole my kidney for a black market transplant). That one goes back to at least the mid-80's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Odalisque: Not an obscure architectural element or poetry form, but an unusually specific term for concubine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 pitchometer: not the device they use to measure a baseball's speed; but an instrument for measuring the angles of a ship's propeller blades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Qwasa -- to step in water deep enough to flow in through the top of your footwear. Dialect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 rhinotillexomania: compulsive nose picking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Schistosomiasis - a particularly unpleasant disease endemic to Africa. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 hours ago, aylwin13 said: rhinotillexomania: compulsive nose picking My condition has a name! aylwin13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Terebinth Turpentine yielding tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Urca process: a subatomic process operating in white dwarfs and neutron stars that cools the stellar interior through emission of neutrinos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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