capernoited
- adjective • slightly intoxicated or tipsy
apodyopsis
- noun • the act of mentally undressing someone
ophyron
- noun • /ˈɒfrɪən/ • the space between the eyebrows
lagnolalia
- noun • the formal name for dirty talk; the practice of using graphic word imagery to heighten sexual pleasure before and during sexual intercourse, commonly a part of foreplay
curple
- noun • the buttocks
- note: in addition to being another useful word for one’s posterior, curple does in fact rhyme with purple. it has been in the english language since the 1400s.
alterity
- noun • /ælˈtɛrɪtɪ/ • the state of being different
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
- noun • fear of long words
- A humorous extension of sesquipedaliophobia which also means ‘fear of long words’. For a sesquipedaliophobe, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is quite likely a monster-hippopotamus of a big word. The related word sesquipedalian is used as a noun to refer a long word or a person who uses long words, or as an adjective to describe a long word. Sesquipedalian derives from Latin sesqui- ‘one and a half’ + pedal ‘foot’. It bears noting that “fear of long words” is a mere four syllables and this entry’s word is fifteen syllables.
cockshut
- noun • twilight, evening.
tagavaka
- noun • a boat that has purposely sailed away, for love, adventure, or suicide
zaftig/zoftig
- adjective • (US) voluptuous, well-proportioned (to describe a woman)
- From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik, “juicy, fat”), from German saftig “juicy”.
blatherskite
- noun • /’blaT͟Hərˌskīt/ • 1) a babbling, foolish person; a person who talks nonsense at great length. 2) foolish talk, nonsense.
godwottery
- noun • affectedly archaic language or writing
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