dinkey /dink-E/ n.

1.a small locomotive.
2. a small streetcar.
3. a penis, especially a small one (slang).

ambsace /no idea/ n.

1. Double aces (in a card game).
2. Bad luck; misfortune.
3. The smallest amount possible or the most worthless thing.

mazomancy /MAY-zoe-man-see/ n.

fortunetelling by a nursing baby

Greek mazos = breast

soidisant /swah-dee-ZAHN/ n.

Self-styled; so-called.

bibelot /BEE-buh-loh/ n.

A small decorative object without practical utility; a trinket.

aboyne /you're on your own/ v.

To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics of strategies are of any use to him.

jactation /jack-TAY-shun/, n.

1. A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation
2. (rare) bragging or boasting

rejigger /re JIG er/ n.

To readjust or rearrange.

Ex.: "The rejiggered and (hopefully) enhanced two-hour Firefly pilot, meanwhile, will finally be unveiled in December."

jingoism /JING oh ism/ n.

Extreme patriotic chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

Note: "To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and ( Read more... )

mattoid /MAT-oid/ n.

A semi-insane person.

Ex.: "Dealing with apathetic students every day had turned her into a mattoid, if not an outright loonie."

From the latin "mattus" stupid, drunk.