naffin /NAFF-in/ n.

Not quite an idiot, but pretty damn close.

Ex.: "For the scheme to work, he needed a genuine idiot to take the fall. The naffins he found onhand did not quite fit the requirements."

termagant /TUR-muh-gunt/ n.

A scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; a shrew.

Adjective.

Overbearing; shrewish; scolding.

Ex.: "Peter grew tired of Harriet's hard-headedness. 'Stop acting the termagant,' he snapped, 'and answer me.'"

Thanks to Dorothy Sayers for this one; I'd use the quote from the book, but I'm lazy and read it a few years ( Read more... )

nidor /NIH-door?/ n.

Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.

Ex.: "The nidor that filled the room was enough to make the boy pass out. 'Meat is murder!' he cried as the world faded away."

Note: I've read this used in reference to any burnt flesh, specifically human flesh. I'm not sure if that's an intended use of the word or ( Read more... )

kakistocracy /kak-uh-STAH-kruh-see/ n.

Goverment by the worst people.

Ex.: "Alec Baldwin was convinced that putting Bush in power would lead to kakistocracy squared."

From the Greek "kakistos" (superlative of "kakos," which means "bad") and the English suffix "-cracy," meaning "form of government."

mab /MAB/ v.

To dress oneself in a careless manner.

Ex.: "Anne's alarm forgot to go off again. She barely had time to clean, mab, and eat before her first class started."

hirsute \HUR-soot; HIR-soot; hur-SOOT; hir-SOOT\, adjective:
Covered with hair; set with bristles; shaggy; hairy.

Example: Nicole's boobies were quite hirsute in nature.

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Bonus word of the day, because blandiloquentilus is old news to me:

daspygal /dass ip EYE gull/ adj.

Hairy-assed.

Use it well, folks.

There are so many glorious, nigh-unused words in the english language. Words like nigh. Your mission, if you choose to etc., is to bring this beautiful, awful words to light. And to use the ones shared here. Every day. Of your entire life. Or not, we're not picky.

The community is named blandiloquentilus after the gloriously unuseable word ( Read more... )