well, shudder my timbers!

May 26, 2004 22:34

I'd like this, please.

Here is a little list of words for you.

1. defenestration: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window
2. serendipity: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
3. onomatopoeia: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (Examples: buzz, crash, whirr, clang hiss, purr)
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tanyalou May 27 2004, 12:56:55 UTC
Don't we all wish we had a callipygian?

I used it in a sentence, woohoo!

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menschenjaeger May 27 2004, 13:17:55 UTC
Callipygous is an acceptable adjective form as well.

The opposite is "steatopygean" - fat assed.

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