Silly Words I Have Encountered Recently

[queensheba]

Without googling to find out what these are (and if you don't already know), what would you guess the following things are?

1. aurochs (it's a noun)

2. gomphosis (also a noun)

3. Maremma (a proper noun)

Comments

[karenthecroccy]

1 has something to do with the ear.
2 has something to do with the mouth.
3 is, uh, hrm. Yeah. That. A memory disorder!

[frumpenstein]

1. Tiny gnome-like creatures with a dog-like sense of hearing.
2. An infection caused by leaving gum in your mouth without chewing it.
3. The daughter of Martin and Emma. (She hates her parents.)

[krasota]

1. ox-like critter
2. process by which gnomes are given teeth after they ruin their own chewing on gemstones
3. some region in some country, probably one with pretty scenery, possibly one without pie

[coyotemama]

Not without PIE!!! I'd have to kill myself. Or move far away - to a land with excess pie.

[suraimu]

1. Something to do with the ear?
2. A condition causing you to repeatedly and violently hug people. No, wait, that's glomphosis.
3. Causing scar tissue to appear on Hermione?

[bug_mama]

1) Extinct wild cattle from which modern cows was developed. Seen pictured on the walls of the painted caves of france.

2) Ummmmm...hmmmm.

3) A city, maybe?