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  • The U.S. program of interviewing convicted spies in prison to learn their motives and prevent future spying.

    August 26, 2009

  • To make sudden U-turns or other driving maneuvers in order to spot, and hopefully lose, enemy agents who may be tailing you.

    August 26, 2009

  • Obscuring the true identity of individuals and equipment, so they can be sent on secret missions.

    August 26, 2009

  • A non-existent secret agent who is identified as a source of information in order to protect the real source.

    August 26, 2009

  • A suicide pill. The L stands for "lethal."

    August 26, 2009

  • Being chased by bloodhounds? Just drag this device behind you as you flee. It'll release a scent that throws them off your trail.

    August 26, 2009

  • A low-level employee, such as a waiter or bellhop, who occasionally freelances for a spy agency when needed.

    August 26, 2009

  • Sneaking into a home or office and searching it, leaving no evidence that you were there.

    August 26, 2009

  • Couldn't tell ya.

    August 26, 2009

  • Applause.

    August 26, 2009

  • In Hollywood, it's slang for a TV writer.

    August 26, 2009

  • A movie premiere.

    August 26, 2009

  • A songwriter.

    August 26, 2009

  • The advertising and publicity department of a movie studio.

    August 26, 2009

  • Hollywood slang for ABC.

    August 26, 2009

  • Hollywood slang for NBC.

    August 26, 2009

  • Hollywood slang for CBS.

    August 26, 2009

  • Hollywood slang for a TV network.

    August 26, 2009

  • A neighborhood theater.

    August 26, 2009

  • Not So Good.

    August 26, 2009

  • Network reruns sold into syndication.

    August 26, 2009

  • Very good, as in "socko b.o."

    August 26, 2009

  • Children's television.

    August 26, 2009

  • A dancer.

    August 26, 2009

  • Hollywood slang for movie or concert tickets.

    August 26, 2009

  • Pay TV.

    August 26, 2009

  • A sitcom aimed at teens.

    August 26, 2009

  • A record company.

    August 26, 2009

  • An awards show.

    August 26, 2009

  • Hollywood slang for a satellite.

    August 26, 2009

  • An agent.

    August 26, 2009

  • Audience.

    August 26, 2009

  • The Walt Disney Company.

    August 26, 2009

  • In entertainment industry slang, "to shoot a movie."

    August 26, 2009

  • Entertainment industry slang for the Walt Disney Company.

    August 26, 2009

  • In entertainment industry lingo: "To quit or be dismissed from a job, without necessarily specifying which."

    August 26, 2009

  • Morning.

    August 26, 2009

  • To promote something heavily.

    August 26, 2009

  • Acting performance.

    August 26, 2009

  • A film festival.

    August 26, 2009

  • In the entertainment industry, stands for "Box Office."

    August 26, 2009

  • In the entertainment industry, a movie that does well at the box office.

    August 26, 2009

  • Melodrama.

    August 26, 2009

  • Critics.

    August 26, 2009

  • The name of a town in Turkey.

    August 21, 2009

  • Also a Marvel Comics villain.

    August 19, 2009

  • Used in Dinosaur Comics.

    August 18, 2009

  • One of Strong Sad's favorite words, along with loquentia, imbruglia, precipitous, saralee, and cheesecake.

    August 3, 2009

  • Never mind...seems my source was wrong.

    August 3, 2009

  • Noun: A long, thin strip of fabric on the banner of a low-ranking knight used in the Middle Ages, cut off when he ascended to a higher rank. Thus, "getting one's schwenkel cut off" isn't nearly as painful as it sounds.

    August 3, 2009

  • It's an onomatopoeia in Japanese.

    July 15, 2009

  • She was very eristic.

    July 15, 2009

  • I love the Action Philosophers comic where Nietzsche beats the crap out of Hitler and Leopold & Loeb for perverting his philosophy.

    July 15, 2009

  • Means "dogs" in Scottish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "paint" in Indonesian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "water" in Indonesian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "good" in Swedish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "pearls" in Finnish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "snout" in French.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "oven" in French.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "discount" in Finnish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "bald head" in Swedish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "piglet" in Dutch.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "transvestite" in Greek.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "trillion" in French.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "six" in Swedish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "woman" in Gaelic.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "shoe" in Estonian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "urine" in Swedish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "father" in Georgian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "dog" in Polish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "bench" in Dutch.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "ice cream" in Norwegian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "briefcase" in Portuguese.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "maggot" in Dutch.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "anus" in German.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "wart" in Arabic.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "twenty" in Iranian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "priest" in SiSwati.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "sun" in Dutch.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "wet nurse" in Albanian. (A doubly false friend!)

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "brother" in Russian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "salt" in Amharic.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "fragile" in Persian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "violin bow" in Turkish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "god" in Russian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "exaggerating" in Turkish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "goodbye" in Icelandic.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "halo" in Italian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "end" in Swedish.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "feelings" in Czech.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "cloud" in Norwegian.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "lunatic" in Surinamese.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "annoying" in German.

    July 13, 2009

  • Means "Good friend" in Arabic.

    July 13, 2009

  • A really sucky NES beat-em-up.

    July 10, 2009

  • The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent a cave-in.

    July 6, 2009

  • It's your sesquicentenn-e-mail!

    July 6, 2009

  • This was almost the name of Atari.

    July 5, 2009

  • You have to give up your American hostages.

    July 4, 2009

  • The state dessert of Massachusetts.

    July 1, 2009

  • Falling apart due to decay.

    June 26, 2009

  • Also the Italian order of monks who wore such garments...and made a very special kind of coffee.

    June 26, 2009

  • "Epilogue."

    "Epilady."

    "Epicenter."

    "Ipecac."

    -Mystery Science Theater 3000

    June 25, 2009

  • Dot dot dot! 20X6! I 20X6'd you good!

    June 23, 2009

  • ...in Wordie's little game.

    June 23, 2009

  • Either word is better than infanticipate.

    June 21, 2009

  • Adjective: Pregnant. Generally not used anymore, probably because it sounds so much like infanticide.

    June 20, 2009

  • An excellent webcomic.

    June 19, 2009

  • McDonald's does not like the use of this word. They sued Mirriam-Webster over it.

    June 18, 2009

  • The brief period between "I do" and "you'd better."

    June 16, 2009

  • Illusioned?

    June 16, 2009

  • This is what convenience stores were called in the 1930s.

    June 16, 2009

  • Vengaboys are back in town.

    June 15, 2009

  • Please tell me this is fake.

    June 15, 2009

  • No, the queen. The king's crown has a cross on top.

    June 14, 2009

  • The secret to a happy marriage.

    June 13, 2009

  • It means "nonsense."

    June 12, 2009

  • Huh? I'd always heard that a tuffet was a small, grassy hill.

    June 10, 2009

  • Popular amongst creationists.

    June 9, 2009

  • How do they expect us to fight a war without shuttlecocks?!

    May 26, 2009

  • "Haila Stoddard, playing Pauline on The Secret Storm was supposed to say to her mother, 'I always thought she was a bit of a witch.' Instead, there on live TV, in front of millions, she said, 'whit of a bitch.' Her astounded mom, instead of going on with her regular lines, responded, 'Oh dear, Pauline, you didn't mean to say that!' It took the actors ten minutes to get back to the script."

    -Uncle John's All-Purpose Extra Strength Bathroom Reader

    May 21, 2009

  • An unpleasant way of stating the facts.

    May 19, 2009

  • It means "victory." It was chosen by the Fatimid Muslims when they conquered Egypt.

    May 16, 2009

  • The opposite of lilliputian.

    May 15, 2009

  • "...I would have a DEWLAP!" -Tom Servo

    May 11, 2009

  • The only custom I know of is to eat pie and sing "Happy Birthday, Dear Albert" at 1:59 PM.

    May 10, 2009

  • As you can guess by the name, spermology is the study of...trivia!

    April 28, 2009

  • Strawberries: T-Rex has nothing against them.

    April 28, 2009

  • When writing fiction, bear in mind: the plot doesn't drive the characters, the characters drive the plot.

    April 23, 2009

  • Turns out we ARE monkeys!

    April 19, 2009

  • The source I found spelled it like this.

    April 17, 2009

  • Legend has it that the Uruguayans once defeated the Argentinian navy by using old, hard edam cheeses as cannonballs.

    April 14, 2009

  • And the raccoon lovers and Austrailian cheese makers are pissed about it being turned into a racial slur.

    April 14, 2009

  • "Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the Deity to be a source of delight." -John Ruskin

    April 8, 2009

  • myspace! A hero must know what it is!

    April 8, 2009

  • "I didn't spell 'ain't,' I spelled 'aquaintanceship!'"

    April 7, 2009

  • Their true purpose is sinister.

    April 5, 2009

  • Alternate spelling: scheister.

    March 31, 2009

  • Also a martial art style used by the Russian military.

    March 30, 2009

  • Oh sure, take all the umbrage! Don't leave any for us!

    March 28, 2009

  • No cornobble?

    March 28, 2009

  • Usually used in the context of newspaper articles, for the first sentence which sums up the topic of the article. There are some very strange ledes out there. Here's one from MSNBC: "A carpenter who keeps his clothes clean by working in the nude was arrested after a client returned home early and found him building bookcases in the buff."

    March 28, 2009

  • It's very hard to fight a liar in roaring pain.

    March 25, 2009

  • Also a name that sends self-proclaimed "hardcore gamers" into conniption fits.

    March 19, 2009

  • What if someone comes along and calls us "a pair o' pathetic peripatetics?"

    March 17, 2009

  • The only day of the week that has an anagram: dynamo.

    March 12, 2009

  • Ramen!

    March 9, 2009

  • Evolution is just a...

    March 8, 2009

  • Clowns are raining down.

    Hear the scream of the grease paint!

    Danger! Clown puddles.

    March 8, 2009

  • Nazzard!

    March 7, 2009

  • Closely related to horehound.

    March 5, 2009

  • Ryan North hates this word.

    March 5, 2009

  • A mammal with webbed feet, a duck bill, and opposable thumbs.

    March 4, 2009

  • An ineffective slave driver.

    March 4, 2009

  • Saving the attractive women, children and puppies first.

    March 4, 2009

  • Love letters from the obese.

    March 4, 2009

  • No, I got them from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, which got them from the Washington Post, hence the tag.

    March 4, 2009

  • A group of prostitutes.

    March 4, 2009

  • The guy who uses the one next to you even though others are available.

    March 4, 2009

  • Extremely efficient.

    March 4, 2009

  • Not being able to decide what to keep out of one's backyard.

    March 4, 2009

  • An annual Alaskan race in which morons pull huskies sitting on sleds.

    March 4, 2009

  • A calf who sneaks up and tips over sleeping cows.

    March 4, 2009

  • A young Indian mystic who discovers the true meaning of life as a ferryman serving only the finest in freshly-caught, hickory-grilled, and lightly lemon-seasoned fillets.

    March 4, 2009

  • A member of a fanatical cult who blows himself up in a mannequin factory.

    March 4, 2009

  • The science of predicting the exact day and month when someone will make a tired joke about French stereotypes.

    March 4, 2009

  • A medical condition caused by typical TV fare.

    March 4, 2009

  • A musical instrument whose strings are pulled by your mother.

    March 4, 2009

  • Day-o. Day-o. Doomsday come and me wanna go home.

    March 4, 2009

  • Walking corpses that wear lampshades on their heads.

    March 4, 2009

  • The legendary 18th century lover Casanova Von Asac, who was rumored to go both ways.

    March 4, 2009

  • He may hop from bed to bed, but he always washes the sheets.

    March 4, 2009

  • An unnecessary explanation of a patently obvious concept. For example, "Dummary: An unnecessary explanation of a patently obvious concept."

    March 4, 2009

  • What kind of animal is a titmouse?

    What country do Panama hats come from?

    What color is the red coral of the Mediterranean?

    March 2, 2009

  • Also the name of an Intellivision game.

    March 2, 2009

  • Dinosaur Comics used it.

    March 1, 2009

  • I prefer splunge.

    February 28, 2009

  • I never understood why a dictionary is considered good for learning the correct way to spell a word. If I don't know how the word is spelled, how can I look it up in the dictionary?

    February 27, 2009

  • Adjective: Flowing sweetly and smoothly, like honey. Usually refers to a person's tone of voice or writing style.

    February 25, 2009

  • What you use to repair a broken ig.

    February 25, 2009

  • Noun: A Japanese martial art based around the use of a war fan.

    February 25, 2009

  • They call 'em fingers, but you never see 'em fing. ...Whoah, there they go.

    February 23, 2009

  • There are French guys that can beat your ass.

    February 22, 2009

  • I have a pet newt named Tiny. I named him Tiny because he's my newt.

    February 22, 2009

  • The subject of a nursery rhyme, which later became the subject of an early Disney cartoon.

    February 20, 2009

  • Every pianist should invest in a chirogymnast.

    February 18, 2009

  • Noun: A variety of puffball fungus.

    February 18, 2009

  • ACTING!

    February 18, 2009

  • Noun: A small, burrowing rodent belonging to the family Ctenomyidae, indigenous to South America.

    It should be tuco-tuco, though.

    February 18, 2009

  • Legend has it that this word was coined in a bet. In 1780, Dublin theater owner James Daly boasted that he could make up a word and it would become the talk of the town overnight. Everyone within earshot thought it was so preposterous that they took him up on it. Daly paid an army of children to write the word in chalk on walls, streets, billboards, etc. The following morning, everyone was speculating what the strange word meant, and many suspected it was obscene. It came to be used to mean a practical joke, because that's what Daly had played on Dublin, then to mean making fun of someone with verbal banter, then it took on its present-day meaning. Most lexicographers deny this story is true, though.

    February 13, 2009

  • Who wants to go around kicking boxes?

    February 12, 2009

  • Comes from the ancient Roman practice of placing a hand on one's testicles while making an oath.

    Best. Etymology. EVER.

    February 7, 2009

  • Do you have really cool commercials made just for the breaks during the Melbourne Cup?

    January 31, 2009

  • I found it in Uncle John's Second Bathroom Reader.

    January 26, 2009

  • Adjective: Loving trees enough to live in them.

    January 26, 2009

  • Adjective: Inebriated.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To bubble up.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A disgusting substance.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A shoemaking tax.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To pour a drink for someone.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To wrap one's head.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A cow or deer's fourth stomach.

    January 26, 2009

  • Comes from Eris, the goddess of discord?

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A garlic eater.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A lowly or weak person.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A European breed of buffalo.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: An arrogant gossip.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: Depression.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To beat with a stick.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: A thief who specializes in robbing women.

    January 26, 2009

  • Adjective: Meant to be licked.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To walk around with flapping clothes.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To bear one's teeth in anger or sadness.

    January 26, 2009

  • Noun: Excessive use of the letter R.

    January 26, 2009

  • Verb: To eat greedily.

    January 26, 2009

  • Also the name of an enemy in Super Mario 64. A giant slab of stone with stubby arms and legs and a big, ugly face. It tries to crush Mario by falling on him, but if it misses, he can kill it by ground-pounding the weak spot on its back.

    January 23, 2009

  • Word nobody's listing: scroggling. Noun. A small, runty apple that's left on the branch after the harvest.

    January 23, 2009

  • I just heard a contestant guess this on Lingo. I was blown away when I found out it was a real word.

    January 22, 2009

  • @Asativum: That's because you're thinking of wack.

    January 22, 2009

  • What would Miss Finster say if she learned that "whomp" is a real word, but it isn't dirty?

    January 22, 2009

  • There's also crapandina. Give it some love. It's only been listed twice, and both times by me.

    January 13, 2009

  • Supposedly derived from Boh, a general from Norse myth. Boh was a son of Odin and a general, and was so fierce and powerful that the mere mention of his name struck fear in the hearts of his enemies. Viking warriors would shout his name when launching a surprise attack, and that eventually led to the custom of shouting "Boo!" when surprising someone.

    January 13, 2009

  • Kent Hovind once claimed that this word means "single spoken sentence" as "proof" of a Biblical creation. I guess after mangling all known fields of science, he decided to tackle etymology.

    January 4, 2009

  • F is for Friends who do stuff together

    U is for You and me

    N is for Anywhere, anytime at all

    Down here in the deep blue sea

    -Spongebob Squarepants

    December 19, 2008

  • I can hardly wait for Problem Sleuth to unleash his mighty Pulchritude attack.

    November 23, 2008

  • Nothing but net!

    October 10, 2008

  • Why is this word so long?

    October 9, 2008

  • Lesser known words with similar connotations: liripoop, clinchpoop and twiddlepoop. Perhaps they come from the same root?

    October 8, 2008

  • ...Not seeing what's so bad about it.

    October 7, 2008

  • Dorothy Parker called this "the only 'ism' that Hollywood believes in."

    October 7, 2008

  • Noun: Baggy trousers.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: A mineral such as toadstone or bufonite said to have healing properties.

    October 3, 2008

  • Adjective: Pertaining to or due to the presence of waste matter.

    October 3, 2008

  • Adjective: Having upper and lower teeth that are unlike.

    October 3, 2008

  • Adjective: Having bad breath.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: An indoor porch for exercising in winter.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: A finger exercise machine for pianists.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: The act of carrying a new bride off on horseback to the husband's home.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: A silly creature.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: One who draws with chalk.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: A stain, flaw, or scar.

    October 3, 2008

  • Verb: To stutter or mumble.

    October 3, 2008

  • Noun: A youth entering manhood.

    October 3, 2008

  • Verb. To hit something with a fish.

    Seriously.

    October 3, 2008

  • A love of archery.

    October 1, 2008

  • Noun: A beggar who is masquerading as a shipwreck survivor.

    September 30, 2008

  • What's the difference between a butte and a mesa?

    September 22, 2008

  • Yakko, Wakko and Dot washed Beethoven's mouth out with soap when he said he was a pianist.

    September 21, 2008

  • What other words can I use to compliment a woman on her figure without being slapped?

    September 7, 2008

  • Noun: A pad, often of sheepskin, placed under a horse's saddle.

    September 7, 2008

  • Harry Shearer came up with the word all by himself: it was written into the script as "annoyed grunt."

    July 2, 2008

  • I could masticate sausages all day long.

    October 19, 2007

  • "A criminal is a person with predatory instincts without sufficient capital to form a corporation." -Howard Scott

    October 4, 2007

  • "Condoms aren't completely safe. A friend of mine was wearing one and got hit by a bus." -Bob Rubin

    October 4, 2007

  • The element with the most bad-assed name.

    October 4, 2007

  • "To enter life by way of the vagina is as good a way as any." -Henry Miller

    October 4, 2007

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