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henryar's list
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Awesome Words, Part 1: Less Common
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bloodworm's list
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milosrdenstvi See, I was hoping for *resofinculum being an actual word for wire hanger :) but thanks! Jun 17, 2009
qroqqa Apparently an invention by a humorist called Lewis Burke Frumkes in Harper's magazine of December 1976. (If you're a subscriber you could see the pages up close.) (Source: Google Books)
It looks arbitrary: finc- could be from one of the stem forms of fig- "make, shape". Or conceivably a deformation of 'funicular', equating metal rope with wire; dare anyone coin 'reso-' out of 'resemble' though? Jun 17, 2009
milosrdenstvi Anyone know the etymology? It seems like it ought to be Latin, but I can't find anything. Jun 17, 2009
reesetee I like it! :-) Nov 12, 2007
yarb We all know someone who we've always wanted to describe as resofincular, but didn't know how to. Until now! Nov 12, 2007
mollusque Resembling a wire hanger. Nov 12, 2007