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Gone, But Not Forgotten...Yet
Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Obsolete, rare, and obscure words culled from my Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabi...rouzie-bouzie, knuckylbonyard, ferrups, defease, malahane, accinge, venundate, pinguidity, preterlapsed, wlatsome, emuscation, atbraid and 427 more...
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Words I Love But Don't Use Enough
Thanks to all you Wordies out there flinging new words at my head. This one's for you.
phascolomian, flammulated, pelagic, avuncular, spondulicks, frippery, wyvern, stramash, cack-handed, bellicosity, infrared reflecto..., contumeliously and 106 more...
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bilby dumbewhile - the time it takes for a cartoon elephant with big ears to fly around Disneyland
strumbewhile - times of sharing an apartment with a mad guitarist
glumbewhile - the period between arriving at work and becoming depressed by your co-workers' grizzling
numnumbewhile - the late-night zone when you can eat anything you want without taking in any calories
rapapumpumbewhile - the time of being captivated by Christmas earworms
obumbewhile - a month (roughly) when you are enthralled by a President who can speak in complete sentences
scumbewhile - the moment in which you realise that's not cappuccino froth
humdrumbewhile - any times mired in drudgery seem like years, don't they?
gumbewhile - the number of chews it takes to realise the flavour has all gone
drumbewhile - the amount of time before you heave your flatmate's percussion kit out the window
slumberwhile - the repose you missed when you stayed up all night at a friend's 'sleepover'
numbewhile - the ridiculously long instant between hitting your thumb with a hammer and realising that it's quite painful
bumbewhile - the point at which you realise pulling your pants down for the camera was not a good idea
mumbewhile - the time since you last felt guilty about not calling your mother
yumbewhile - the moments when you are so hungry that any old junk you find in the fridge taste sooooo good
zerosumbewhile - the time it took you to read this list and realise it's a load of old rope Dec 2, 2008
chained_bear Ooh... I like. Dec 2, 2008
reesetee (Obsolete) 1. After a time. 2. At times; sometimes. See also umbestound. Dec 2, 2008