New word of the day (and other delightful linguistic discoveries)
 

I was reading an article a little bit ago and came across this gem of a word, which I intend to sock away for future use: sangfroid

In context:
What a delightful way to say cold-blooded or cool-headed. :snap:

(Feel free to add your own wordfinds here)

Here's my very favorite little-used word:

callipygian adj. - Having an attractive or well-shaped buttocks.

F**ktard - Meaning: whomever is in my way or ticking me off.

Persnickity

Twatwaffle

and um... I need one more...

Crepuscular - having the essence of twilight

Borborigmy - the grumbling sound your stomach makes.

Persnickity is one of my favorites.

Fwah - Sound stomach makes after consuming spicy or gasious foods.

It's not my stomach that makes that sound....

Oooh, I just love twatwaffle!

A favorite: jejune -- lacking significance; dull.

With thanks to Strangler Lewis, may I present: penile plethysmograph

Reviving this thread for the delights of the word: shambolic

my new word for today

twatwaffle

I think Betty beat you to that one (post #4). But hey, if it's a new discovery to you, knock yourself out! :)

its just really fun to say

twatwaffle
twatwaffle
twatwaf...

erm...nm

I think we can improve on this and have shamabolical - the wicked desire to make things a shambles and Shagabolical - a systematic plot to seduce someone

What about Shamabolicious?

Mmmm - a tasty shambles - with butter cream frosting

Whoa, that happened to me today - was eating a cupcake and it fell apart as I attempted to do so. Shamabolicious! :coffee:

Mmmmmm... Butter cream frosting.....

I think I brought that one in from the library_mofo lj group, which in turn got it from somewhere Survivor related, I think.

Synchronicity!

My new favorite word is
Schadenfreude: pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune.

Avenue Q has a great song for you, frodo :D

lugubrious

that's my word of the day, I just read it in a movie review! :)

it is an adjective that means: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.

I thought it had something do do with lubrication, but alas... it's still a cool word tho!!!

Just FYI something funny about LoT - I tried doing a search for this thread under "word of the day" and it said "of" "the" and "day" were too common and/or short to do a search for. So it just gave me every thread with the word "word" in it.. grrrr :P

That'll teach you to memorize the word linguistic ;)

Urban Dictionary
 

A friend sent me this and I though it was too funny not to post

Upon hearing about our latest receptionist issue at work (the one thing we can count on in my office), my husband coined a great new term that I will now integrate into my daily parlance.

"Drama Leave"

I have submitted the term to Urban Dictionary under the name of ***** as follows---

Drama Leave:

Time off work to address---or more likely revel in---the train wreck of your life. You're not sick, it's not a vacation, and it's not really an emergency except in your own head.

Example:

"I heard the receptionist arguing with someone on her cell last night, and she's a no show, no call today. I guess she's taking drama leave."

You people with your fancy words. You must all think you're the Pope's mustard maker.

Bwahaha!


Did I mention I took a sick day today? Synchronicity indeed.