Abibliophobia |
The fear of running out of reading material. |
Absquatulate |
To leave or abscond with something. |
Allegator |
Some who alleges. |
Anencephalous |
Lacking a brain. |
Argle-bargle |
A loud row or quarrel. |
Batrachomyomachy |
Making a mountain out of a molehill. |
Billingsgate |
Loud, raucous profanity. |
Bloviate |
To speak pompously or brag. |
Blunderbuss |
A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity. |
Borborygm |
A rumbling of the stomach. |
Boustrophedon |
A back and forth pattern. |
Bowyang |
A strap that holds the pants legs in place. |
Brouhaha |
An uproar. |
Bumbershoot |
An umbrella. |
Callipygian |
Having an attractive rear end or nice buns. |
Canoodle |
To hug and kiss. |
Cantankerous |
Testy, grumpy. |
Catercornered |
Diagonal(ly). |
Cockalorum |
A small, haughty man. |
Cockamamie |
Absurd, outlandish. |
Codswallop |
Nonsense, balderdash. |
Collop |
A slice of meat or fold of flab. |
Collywobbles |
Butterflies in the stomach. |
Comeuppance |
Just reward, just deserts. |
Crapulence |
Discomfort from eating or drinking too much. |
Crudivore |
An eater of raw food. |
Discombobulate |
To confuse. |
Donnybrook |
An melee, a riot. |
Doozy |
Something really great. |
Dudgeon |
A bad mood, a huff. |
Ecdysiast |
An exotic dancer, a stripper. |
Eructation |
A burp, belch. |
Fard |
Face-paint, makeup. |
Fartlek |
An athletic training regime. |
Fatuous |
Unconsciously foolish. |
Filibuster |
Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote. |
Firkin |
A quarter barrel or small cask. |
Flibbertigibbet |
Nonsense, balderdash. |
Flummox |
To exasperate. |
Folderol |
Nonsense. |
Formication |
The sense of ants crawling on your skin. |
Fuddy-duddy |
An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person. |
Furbelow |
A fringe or ruffle. |
Furphy |
A portable water-container. |
Gaberlunzie |
A wandering beggar. |
Gardyloo! |
A warning shouted before throwing water from above. |
Gastromancy |
Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach. |
Gazump |
To buy something already promised to someone else. |
Gobbledygook |
Nonsense, balderdash. |
Gobemouche |
A highly gullible person. |
Godwottery |
Nonsense, balderdash. |
Gongoozle |
To stare at, kibitz. |
Gonzo |
Far-out journalism. |
Goombah |
An older friend who protects you. |
Hemidemisemiquaver |
A musical timing of 1/64. |
Hobbledehoy |
An awkward or ill-mannered young boy. |
Hocus-pocus |
Deceitful sleight of hand. |
Hoosegow |
A jail or prison. |
Hootenanny |
A country or folk music get-together. |
Jackanapes |
A rapscallion, hooligan. |
Kerfuffle |
Nonsense, balderdash. |
Klutz |
An awkward, stupid person. |
La-di-da |
An interjection indicating that something is pretentious. |
Lagopodous |
Like a rabbit's foot. |
Lickety-split |
As fast as possible. |
Lickspittle |
A servile person, a toady. |
Logorrhea |
Loquaciousness, talkativeness. |
Lollygag |
To move slowly, fall behind. |
Malarkey |
Nonsense, balderdash. |
Maverick |
A loner, someone outside the box. |
Mollycoddle |
To treat too leniently. |
Mugwump |
An independent politician who does not follow any party. |
Mumpsimus |
An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue. |
Namby-pamby |
Weak, with no backbone. |
Nincompoop |
A foolish person. |
Oocephalus |
An egghead. |
Ornery |
Mean, nasty, grumpy. |
Pandiculation |
A full body stretch. |
Panjandrum |
Someone who thinks himself high and mighty. |
Pettifogger |
A person who tries to befuddle others with his speech. |
Pratfall |
A fall on one's rear. |
Quean |
A disreputable woman. |
Rambunctious |
Aggressive, hard to control. |
Ranivorous |
Frog-eating |
Rigmarole |
Nonsense, unnecessary complexity. |
Shenanigan |
A prank, mischief. |
Sialoquent |
Spitting while speaking. |
Skedaddle |
To hurry somewhere. |
Skullduggery |
No good, underhanded dealing. |
Slangwhanger |
A loud abusive speaker or obnoxious writer. |
Smellfungus |
A perpetual pessimist. |
Snickersnee |
A long knife. |
Snollygoster |
A person who can't be trusted. |
Snool |
A servile person. |
Tatterdemalion |
A child in rags. |
Troglodyte |
Someone or something that lives in a cave. |
Turdiform |
Having the form of a lark. |
Unremacadamized |
Having not been repaved with macadam. |
Vomitory |
An exit or outlet. |
Wabbit |
Exhausted, tired, worn out. |
Widdershins |
In a contrary or counterclockwise direction. |
Yahoo |
A rube, a country bumpkin. |
@ |
The "at" sign. |
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