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"I love it when monks leave their heads bear." more...
"that REALLY LONG WORD ON MY PROFILE FRM MARYPOPINS SPELT BACKWARDS" more...
on untonsured, yanikq said:
"It is a word invented by James Joyce by adding the prefix un to the word tonsure "a part of a monks head left bear on top". Check this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsure for a better explanation of a tonsure." more...
on squid squad, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) A team of biologists and other scientists that researches the squid." more...
on rumortism, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) A pathological social condition in which rumor and innuendo are passed off as facts." more...
on fascinoma, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) A fascinating, and usually rare, disease." more...
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) An obsessive interest in famous people." more...
on job lock, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, noun) The fear of leaving a job because it might mean losing or reducing health care benefits." more...
"(fr. WordSpy, noun) Jobs in which employees are required to express false or exaggerated emotions; the effort of expressing those emotions." more...
on trust slug, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, noun) A person who has grown lazy and unmotivated from living off a trust fund." more...
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) The increased tendency for people to publicly describe their feelings and emotions and confess their past indiscretions." more...
on hathos, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) Feelings of pleasure derived from hating someone or something." more...
on lifehacking, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) Using a tool or technique that makes some aspect of one's life easier or more efficient." more...
on supertaster, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) A person with an extremely strong sense of taste." more...
on gurgitator, whichbe said:
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) A person who competes in eating contests." more...
"(fr. WordSpy, n.) Liquor distilled into a chewable, gelatin form." more...
"A Polish dance similar to the mazurka. Compare cracovienne." more...
"The krakowiak, a lively Polish dance. Compare varsovienne." more...
on cracovian, mollusque said:
"Someone from Cracow (Krakow), Poland; in mathematics, a type of matrix product." more...
on the list AdjectiVes, mollusque said:
"How about cracovian and cracovienne, both of which are sometimes used as common nouns." more...
"Well, I like frogs more than Muppet frogs... but I also like the name Rene, so... cool!" more...
"c_b: Then it may interest you to know that aqui en mexico, Kermit the frog is known as "la rana, Rene" (actually I'm not 100% sure of this - either he is called Rene in Mexico and Gustavo in Spain, or Gustavo in Mexico and Rene in Spain)" more...
"I love the word frog. I love the sound of frogs. I love looking at frogs. I love wearing frog clips. I love saying frog. Frog, frog, frog!!" more...
on the list Humbug and bafflegab, mollusque said:
"Thanks, bilby and pterodactyl! Check out reesetee's Hogwash!, from which I borrowed liberally." more...
on the list Slaphappy, mollusque said:
"Goal!" more...
"I had no idea there was a word for "standing dead tree." Who knew I had a rampike in my yard? Thanks, freerice!" more...
"I think I've seen this word before. It brought back old, old memories of religion class... like third-grade religion class..." more...
on axilla, chained_bear said:
"What a delightful word for armpit!" more...
on d20, pterodactyl said:
"The story of my youth." more...
on the list Humbug and bafflegab, pterodactyl said:
"Wow -- it's beautiful!

*favorited*" more...
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"Clearly both you and I have an affinity for the frog, chained_bear." more...
"*bows*" more...
"Oddly, I found this page again via John's entry on Twitter. Tee hee!" more...
"Oh bilby, it is just like you small, adorable animals to think you can sum up the bundle of contradictory wonders that is a chained bear in a single phrase of jarringly disconnected words. *is moved by the feeble attempt nonetheless*" more...
"A five- or ten-pound mottled brown fish, a tripetail, has lumbered around Rubber Ducky for two days."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 291" more...
on babka, bilby said:
"бабка" more...
"One of them looks badly damaged: raw, pink skin shows where most of the camouflage has fallen away in large sheathes. I think of it as having ichthyofaunic mange."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 277" more...
"Early predecessors of the sextant include the cross-staff and the backstaff made of wood."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 252" more...
"These piscatorial targets sometimes move at over thirty miles an hour, and I must hit a bull's eye of a few square inches."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 209" more...
"There is often water in the raft these days. My legs push the rubber floor into the sea until I'm about mid-thigh deep.... When I lose my balance, I fall into the black, clutchy amoeboid, and it's quite a battle to keep from being totally engulfed."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 198–199" more...
"Clouds sit like dirty fingerprints across a silver sun that reaches down to touch the horizon. Bands of light, 'Jesus rays,' strike out across the heavens."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 175

I know exactly what he's describing, but I've never seen or heard the sight referred to as "Jesus rays" before. I always..." more...
"Mountain climbing, camping, Boy Scouts, boat building, sailling, and design, and my family's continued encouragement to confront life head on have all given me enough skill to 'seastead' on this tiny, floating island."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 162" more...
"Two pintles and two gudgeons: fittings for a boat's rudder."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 61" more...
on slue, chained_bear said:
"My boat slues around the rushing peaks, her keel clinging to the slopes like a mountain goat, her port side pressed down against the black, rolling ocean."
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 29" more...
on peseta, chained_bear said:
"The bartender sits down beside me.
'Where to?'
'Caribbean. Work. No more pesetas.'"
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 17" more...
"Turning back to me, he mutters, 'Here to steal more bosunry from an old man and make him work like the devil to boot, I bet.'"
--Steven Callahan, Adrift, 8" more...
on babka, chained_bear said:
"If you could dig up laughs in a chocolate babka, you really were the funniest show around."
--Marc Peyser, "Legend or Loser: Does 'Seinfeld' Still Hold Up After 10 Years?" Newsweek, May 12, 2008, 58" more...
"Even Russia, the most aggressive and revanchist great power today, has done little that compares with past aggressors."
--Fareed Zakaria, "The Post-American World," Newsweek, May 12, 2008, 29." more...
on gorp, chained_bear said:
"She was still a puppy at the time ... the quintessential Alaskan mutt. Before we could break out the dog biscuits and gorp, there was a sudden release of the tremendous compressed energy that the ... glacier had exerted on the lake ice...."
--Tom Yeager, "Marking Time With a Glacier," Newsweek, May 12, 2008,..." more...
on voice lift, bilby said:
"Hahaha!" more...
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