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invented by bored Victorians

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Words 1 through 19 of 19
antimacassar   has been listed 31 times with 8 comments
dundrearies   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
perfervid   has been listed 24 times with 6 comments
salutatorian   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
procrustean   has been listed 24 times with 1 comment
euhemerism   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
eschatology   has been listed 45 times with 1 comment
prestidigitator   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
dipsomania   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
pyromania   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
bric-a-brac   has been listed 22 times with 2 comments
calisthenics   has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
antidisestablishmentarianism   has been listed 90 times with 11 comments
penology   has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
stridulation   has been listed 6 times with 6 comments
arboretum   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
ampersand   has been listed 64 times with 5 comments
phalanstery   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
absquatulate   has been listed 58 times with 11 comments
Words 1 through 19 of 19
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24 days ago qroqqa said:

Top of my list would be sphygmomanometer and sphairistike.

24 days ago sarra said:

The words I'm including are ones which sound like they've been carefully invented in a drawing-room by someone proud of (inevitably) his classical education — with a little scope for those new fripperies which have been named more colloquially, but still with a particular Victorian fancy (e.g. dundrearies).

How could I miss antimacassar, though! 1852.

2 months ago dontcry said:

Yes! Doilies!

2 months ago John said:

Oh, I love this list. Antimacassars.

2 months ago dontcry said:

Mourning, as an art form.

2 months ago dontcry said:

BIG porches!

2 months ago dontcry said:

Ferns

2 months ago dontcry said:

Gingerbread -- NOT the kind you eat.

2 months ago dontcry said:

You know the decorating mantra of the Victorian era, don't ya? "Too much is not enough."

2 months ago dontcry said:

My house...

2 months ago Prolagus said:

Ha!

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