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on Kalli's profile, vmarinelli said:
"Oh zoinks, you just reminded me of how much I love Wordie. Really ought to be doing more w/ this account." more...
on pantsed, vmarinelli said:
"Most hilarious usage of "pantsed" (see the UD def if you really didn't know...)..." more...
on recrudescence, vmarinelli said:
"First encountered this word in some column by George Will. Which just figures. (Both the fact that it was a George Will-dispatched vocabulary word,..." more...
on wingbag, vmarinelli said:
"A wingnut who is also an exceptionally tedious windbag." more...
on twitterite, vmarinelli said:
"One who participates in the community of Twitter." more...
on brobdingnagian, vmarinelli said:
"For the best usage of this word, ever: see the haiku of this twitterite: here. ..." more...
on bloatware, vmarinelli said:
Software that is so overloaded with functionality that its performance suffers.
"Example sentence: It took me over two hours to remove only a small portion of the bloatware that ships with the computer." more...
on exogeny, vmarinelli said:
"Of or pertaining to that which is foreign to an environment. Antonyms: autochthonous, indigeny." more...
on indigeny, vmarinelli said:
"Infrequently used term for autochthonous, from which more oft-used indigenous is derived." more...
on blanguage, vmarinelli said:
"The language of the blogosphere, including words like blogfodder, bloggernacle, antipornosphere, linkworthy, bligot, commentariat, and..." more...
on pachyphobic, vmarinelli said:
"A term which apparently means fat-phobic, possibly coined by profeminist writer Jimmy Ho. (See, for example, in his comment <a..." more...
on transwomen, vmarinelli said:
"Generally, referring to male-to-female transsexual persons, whether pre- or post-op (or whether or not a transitioning surgery is intended by the..." more...
on zwei pfennig, vmarinelli said:
"Apparently this is a German version of "two cents." Context in which encountered: The closing of <a..." more...
on paper bag test, vmarinelli said:
"Per the Wikipedia entry: From 1900 until about 1950 in the larger Black..." more...
on über alles, vmarinelli said:
"Apparently this means "above everything else" and is derived from the German*, but one can only get at that definition via Merriam Webster by <a..." more...
on steez, vmarinelli said:
"Per Urban Dictionary: "style with ease." Context in which I encountered it: The sobering “Runaway Love” finds Ludacris weaving a..." more...
on diamantiferous, vmarinelli said:
"Ha! Why does the presence of other blamers here (or at minimum, those knowledgeable about the blamer phenomenon) not surprise me?

Perhaps, given..." more...
on trope, vmarinelli said:
"The first time I encountered this word was in Adrienne Rich's poem, Poetry I:
Someone at a table
under a brown metal lamp is..." more...
on diamantiferous, vmarinelli said:
"Evidently, this means "Diamond-bearing ground." Yet another word I had to look up in the course of reading Twisty Faster's blog, I Blame the..." more...
on labyrinthitis, vmarinelli said:
"Ooh, that's where I heard it, too. (Somehow it comforts me to know that I'm not the only one who rushes to look up words in the middle of watching..." more...
on nosology, vmarinelli said:
"I love how this word, which describes the classification of diseases, has nothing to do with noses per se, but in some cases (diseases of the nose,..." more...
on transmogrify, vmarinelli said:
"Oh, excellent! Glad to know it wasn't just me. :)" more...
on fruititarian, vmarinelli said:
"Thanks ever so for the comment; indeed I simply misspelled my entry, and have since deleted it from my collection (adding the correct term,..." more...
on prostituted woman, vmarinelli said:
"I do know that it makes a big difference to women I know who were coerced into the industry (whether as children or adults). Typically, once someone..." more...
on the list seanahan's Words, vmarinelli said:
"Great list. And thanks for the correction WRT fruitarian. I'd just spelled it wrong. Horrors!" more...
on fruitarian, vmarinelli said:
"A bizarre dietary dogma among some of the hippies and New Agers I grew up with." more...
on amazaki, vmarinelli said:
"An almond-derived beverage one can sometimes get from health food stores." more...
on blamer, vmarinelli said:
"An aficionado/ member of the commentariat corresponding to the blog, I Blame the..." more...
on hanabata days, vmarinelli said:
"In a word, childhood. (See the Urban Dictionary entry for more.)" more...
on hanabata, vmarinelli said:
"Pidgin term popular in Hawai'i for, well, snot. As Jimmy Hapa explains in his definition for a related phrase, hanabata days at the Urban..." more...
on trophology, vmarinelli said:
"A new age belief system revolving around a theory of food combining." more...
on urantia, vmarinelli said:
"Sounds like a urinary tract infection, I know! But really, it's just another belief system one may encounter among hippies and new agers...." more...
on frugivore, vmarinelli said:
"Animals whose natural diet consists chiefly of fruit. Not a recommended regimen for humans, despite the existence of self-described fruitarians." more...
on fruititarian, vmarinelli said:
"A bizarre dietary dogma among some of the hippies and New Agers I grew up with.

Doh! See instead the correct term, fruitarian." more...
on bonobo, vmarinelli said:
"One of the hornier species of primates, besides us humans (and with far fewer hangups about same-gender sexual relations). Remarkably peaceful apes." more...
on radfem, vmarinelli said:
"In the plural form "radfems," a term of endearment or abuse (depending on one's politics) for those who identify with radical feminism." more...
on prostituted woman, vmarinelli said:
"A handy alternative to calling trafficked women "prostitutes," which recognizes the humanity of the individuals concerned, and whose identities ought..." more...
on breaking luck, vmarinelli said:
"In the urban undergound of sex trafficking, a prostituted woman's first trick or john of the evening." more...
on transmogrify, vmarinelli said:
"For years, I thought this was a made-up word, because of the context in which I first encountered it: the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip." more...
on hillbilly, vmarinelli said:
"The much-maligned, fiercely proud mountain people of Appalachia." more...
on postfeminist, vmarinelli said:
"A rhetorical product of postmodernism, to which thinking people may respond with, "I'll be postfeminist in the post-patriarchy." more...
on hooptie, vmarinelli said:
"Term of endearment (and sometimes antipathy) for rundown vehicles characteristic of ghetto life - e.g., my first car, the driver's side door for..." more...
on pau, vmarinelli said:
"Finished" in Hawaiian." more...
on kapu, vmarinelli said:
"Hawaiian term for taboo/forbidden." more...
on pornstitution, vmarinelli said:
"The controversial radical feminist term, meant to invoke the myriad ways in which prostitution and pornography are interdependent phenomena." more...
on metatron, vmarinelli said:
"The name of an angel in Judaism and some branches of Christianity. (Via the Wikipedia entry, not..." more...
on lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoi, vmarinelli said:
"Translation, per the Reef triggerfish entry at Wikipedia: "long-snouted fish shaped like..." more...
on humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpu..., vmarinelli said:
"Why, by cutting and pasting from where I found it published elsewhere, of course. I'm far too lazy to look up how to do that stuff manually!" more...
on humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpu..., vmarinelli said:
"Big word, tiny fish. From my old stomping grounds in Hawaiʻi." more...
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