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zvati (34 words)
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Sounds like - ostentatious and slightly mad (?) - who would want this guide in the otherworld?
This appears many times in the novel I cited. It's a silly word and deserves the pulp treatment.
Yes, dontcry - exactly - like psychopoop.
Saaaayyy.... *thinking*
When I first looked at this word I saw "psychopoop" (the "o's" played a trick on my eyes) and I thought that might be a handy substitute for calling someone a s**t-head.
"Rawlie led Thad back inside the office and picked up Barringer's Folklore of America. 'Sparrows, loons and especially whippoorwills are psychopomps,' he said, not without some triumph in his voice."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.