The following words are underused in conversation and underrepresented in dictionaries:
Lamprophony - Loudness and clarity of voice.
Tyrotoxism - Poisoning by cheese or other dairy product. Putin and his associates might want to study this technique.
Zabernism - An obsolete term signifying "the abuse of military power or authority; unjustified aggression." The word originated from Zabern, the German name for Saverne in Alsace, where a German subaltern killed a cobbler for smiling at him in 1912.
Erinaceous - Of the hedgehog family; typical of a hedgehog.
Honeyfuggle - To deceive by sweet-talk or flattery; to swindle or cheat.
Mungo - One who extracts valuable items from garbage bins.
Rastaquouere - A social climber, a go-getter.
Crepuscular - Of or pertaining to twilight.
Mesonoxian - Of or pertaining to midnight.
Selcouth - Rare, fantastic, unfamiliar, weird, wonderful, marvelous.
Zenzizenzizenzic - The eighth power of a number. The word has been obsolete since the mid 16th century. From the Italian "censo di censo."
Bafflegab - Incomprehensible or pretentious verbiage.
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Nice. I've always loved the world "crepuscular".
One of my coworkers at school has recently coined a phrase, which she uses to describe the educational inequalities that inner-city student of color face.
She says: Our students are all beautiful. Their only problem is that they got caught LWB, or "learning while black".
LWB is a bookable offense.
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