Dictionary Game

[Madi]

Anyone in for a new alphabet game?

Games are usually quick and easy, let's try something different. Let's make a list of unusual words, words you do not use every day.

I'll start with A ofcourse:

A Arachnophobia (fear of spiders)

Who's up for B

 

[clarabear]

Meeeee!!

B - Balderdash

 

[Sexy__Eyes]

C-circumstance

 

[marijke]

D - dactylology
study of sign language

 

[ritacica]

e - euphemism
(the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. )

 

[Gerli]

f - fandango

 

[Ellen]

gratification

 

[scrap-genie]

h - homily
(sermon; moralizing lecture)

 

[janedee]

I - ichthyology (the study of fish)

 

[ptabbert]

J - jargonelle (early pear)

 

[Ellen]

kenophobia- fear of empty spaces

 

[Madi]

l lapideous (stony)

 

[marijke]

m - macrology - much talk with little to say

 

[clarabear]

N - nephrology

 

[Ellen]

obscurantisme- keeping information from the public

 

[faerywings]

m - macrology - much talk with little to say

I think that is "Me!!" LOL

P - palatine having royal authority over a region

 

[Madi]

Q Quirky (unsual, strange but fun and cool?)

 

[Ellen]

R resofincular resembling a wire hanger

 

[faerywings]

salsitude saltiness; brackishness
(This cracks me up because when my kids have attitudes with each other, they call it being "salty"-- It kind of works!)

 

[clarabear]

T - taction

 

[Madi]

U ultramarine, deep dark colour blue

 

[Ellen]

V- Vaporimeter--- instrument for measuring vapour pressure

 

[Madi]

W wallfish (snail!)

 

[faerywings]

X
xeric dry; lacking in moisture

I told my kids last night about salsitude, and now they are going to call each other "brackish" instead of "salty." Ha!!!

 

[Ellen]

y yowie- a little ewe

 

[AnikA68]

Z Zeppelin
A Zeppelin was a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century

 

[Ellen]

a- ablutomania = mania for washing yourself

 

[faerywings]

y yowie- a little ewe

That is adorable! Don't ask me why, but it is! :sheep1

 

[faerywings]

B ballyhoo- bombastic or pretentious nonsense

(Because I like words like tomfoolery and shenanigans)

 

[janedee]

C - castellated (having battlements or turrets)