Words

 

gargantuan bricoleur

"polysyllabic sesquepedalianism"

 

Santaclaustrophobia

anticiparcellation

crackodile -- Andrei Jr.

"Pony-Ass Bus" or pony express

death-o-scope (stethescope)

cafetorium

buggers grips (beard)

IP over voice

abusive privilidges

Pullet Surprise

"eclairium" (aquarium)

Loco Area Network

 

"porkivore or beefetarian or meetarian" John Meany & Paul Hoppe 9/8/02

 

"winnerization" ("winterization")

"yipee-ya, eah" ("hey, beer here)

"sawdust" ("sodas")

"beah heah heah" ("beer here")

"hey the hotdoqs"

"barcadi" seen in a liquor store in Rhode Island ("bacardi")

Quieter Wyatt Earp

 

sidereal

embrangled

argosies, orlop, Oronoco, polysensuum

lacuna

heidi (non-proper noun)

(village) quidnuncs

svengali

plycloth

"a fortiori"

conurbation

adumbrated

memesis

jenever

pernod

efforting

bon homie

fathom

imprematur

amanuenses

nystagmus

achromatopic

zoysia

kwajalein atoll

tempe (non-proper noun)

palimpset

Marranos of Spain

cpora

epiphytically

antinomian

rubicon

cenobitic

iceblink

zareba

lazar (house)

taciturnity

nimrod

pizgah

hagiography

claques

cafard

linmed (linmology)

eothen

sastrugi

monkey-puzzle tree

orutund

 

printing terms:

tympan paper

platen brushes

steel-and-antimony-backed plates

 

 

 

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