Word a day for 30 days: Day 13

Obfuscation

Definition:

- To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand.

Obfuscation in a sentence:

Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation

Word a day for 30 days: Day 12

Ostrobogulous

Definition: (humorous) Slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.

Ostrobogulous in a sentence:

That's a rather ostrobogulous fancy-dress interpretation: I'm pretty sure Winnie the Pooh isn't usually quite so forthcoming with his honey pot in public.

Word a day for 30 days: Day 11

Sagacious

Definition:
Adj.
Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd.

Sagatious in a sentance:
Looking back, getting a tattoo of his date of birth had not been a sagacious decision: it made him look like a dickhead.

Word a day for 30 days: Day 10

Encomium

Definition:
Noun.
- A formal expression of high praise; eulogy.

Encomium in a sentence:
A joyful tear clung to his cheek, the crowd roared. An encomium by Tom Cruise had brought every man to his feet. He'd won best actor. Beep beep. Terrence opened his bleary eyes. Another day. He rolled out of bed and began zipping on the podgey purple suit. One day the world would recognise his talent. One day Tinkywinky would win an oscar.

Word a day for 30 days: Day 9

Tendentious

Definitions:
adj.
- Calculated to promote a particular cause or point of view.
- Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose.
- Implicitly or explicitly slanted.

Tendentious in a sentence:
Six petunia enthusiasts were admitted to hospital with minor injuries following a ruckus at last weekend's Little Ploddington Village Flower Arranging Regatta. The perpetrator, a Mr Archibald Graham (62), is said to have flown into a whirlwind rage following the prize-giving ceremony in which he missed out on winning the coveted Mauve Rosette to rival horticulturalist Lucinda Towel (71). A witness told us, "When he heard the decision he just went berserk, started yelling, 'Tendentious bullshit: lilac was last year's colour! Everyone knows she's sausage polishing the judges!' and ran around assaulting people with his gardening trowel. Luckily he's a tiny wee man so he couldn't reach to do any serious damage; mostly people just got a bit of a kneecap battering."

Word a day for 30 days: Day 8

Today's post is kindly provided courtesy of K.W.. Thank you.

Words and definitions:
Bathykolpian (aj)
- having a large bosom with a deep cleavage

Crinigerous (aj)
- hairy

Aestivate (v)
- to pass the summer in a state of torpor
- to spend the summer

Words in a sentence:
"Wow, that's a nice bathykolpian, not too crinigerous woman; I'd like to aestivate with her..."

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Curiously my computer's spell checker is trying to correct bathykolpian to day 1's word bacchanalian. Keep up Microslotht.

Word a day for 30 days: Day 7

Procrustean

Definition:
Tending to produce confirmity by violent or arbitrary means.
(Eponym of Procrustes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/procrustes )

Procrustean in a sentence:
As the tangerine baggage girl stomped his elbow into a matchbox-sized gap somewhere behind his sholderblades, Alan cursed Ryan Air's new ruthlessly space efficient 'Compacto Passenger Coffins' and their procrustean ergonomics. But at a bargainous €15 euros (plus taxes) to Oslo he knew he couldn't really complain.

Word a day for 30 days: Day 6

Solecism

Definitions:

1. Erroneous or improper usage; absurdity.
2. (grammar) Error in the use of language.
3. In written language, the intentional use of misspelling and/or incorrect grammar to effect the vernacular of a particular dialect.
4. A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior. 

Solecism in a sentence:

This sentence are a solecism.

Word a day for 30 days: Day 5

Panglossian

Definition:
(pejorative) Naively or unreasonably optimistic.

Panglossian in a sentence:
Inmate 1: "Drop those throat lozenges and jump aboard my cough-powered wobble-copter; we'll be in Stockholm in time for tea. A Nobel Prize awaits!"
Inmate 2: "Settle down Terrence you panglossian fool, we're not going anywhere for another 5-10 years: your contraption's a dead moth squashed into a bar of soap."

Word a day for 30 days: Day 4

Ameliorate

Definition:
Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Ameliorate in a sentence:
Record label suit 1: "Not much has changed but we live underwater?! How can we ameliorate this shit?"
Record label suit 2: "Bushey eyebrows?"
Rec suit 1: "Bish Bash Bosh! Nice one Bodger! That leaves the afternoon free for a round of knob cricket! Cocks away what what!"

Word a day for 30 Days: Day 3

Leptocephalous

Definition:
Having a very narrow head.

Leptocephalous in a sentence:
Jimmy Carr could go no further: this pothole was reserved for the leptocephalous.

Word a day for 30 Days: Day 2

Toroidal

Definition:

Of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped.

Toroidal in a sentence:

Paul was pretty sure the Porsche was not supposed to be toroidal. Handbrake parking by a tree at 30mph had not been a good idea.

Word a day for 30 Days: Day 1

After watching this nerdazoid give a svelt 3 minute TED talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html) I've decided to dust off the old blog and learn a new word every day for 30 days:

Day 1:

Bacchanlia

Definitions:
- Any drunken revelry.
- A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.
- Wild revelry.
- A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.

Bacchanalia in a sentence:
Morrisons staff christmas party had descended into bacchanlia. Fish Counter Linda pumped her fist in the air as Tony from fruit and veg funneled chutney through a baguette into Wee Stinky Gary's nervously quivering gullet.