dundrearies [duhn-dreer-eez]

noun:
long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard


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Kafkaesque [kahf-kuh-esk]

adjective:
1 of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings
2 having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality

Examples:

And yet to choose the right one, shoppers must navigate a Kafkaesque maze. (Steven Kurutz, Mattress shopping can be confusing, Herald-Tribune, October 2014)

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jackanapes [jak-uh-neyps]

noun:
1a an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
1b an impudent, mischievous child.
2 (archaic) an ape or monkey.

Examples:

Meanwhile two jackanapes gathered this morning on the basketball court, the first public court downtown, to settle a score. Matt Goodman and I ( Read more... )

It caught my eye because there had been a film called "Svengali", and I hadn't known the title actually meant something, I'd assumed it was the last name of the main character or the name of the place.

(not seen the film, but some good-looking actors in it; it's on YouTube)
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'Svengali' Bannon leaving White House
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chyron, n. chy·ron \ˈkī-ˌrän\

: a caption superimposed over usually the lower part of a video image (as during a news broadcast)

The word is a proprietary term, and was trademarked by the Chyron Corporation in 1976 (the company is now known as ChyronHego), as a term for the crawling or stationary text that appears at the bottom of a television ( Read more... )

herostratic (hee-roh-STRA-tik) - adj., (of a person) out to be famous at any cost.

Herostratus was a man who set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus who defended his actions as his way of becoming known throughout history. In response, not only was he executed, but mentioning his name became punishable by death. However, the historian ( Read more... )