Comments | blandilo: tongue in cheek:

bananarasberry in blandilo

tongue in cheek:

Jan 17, 2005 14:04

The word of the Week of January 16th is...
Sophomania SOF-o-MAIN-ee-a
noun
delusion of exceptional intelligence

( Other splendid 's' words )

Comments 10

gabbysun January 17 2005, 21:20:36 UTC

OH MAN. xD These're great.

. . . are they for real!?

bananarasberry January 17 2005, 21:32:11 UTC

You betcha

gabbysun January 17 2005, 21:37:36 UTC

Man.

deeni0z January 17 2005, 22:12:21 UTC

"spoffokins" is my favorite

deeni0z January 17 2005, 22:14:05 UTC

i couldn't find half of the words in m-w.com, though. what are you using as a dictionary/word source?

bananarasberry January 17 2005, 22:31:27 UTC

The Word Lover's Dictionary- Julia Heifetz editor. It was originally published in the 70's, she spent over a decade on its compilation. It's a lot of fun.

I also recommend the New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused and Mispronounced Words.

gruyere January 18 2005, 02:53:47 UTC

What the hell's a mallord?

(I could get my own copy of Mrs. Byrne's off the shelf, but that would require getting out of my chair.)

bananarasberry January 18 2005, 14:22:45 UTC

oh my goodness! I'm so embarrassed!

Mallard! Mallard!

can't find a word greenpear January 21 2005, 23:32:41 UTC

In regards to the "S" list I was unable to find "spoffokins" anywhere.

Not even in a copy of the OED (a couple of years out of date - but still an OED).

Where was this word found?

Re: can't find a word bananarasberry January 21 2005, 23:38:56 UTC

Word Lover's Dictionary- see citation above.