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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kitty-corner, catty-corner [kit-ee-kawr-ner, kat-ee-kawr-ner ]

adverb or adjective:
in a diagonal position from, especially outward from the corner of a square.

Examples:

A McDonald's is kitty-corner from a Walmart, and Tim Hortons is across the street from AAA. Convenient as it all may sound, this district is not quite real. (Katherine ( Read more... )

ripsnorter [rip-snawr-ter]

noun:
(informal, slang)
1 something or someone exceedingly strong or violent
2 something or someone remarkably good or exciting

Examples:

'Memphis,' his instrumental version of Chuck Berry's 'Memphis, Tennessee,' was a rockabilly-blues ripsnorter with a scorching 12-bar solo. (William Grimes, Lonnie Mack, Singer ( Read more... )

absquatulate [ab-skwoch-uh-leyt]

verb:
to flee; abscond

Examples:

The AU deputy envoy to Somalia has been authorized to vacate or absquatulate Somalia within seven days with effect from today. (Mohamed Hussein Mentalist, Federal Government Of Somalia Had Set Seven Days Ultimatum To Africanunion Envoy To Absquatulate The Country, Modern Ghana, ( Read more... )

cockamamie [kok-uh-mey-mee]

noun:
(Informal, slang) ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical

Examples:

They came up with this cockamamie story about bullying basically - it was basically dog-whistling, that I was bullying my partner. (Sam Moore, Danny John-Jules hits out at 'filthy' Strictly Come Dancing, The IndependentMarch 2022)

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Sniglet

A sniglet is a neologism coined by comedian Rich Hall in segments on a 1980s HBO comedy show, Not Necessarily The News. I only knew them from the books, so it was delightful to see them in action on YouTube. Sniglets are words perfectly suitable for modern times, as you'll see below!

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scofflaw [skawf-law, skof-]
noun:

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I'm doing a week of perching birds over in my main journal, of which this is one:

chickadee (CHIK-uh-dee) - n., any of several small plump North American birds of the genus Poecile with predominantly gray plumage and a dark crown.

Especially P. atricapillus, the black-capped chickadee:


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