aboulia
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borborygmus
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gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free]
(n): a motley assortment of things

[French galimafrée, from Old French galimafree, sauce, ragout : probably galer, to make merry; see gallant + mafrer, to gorge oneself (from Middle Dutch moffelen, to open one's mouth wide, of imitative origin).]

leukorrhea

[lōō'kə-rē'ə]
(n): discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection

"Female patients usually complain of malaise, dysuria, dyspareunia and leukorrhea." --An introduction to the herpes viruses by Knight, Joe / The Dental Assistant


*note from tkp: It's sounds kinda gross but it's important, guys!

ninnyhammer
(n): A fool or simpleton ( Read more... )

kludge

[klooj]

(n): a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems orsoftware that has been badly put together)

[From ironic use of earlier kluge, smart, clever, from spelling pronunciation of German kluge, from Middle High German kluc, from Middle Low German kl
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eidolon

[ahy-doh-luh
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dysania

[dis-AY-nee-uh]
(n): the state of finding it hard to get out of bed


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ecdysiast

[ek-diz-ee-ast, -ist]
(n): a striptease artist, stripper

H.L. Mencken explains how he came to coin today’s word.

Then [in 1940] I was inspired by a lady … designating her occupation as strip teasing, who requested “a new and more palatable word to describe this art.” As a help to her (or here public relations counsel)) I replied as ( Read more... )