Abibliophobia
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The fear of running out of reading material.
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Absquatulate
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To leave or abscond with something.
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Allegator
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Some who alleges.
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Anencephalous
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Lacking a brain.
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Argle-bargle
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A loud row or quarrel.
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Batrachomyomachy
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Making a mountain out of a molehill.
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Billingsgate
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Loud, raucous profanity.
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Bloviate
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To speak pompously or brag.
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Blunderbuss
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A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.
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Borborygm
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A rumbling of the stomach.
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Boustrophedon
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A back and forth pattern.
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Bowyang
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A strap that holds the pants legs in place.
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Brouhaha
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An uproar.
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Bumbershoot
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An umbrella.
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Callipygian
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Having an attractive rear end or nice buns.
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Canoodle
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To hug and kiss.
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Cantankerous
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Testy, grumpy.
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Catercornered
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Diagonal(ly).
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Cockalorum
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A small, haughty man.
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Cockamamie
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Absurd, outlandish.
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Codswallop
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Nonsense, balderdash.
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Collop
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A slice of meat or fold of flab.
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Collywobbles
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Butterflies in the stomach.
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Comeuppance
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Just reward, just deserts.
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Crapulence
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Discomfort from eating or drinking too much.
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Crudivore
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An eater of raw food.
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Discombobulate
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To confuse.
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Donnybrook
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An melee, a riot.
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Doozy
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Something really great.
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Dudgeon
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A bad mood, a huff.
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Ecdysiast
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An exotic dancer, a stripper.
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Eructation
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A burp, belch.
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Fard
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Face-paint, makeup.
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Fartlek
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An athletic training
regime.
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Fatuous
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Unconsciously foolish.
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Filibuster
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Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.
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Firkin
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A quarter barrel or small cask.
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Flibbertigibbet
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Nonsense, balderdash.
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Flummox
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To exasperate.
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Folderol
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Nonsense.
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Formication
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The sense of ants crawling on your skin.
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Fuddy-duddy
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An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.
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Furbelow
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A fringe or ruffle.
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Furphy
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A portable water-container.
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Gaberlunzie
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A wandering beggar.
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Gardyloo!
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A warning shouted before throwing water from above.
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Gastromancy
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Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach.
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Gazump
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To buy something already promised to someone else.
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Gobbledygook
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Nonsense, balderdash.
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Gobemouche
|
A highly gullible person.
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Godwottery
|
Nonsense, balderdash.
|
Gongoozle
|
To stare at, kibitz.
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Gonzo
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Far-out journalism.
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Goombah
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An older friend who protects you.
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Hemidemisemiquaver
|
A musical timing of 1/64.
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Hobbledehoy
|
An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.
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Hocus-pocus
|
Deceitful sleight of hand.
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Hoosegow
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A jail or prison.
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Hootenanny
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A country or folk music get-together.
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Jackanapes
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A rapscallion, hooligan.
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Kerfuffle
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Nonsense, balderdash.
|
Klutz
|
An awkward, stupid person.
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La-di-da
|
An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.
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Lagopodous
|
Like a rabbit’s foot.
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Lickety-split
|
As fast as possible.
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Lickspittle
|
A servile person, a toady.
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Logorrhea
|
Loquaciousness,
talkativeness.
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Lollygag
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To move slowly, fall behind.
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Malarkey
|
Nonsense, balderdash.
|
Maverick
|
A loner, someone outside the box.
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Mollycoddle
|
To treat too leniently.
|
Mugwump
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An independent politician who does not follow any party.
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Mumpsimus
|
An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue.
|
Namby-pamby
|
Weak, with no backbone.
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Nincompoop
|
A foolish person.
|
Oocephalus
|
An egghead.
|
Ornery
|
Mean, nasty, grumpy.
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Pandiculation
|
A full body stretch.
|
Panjandrum
|
Someone who thinks himself high and mighty.
|
Pettifogger
|
A person who tries to befuddle others with his speech.
|
Pratfall
|
A fall on one’s rear.
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Quean
|
A disreputable woman.
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Rambunctious
|
Aggressive, hard to
control.
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Ranivorous
|
Frog-eating
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Rigmarole
|
Nonsense, unnecessary
complexity.
|
Shenanigan
|
A prank, mischief.
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Sialoquent
|
Spitting while speaking.
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Skedaddle
|
To hurry somewhere.
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Skullduggery
|
No good, underhanded dealing.
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Slangwhanger
|
A loud abusive speaker or obnoxious writer.
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Smellfungus
|
A perpetual pessimist.
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Snickersnee
|
A long knife.
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Snollygoster
|
A person who can’t be trusted.
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Snool
|
A servile person.
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Tatterdemalion
|
A child in rags.
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Troglodyte
|
Someone or something that lives in a cave.
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Turdiform
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Having the form of a lark.
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Unremacadamized
|
Having not been repaved with macadam.
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Vomitory
|
An exit or outlet.
|
Wabbit
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Exhausted, tired, worn out.
|
Widdershins
|
In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.
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Yahoo
|
A rube, a country bumpkin.
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@
|
The “at” sign.
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понедельник, 20 апреля 2015 г.
The 100 Funniest Words in English
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