Exonym: A name by which one people or social group refers to another but which is not used by said group to refer to themselves.
Day: January 4, 2008
Cool Words!
The next few words were learned through DefectiveYeti.com back in the day.
Word 1:
Tmesis: Inserting a word in the middle of another. “Hoo-bloody-ray” and “un-freaking-believable.”
Splendiferous
Splendiferous – splendid; magnificent; fine.
I used that word in a sentence when I was like 12 or so. My stupid brother told me to stop making words up, and I told him it was a real word. He didn’t believe me. We bet each other something, I can’t remember what it was, that it was a real word. We walked down to the library and busted open the big ass dictionary, and BAM! There is was! He never paid me but he did hit me in the arm and call me a big nerd.
Now it has become something of a family favorite word.
Cool Words
pil·gar·lic /pɪlˈgɑr lɪk/
1. a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
2. a baldheaded man.
pil·gar·lick·y, adjective
from Nicole!