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Vag

Why didn’t I think of this?
More importantly, why did nobody think of this sooner? Surely this abridged version of “vagina” has been around for years, but somehow I’ve only been hearing it in the last year or two. Where has it been all my life?
“Vag” is a slightly derogatory term for the vagina, used as [...]

Posted 23 February 2010 † Christopher § Neologisms § Powerful Meaning § Sex § Simplicity ‡ Comments (0) °

Supernumerary

If I met the man who invented this word, I would give him a kiss and then suck his balls dry. And I’m not even remotely gay. If the inventor is actually a woman things could get messy and we might even spawn a whole new strain of venereal disease.
Every single time I see the [...]

Posted 10 November 2009 † Christopher § Adjectives ‡ Comments (1) °

Aubergine

I hate “aubergine” when it’s used to describe an eggplant. But I love it when it’s used to describe a color! Vegetables, to me, are not royal. They are humble, and should be spoken of with humble words, such as eggplant. Peasants eat eggplants. And we are all peasants.
But color, on the other hand, is [...]

Posted 16 September 2009 † Christopher § Adjectives ‡ Comments (0) °

Chyme

“Chyme” is cool in two directions. First is its spelling and pronunciation. “Chyme” is pronounced like “kime”. The hard “K” sound of “ch” is fucking cool. To pronounce that “ch” like “K” makes it sound serious. This is a word not to be fucked with. Same goes for “cholera” and “chable char”. The hard “ch” [...]

Posted 07 May 2009 † Christopher § Medical § Nouns § Powerful Meaning ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Raw

“Raw” is the rawest word I know. “Raw” is intense. For a word with no hard sounds, it still sounds hardcore.
Its origins are no less astonishing, with connections to Latin, Greek, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Old Norse, Old Irish, Sanskrit, and Slavic. The need to describe bloody, exposed and uncooked flesh goes back to the dawn of [...]

Posted 20 April 2009 † Christopher § Adjectives § Cool Etymology § Sex § Sounds like its meaning ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Tintinnabulation

Tintinnabulation is the ringing our sounding of bells. There is, of course, no reason you would ever actually say “tintinnabulation” when it takes three times as long as just saying “ringing”. Why this word is still around is a mystery, but it has a simple and direct etymology from Latin, so it may simply be [...]

Posted 09 April 2009 † Christopher § Nouns § Sounds like its meaning § Unusable ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Eleemosynary

There is a lot to love about this word.

How many words can boast three E’s in the first four letters? (Okay, epee is one, but that word is lame).
It has two Y’s, and we all love Y because it’s the underdog of the vowels; everybody wants to see more Y (it sleeps with both [...]

Posted 06 April 2009 † Christopher § Adjectives § Doesn't Sound Like Meaning § Great Spelling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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