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Weird Words

By Daniel Scocco

Browsing on the web today I came across an interested website that lists hundreds of weird words from the English language. Here are some that caught my attention:

Alexipharmic - Having the quality or nature of an antidote to poison.

Astrobleme - An eroded meteor impact crater.

Bloviate - To speak pompously.

Bromopnea - Bad breath.

Ceraunograph - A lightning recorder.

Contumely - Insolent or insulting language or treatment.

Droogish - Relating to the nature or attitudes of a member of a street gang.

Engastrimyth - A ventriloquist.

Florilegium - A collection of writings; a portfolio of flower pictures.

Fustilugs - A grossly fat or slovenly woman.

Ginglyform - Hinge-shaped.

Lipogrammatist - A writer of lipograms.

Mongo - An object retrieved from rubbish; a scavenger.

Pogonotrophy - Cultivation of a beard; beard-growing.

You might need a good dictionary to find those. My Firefox extension is not recognizing them, for instance.

What about you, got any weird words to share?

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Full post as published by Daily Writing Tips on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).