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SODDEN-WITTED
PRONUNCIATION: (SOD-en-wit-id)
MEANING: adjective: Dull.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English soden (boiled), past participle of sethen (to boil) + wit (mental capacity). Earliest documented use: 1609, in Troilus and Cressida.
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SUDDEN-WITTED - abruptly became smart
SHODDEN-WITTED - comfortably funny, like an old shoe
SODDEN-WILTED - all wet and floppy
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SCULLION
PRONUNCIATION: (SKUL-yen)
MEANING: noun:
1. A servant who does menial work in a kitchen, such as washing dishes.
2. A lowly or contemptible person.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, probably from Old French escouvillon (dishcloth, mop), diminutive of escouve (broom), from Latin scopa (broom) or from scullery (a small kitchen), from Old French escuele (dish), from Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra (pan). Earliest documented use: 1483.
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CULLION - one who has been removed from a group in order to leave more room and resources for others more fit
SCULLIN' - rowin' down the river
SCULL ICON - part of a pirates' flag
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KNOTTY-PATED
PRONUNCIATION: (NOT-ee-pay-tid)
MEANING: adjective: Blockheaded or thickheaded.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cnotta (knot) + pate (head). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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KNOTTY-RATED - measured speed in the water
KNOTTY-PATHED - without a simple, direct route from one end to the other
SNOTTY-PATED - wipes his nose on his hair
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GORBELLIED
PRONUNCIATION: (GOR-bel-eed)
MEANING: adjective: Having a large belly: fat.
ETYMOLOGY: From gorbelly (large belly), from gor (gore) + belly, from Old English belig (bag). Earliest documented use: 1529.
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GO REBEL LIED - enthusiastic dissident was not truthful
GOBEL-LIED - Lonesome George (50s TV comedian) sang in Berlin
IGOR-BELLIED - the Mad Scientist's assistant who enjoyed his beer too much
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HEBETIC
PRONUNCIATION: (hi-BET-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to or happening at puberty.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hebe (youth). Earliest documented use: 19th c. Also see hebephrenia.
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SHEBETIC - the high blood sugar sometimes seen in pregnancy
HEMETIC - makes you vomit blood
HE-BEST-IC - fixated on being first, even among equals
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EVENTIDE
PRONUNCIATION: (EE-vuhn-tyd)
MEANING: noun: The evening time.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English aefentid, from aefen (evening) + tid (time). Earliest documented use: before 1000.
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SEVENTIDE - the boat will sail at 7:05
EVERTIDE - brand of shoelaces that will never come undone
OVENTIDE - detergent that cleans even at high temperatures
EVENTIRE - so your vehicle will give you an EVENRIDE
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CACOPHONY
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-KOF-uh-nee)
MEANING: noun: A harsh mixture of sounds.
ETYMOLOGY: From French cacophonie, from Greek kakophonia (harsh sounding), from kakos (bad) + phone (sound). Kakos is ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-/kaka- (to defecate), which also gave us poppycock, cucking stool, cacology, and cacography. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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CACO-PONY - what has to be here somewhere 'cuz there's so much manure, according to the happy little boy mucking the stable
COCOPHONY - a bottle of cheap scent labelled "Chanel # 5000"
CACOPHONE - a musical instrument known for its raucous, unpleasant sound
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INDEFEASIBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (in-di-FEE-zuh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Not subject to being revised, defeated, or annulled.
ETYMOLOGY: From in- (not) + defeasible, from Old French desfaire (to undo or destroy), from Latin dis- (apart, away) + facere (to do). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhe- (to set or put), which is also the source of do, deed, factory, fashion, face, rectify, defeat, sacrifice, satisfy, Sanskrit sandhi (joining), Urdu purdah (veil or curtain), and Russian duma (council). Earliest documented use: 1548.
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INDEFENSIBLE - can't be defended or supported
INDYFEASIBLE - Ya know, we just might do OK in this big auto race, come Memorial Day
SINDEFEASIBLE - this could be a good place to establish the India/West Pakistan border
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CONTUMACY
PRONUNCIATION: (KON-too/tyoo-muh-see)
MEANING: noun: Stubborn rebelliousness or insubordination.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin contumacia, from contumax (insolent). Earliest documented use: 1386.
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COSTUMACY - a Masquerade Ball
CON TO MACY - what Gimbels' scheme looked like to his competitor
CONTAMACY - spoiling with germs
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THINKO
PRONUNCIATION: (THING-koh)
MEANING: noun: A careless error in thinking.
ETYMOLOGY: From think, formed on the pattern of typo (typographical error). Earliest documented use: 1990s.
NOTES: When someone makes a typo and spells “teh” instead of “the”, it’s not that they don’t know the spelling of the word “the”. A thinko works the same way: it’s a glitch in one’s thinking, perhaps due to a distraction, tiredness, etc.
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THINKA - famous Rodin sculpture on loan to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
THICKO - antisocial psychopath with a list
THINNO - opposite of a thicko
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