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MISOCAINEA
PRONUNCIATION: (mis-oh-KY-nee-uh, mi-soh-)
MEANING: noun: A hatred of new ideas.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek miso- (hate) + -cainea (new). Earliest documented use: 1938.
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MISO-CAINE - Japanese soup that numbs the back of your throat
MISS O'CAINEA - that Irish lass whose father had a boat named after him
ISO-CAINEA - the class of compounds with the same atomic composition as cocaine, but different in molecular structure
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POLYGYNY
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-LIH-juh-nee)
MEANING: noun: The practice of having two or more female partners.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek poly- (many) + -gyny (woman). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gwen- (woman), quean, banshee, zenana, gynecology, and gynophobia (the fear of women). Earliest documented use: 1780.
NOTES: A counterpart of this term is polyandry, the practice of having two or more male partners. The generic term is polygamy, having two or more partners.
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POLYGON Y - twenty-fifth in a series of closed figures comprised of straight lines chained end-to-end, never crossing and with the last completing the chain by attaching to the free end of the first
POLOGYNY - the all-women's polo team
POLGY, NY - a Catskills community with mostly Polish residents
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DEONTOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (dee-ahn-TAH-luh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The theory or study of duty and obligation, with a focus on the right action as determined by a set of rules, irrespective of the consequences of the action.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek deont- (obligation) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1829.
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DENTOLOGY - knowleldge of teeth
DON'T-OLOGY - the art of proscribing
ODEONTOLOGY - the study of grand roofed performance venues
DEO-NATOLOGY - lore pertaining to the birth of the gods
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SILVICOLOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (sil-VIK-uh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Living or growing in woods.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin silvi- (wood) + -colous (inhabiting). Earliest documented use: 1906.
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SILVICOLOURS - what the Lone Ranger's horse looks like on the BBC
SILICOLOUS - afflicted with ludicrous bowel habits
SILICOLOUS - having predominantly the characteristics of element #14
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BOUNDER
PRONUNCIATION: (BAUN-duhr)
MEANING: noun: An ill-bred, vulgar man.
ETYMOLOGY: From bound (to leap or jump), from French bondir (to bounce), from Latin bombitare (to hum), from Latin bombus (humming), from Greek bombos (booming, humming). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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BOXUNDER - what is beneath the gazinta, with the gazonta uppermost. See also GO-UNDER
BOULDER - more stonily impudent
B.U. UNDER - site of much of the action in Neal Stephenson's The Big U
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TOPLOFTYPRONUNCIATION: (TOP-lof-tee) MEANING: adjective: Haughty; pretentious. ETYMOLOGY: From top + loft (upper floor, attic), from Old English loft (air, sky), from Old Norse loft (air, sky, upper room). Earliest documented use: 1859. __________________________________ STOPLOFTY - an anti-snobbery movement TOOL OF TY - A Louisville Slugger bat, 34.5 inches long, weighing 40 to 44 oz. (see here) TOP OF TEY - The Daughter of Time, or perhaps Brat Farrar, by mystery writer Josephine Tey. It's hard to give one the edge over the other.
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WORRYWART
WUH-ree-wahrt)
MEANING: noun: One who worries excessively and unnecessarily.
ETYMOLOGY: From worry, from Old English wyrgan (to strangle) + wart, from Old English wearte. The word wart was apparently chosen for alliteration. Earliest documented use: 1956.
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WORRYWARP - the twisted viewpoint you get from worrying too much
WORRYTART - pastry you eat when you're stressed
LORRYWART - fanciful name for the ding you got in a London parking lot on your new truck
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AIRLING
PRONUNCIATION: (AIR-ling)
MEANING: noun: A carefree, thoughtless person.
ETYMOLOGY: A combination of air, from Latin aer (air) + -ling (small, young, inferior). Earliest documented use: 1611.
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AIRLING'S - flight leaving from Dublin
HAIRLING - Carnogie for men
AIRFLING - tossing my baby son straight up and then catching him again
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APPROBATION
PRONUNCIATION: (ap-roh-BAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: Approval, praise, commendation, or official sanction.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin approbation, from ad- (toward) + probatus, from probare (to test the goodness of). Earliest documented use: 1393.
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APT. PROBATION - when you try living in a flat for a month to see how you like it, before you sign the lease
AP-PRONATION - turning the news agency onto its belly
A.B. PROBATION - they announce your degree but don't actually award it to you until you've proved you deserve it
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PROMONTORY
PRONUNCIATION: (PROM-uhn-tor-ee, -tree)
MEANING: noun:
1. A point of high land projecting into a body of water.
2. A projecting part of the body, for example, of a bone.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin promontorium, alteration of promunturium, influenced by mons (mountain). Ultimately from the Indo-European root men- (project), which is also the source of menace, mountain, eminent, promenade, demean, amenable, mouth, and minatory. Earliest documented use: 1548.
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PROMONITORY - in favor of watchers
PROTON TORY - a subatomic British politician
PROMO-STORY - an infomercial
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