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VORPAL
PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-puhl)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Sharp.
2. Deadly.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) in his novel Through the Looking-Glass. Earliest documented use: 1871.
NOTES: The word appears in the poem “Jabberwocky” in the novel Through the Looking-Glass.:
He took his vorpal sword in hand,
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One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
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CORPAL - friend of my heart
V'ORÉAL - one-tenth of a French personal care and cosmetics company
V. OPAL - the fifth kind of jewel, after diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire
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CONSILIENCE
PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-SIL-ee-yuhns)
MEANING: noun: The linking or agreement of different disciplines when forming a theory or coming to a conclusion.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the philosopher William Whewell (1794-1866). From Latin con- (with) + salire (to leap). Earliest documented use: 1840. He also coined the words scientist and physicist.
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CONSALIENCE - the relevance of the opposition
CONSOLIENCE - sympathy, understanding, reassurance, and encouragement
PONSILIENCE - the resonance and power of the soprano
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PSYCHOBABBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (SY-ko-bab-uhl)
MEANING: noun: Language laden with jargon from psychotherapy or psychiatry, used without concern for accuracy.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by journalist Richard Dean Rosen (b. 1949). From Greek psycho- (mind) + babble (drivel, blather). Earliest documented use: 1975.
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PSYCHOBUBBLE - Ward 8 is COVID-free...and completely isolated from other people
PSYCHRO-BABBLE - to natter on, with but colorful language
PSYCHOBAB BLEU - a kind of cheese made in Southern Africa and in Madagascar, with a broad trunk and many edible parts, it can last for centuries
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RHEOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (ree-OL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The study of the deformation and flow of matter.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Eugene C. Bingham (1878-1945), professor of chemistry, inspired by an aphorism of the philosopher Simplicius of Cilicia: “Panta rhei” (Everything flows). From Greek rheo- (flow) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1929.
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GHEOLOGY - the study of clarified butter
RHETOLOGY - the study of the effect of the wind on the US Civl War
SHEOLOGY - the Feminine Mystique, explained
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LOCAVORE
PRONUNCIATION: (LOH-kuh-vohr)
MEANING: noun: One who eats locally grown food.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Jessica Prentice (b. 1968), chef and author. From local, from Latin locus (place) + -vore (eating), from vorare (to devour). Earliest documented use: 2005.
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VOCAVORE - someone who's always eating his words
LOCOVORE - one who eats only crazy foods
LOCAMORE - a trysting place
LO CAVORT - see: children at play
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HANDMAIDEN
PRONUNCIATION: (HAND-may-duhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. Someone or something that is subservient to another.
2. A personal maid.
ETYMOLOGY: From hand + maiden, referring to a young woman who was ready at hand to serve her lady. Earliest documented use: 1350.
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BANDMAIDEN - Drum Majorette
HANS' MAIDEN - the young man with the Silver Skates has a girl friend
HAND MAXI DEN - absolutely the best place to get a manicure
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SNOUTFAIR
PRONUNCIATION: (SNOUT-fair)
MEANING: noun: A good-looking person.
adjective: Good-looking.
ETYMOLOGY: From snout (nose, mouth, and jaw) + fair (attractive). Earliest documented use: 1530.
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SNOUTFAIL - can't seem to locate those truffles anywhere
'SNOT FAIR - says the frustrated toddler
SNOUT FAR - the measure of Pinocchio's untruthiness
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STICKY-FINGERED
PRONUNCIATION: (STIK-ee fing-guhrd)
MEANING: adjective: Given to stealing.
ETYMOLOGY: From stick (to fasten or attach), from Old English stician (to pierce) + finger, from Old English. Earliest documented use: 1855.
NOTES: Lime is another word for something sticky or slimy. Birdlime is used to catch birds. From lime we got the term lime-fingered, alluding to someone whose fingers easily adhere to stuff belonging to others, in other words, someone prone to stealing. Eventually the terms sticky-handed and sticky-fingered entered the language. Sometimes the metaphors and reality collide, as in these headlines:
Quebec Police Seek Sticky-Fingered Thieves with $30m of Maple Syrup (The Guardian)
Sticky-Fingered Thieves Made Off with $200 in Honey (The Huntsville Times)
Let’s hope someone fingered the thieves.
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STOCKY-FINGERED - having short, fat fingers
STICK-FINGERED - drawn by a four-year-old
STICK-FINE RED - take a good Cabernet and beat it with a stake until it froths.
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GOBSMACKED
PRONUNCIATION: (GOB-smakt)
MEANING: adjective: Utterly surprised; flabbergasted.
ETYMOLOGY: From gob (mouth), probably from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (beak, mouth) + smack (to strike with the palm), probably imitative. Earliest documented use: 1935.
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GOBS-MOCKED - derided by thousands
GODSMACKED - struck by a bolt of lightning
G-E-B SMACKED - absolutely blown away by Douglas Hofstadter's tour-de-force book
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HARDFISTED
PRONUNCIATION: (HARD-fis-tid)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Stingy.
2. Tough, aggressive, or ruthless.
3. Having hands made rough by labor: hardhanded.
ETYMOLOGY:
From hard + fisted, from Old English fyst (fist). Earliest documented use: 1612.
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HARD-MISTED - so cold the pea-soup fog is frozen
HARD-FIRSTED - stuck with a task that gets easier with practice
HARD-FISHED - to much of the cod has been caught
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