Okay. I'm finally casting my vote but I have to take issue with with two of the contending words.

Gobsmacked Hardly hogwash to me and quite general parlance amongst my peers (but it would be a privilege to see it posted as Word of the Day by Anu).

Demesne Ditto. Quite a common term for this neck of the woods (pun intended - with smug reference to a recent thread).

I'll balance off the votes by nominating five others from the list....


p. triboluminescence Cannot say it on its own let alone use it in a coherent sentence. HOGWASH!

enantiodromic - ditto! HOGWASH!

k. hermetic - Love this one. It's like a cross between a hermeseta and a tic-tac. HOGWASH!

c. anacampserote - some sort of a compote? HOGWASH!

h. dipsetic Quite a dispeptic word! HOGWASH!

And this concludes the vote from the Irish jury........ [nil point emoticon]