[JayKay]

Gullible: This word doesn't appear in any english dictionary.

I'm not that gullible, so I won't look it up!
Nice try.

 

[JayKay]

I'm not that gullible, so I won't look it up!
Nice try.

Oh, I've just read the above entries!

 

[Wandiwa]

Plagerism: Don't know what it means but I stole it off a guy at work.

 

[Lorrie]

Pogonology. The study of beards.

 

[Suzanne rose]

I'm not that gullible, so I won't look it up!
Nice try.

 

[Nana Zorak]

Curmudgeon.... "A bad tempered person, especially an old one."

I was once called a "crusty old curmudgeon" in a funny story written by a fellow member in our motorcycling club newsletter. It was a fun story made up around quite a few of our members.
After reading the story, I had to look the word up. I congratulated him and reckoned it was a great word find.

That's me most of the time.

 

[Nana Zorak]

I once had a neighbour who every time he went to a book store checked the dictionaries for the word Cacto-blastis. A plant disease. He would then complain that the store was wrong in not checking the dictionaries for the word. I no longer think this is a danger in Australia!

 

[midgemills]

nostrum
/ˈnɒstrəm/
https://www.google.com.au/search?sx...2ahUKEwiAhcnhgI_9AhXDS3wKHSEWB7EQ3eEDegQICBAK
noun

1. a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective.
   "a charlatan who sells nostrums"
   
   Or alternative fun definition
   Nostrum: a guitar with no strings.
   

 

[Suzanne rose]

That's me most of the time.

I bet you your not

 

[midgemills]

Circadian disrhythmia: Jet lag.

 

[MIZMAC]

TORT =any wrong other than criminal wrong iee negligence etc

 

[Liag]

Discombobulated - confused and disconcerted.

 

[Alexander]

Flotsam & Jetsam: cargo that washes ashore after a ship has hit a reef etc.

There is a difference here. Flotsam is material lying in the water when a ship had had an unfortunate incident. Jetsam is material that is intentionally thrown overboard to try and save the vessel. Jonah was jetsam.

 

[MJFlack]

Does a word I made up count?
respontinaiety it means being spontaneous but responsibly

I like te word and yes we can share words we make as long as we can explain them.

 

[MJFlack]

Discombobulated - confused and disconcerted.

I feel obliged, to tell you, that the word Combobulated means the opposite.

 

[MJFlack]

New Word.
Hostage: Someone held as security for demands made to a third party.
Guestage: A guest required to function or locate at the behest of third party.

Costage: Someone held under financial conditions or restrictions by the government.

 

[PirateLass]

Acnestis
The part of the back (or backbone) between the shoulder blades and the loins which an animal cannot reach to scratch” (Oxford English Dictionary)

This wonderful and unusual word is not often found; one of the few dictionaries that does define it, the Oxford English Dictionary

Weird and Wonderful Words​

Share a favourite weird and wonderful word.
Be sure to explain what the word means.

I'll go first:

Creancer: Guardian or Mentor​

So, can't figure out how to add a new word.
Groak - that's when a puppydog ( or a small person) gazes at you fixedly, in the hope of sharing something you are eating.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Plagerism: Don't know what it means but I stole it off a guy at work.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Wabbit​

This word may put you in mind of “wascally wabbit,” Elmer Fudd’s version of “rascally rabbit.” But in fact, it’s an adjective from Scottish English that means “weary or exhausted.” So “wabbit” is how Elmer Fudd feels after chasing that elusive Bugs Bunny around the forest all day.

 

[MJFlack]

So, can't figure out how to add a new word.
Groak - that's when a puppydog ( or a small person) gazes at you fixedly, in the hope of sharing something you are eating.

Just go to the bottom of the page and add a new post. BTW I like your word.