Cordy's Word a Day

Tell us your interesting words

Starting with - Dystopian


Dystopian is the exact opposite-it describes an imaginary society that is as dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible.
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" for example, describes a dystopian society in which Napoleon, a pig, represents Joseph Stalin in a farmyard satire on Stalinist Russia and how power corrupts.

Dystopia, which is the direct opposite of utopia, is a term used to describe a utopian society in which things have gone wrong.

Gorp.

"A mixture of dried fruit and nuts eaten as a snack food by walkers and campers; trail mix."

I've been called a Gorp But I've never done the above

Worp!un is a moustache or hairy part of a mans bodyJust like my hubby

Copacetic. (cop-a-set-ic)

A late C19 / early C20 word meaning “everything is fine”.

I first heard it when listening to American Astronauts describing how well their spacecraft systems were operating.

Faux

Imitation, not genuine, fake.

granada are you sure it was not a gawp you were called?

It spelled as Gorp in the dictionary, LG

Lummox.

A stupid or awkward person:

I'm picking Wigan words out here. And they are actually in the English Dictionary! I thought they were Wiganese.

I Must be a Gorp

Combative...people who are quick to argue
Chronophobia...fear of the future

Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Fear of Friday the 13th.( first saw it a couple of weeks ago)

I used to fear Monday mornings, Broady.
Is there a word for that?

Jacqui
I can't find any link to your Worp!un word

Granada,
I can only think of FRICKNIN.

Urban Dictionary: worp!un
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=worp%21un
A male who has a unibrow, mustache or other extremely hairy part of the body.
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Jac's LINK

Mea culpa....

Ameliorate.
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve: strategies to ameliorate negative effects on the environment

….is chiropractic treatment effective in ameliorating sciatica.

not convinced myself

Iamaprickitus. Refers to a local fox.

Epoch

A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy. 2. A unit of geologic time
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onomatopoeia

Noun

The formation of a word such as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by it.

Barista

A person who is specially trained in the making and serving of coffee drinks, as in a coffee bar.

obfuscate darken, obscure.

So good to have you back Ray. You have been missed. Hope you had a good time.

obfuscate darken, obscure.

So good to have you back Ray. You have been missed. Hope you had a good time.

Thank you Marie, very kind of you.

A good time was had at our lovely cottage high up on the moors at Cairnryan.

Hope to see you tomorrow as usual.

Sycophantic
A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner

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Pandiculating...... stretching shortly after waking or sitting for long periods.

Ambulatory
walking or able to walk; not confined to bed.

Malleable

ADJECTIVE
(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.
"a malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet"

Snollygoster.


Noun: A shrewd, unprincipled person

Dinutuximab beta...Treatment of Neuroblastoma

Provocation

action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.

Malevolent

ADJECTIVE -- having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

"the glint of dark, malevolent eyes"
synonyms:
malicious · spiteful · hostile · evil-minded · baleful · bitter · evil-intentioned · poisonous · venomous · evil · malign · malignant · rancorous

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Noun
Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially theAnglican Church in 19th-century England.

It used to be considered the longest word in the dictionary, but according to Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary, the longest word is :-

Electroencephalographically

Which means "by using electroencephalography to examine a patient".

Paranoia

A persistent, irrational feeling that people are 'out to get you'

Multitudinous

Adjective

1 forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous.

2 comprising many items, parts, or elements.

3 Archaic . crowded or thronged.

A Skakespearian word what he invented.

It comes from the phrase "Multitudinous seas incarnadine".

Misogyny

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Spatial awareness

HOTCHY-WICHI......BAKED HEDGE-HOG MMMMMM

incendiary


1,tending to stir up conflict.

2. designed to cause fires.

Eiderdown.

A thick covering for the top of a bed, filled with soft feathers or warm material:

GORMLESS Lacking intelligence, stupid or dull.

Can't stop laughing about the duvet thread,must have been under it all day & made a late entrance

🎣🎣🎣

🐓🐓🐓

Just seen it nanajacqui. Hilarious. What an uneducated moron. 😂😂😂

Still laughing this morning,you couldn't make it up

Hide-a-down. I wonder where he hid it. 😂😂😂

Sledge admires him.

Says it all really.

The cowardly gang are starting early today

We're just laughing at the decent spellers

And as if by magic another one appears 🐑 🐑 🐑 🐑

Once a dunce,always a dunce,so his class mates say

Business must be slow, mind you, you did post on here when you was supposed to be on holiday

Business is very slow,it's winter & normal people garden in spring,summer & autumn,that's why I post on here when I'm abroad twice a year in the quiet months,ask broady if I was in Tenerife ? We were with him & his lovely wife,met up twice for cocktails

NJ,
Obviously I can only read what you are saying but yes we had two lovely afternoons imbibing alcohol in Tenerife at the end of September. Putting the “ world to right’s” as they say.

Thanks Bill for confirming,you must have walshy on ignore,switch him on he's very entertaining today

I bet it was riveting conversation

RIVETING...if you describe something as riveting you mean that it is extremely interesting and exciting and that it holds your attention completely

Interesting, exciting, you 2

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

virulent

Last Christmas Eve I put a cake out on our front door-step
…..but when I came back in the morning I found it was STOLLEN

Consensus

PIECOST

Perendinate

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
In other words, why procrastinate when you can perendinate?

Dave; If a dog and a Piecost had a race....

Mabel interrupts; What's a Piecost ?


Dave; About two pound and twenty pence

harridans

Prompted by the Lady MP defectors
To me they look more like they are at a Hen Party

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Hypocrite

A hypocrite preaches one thing, and does another. You're a hypocrite if you criticize other people for wearing fur, but pull out your big mink jacket as soon as it gets cold. The word hypocrite is rooted in the Greek word hypokrites, which means “stage actor, pretender, dissembler.”

Duckbuster.

A heavy downpour of rain.

Oeuvre

Noun, plural oeu·vres
The works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
Any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.

Anachronsim

Noun

Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.

An error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period othert han the correct one.

Anecdotal

Gob

1. Lump or a large amount of something.
2. Mouth.
3. Sailor.

ostentatious or hyperkinetic,

Altruism

Noun
The principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others.

Vituperative. Bitter and abusive.

Grandstanding.

To conduct oneself or act in a showily or ostentatious fashion in an attempt to reinforce self confidence, create an image of personality or to attempt to impress others.

That could apply to a few on here, sd

Transcendental

Adjective
Transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
Being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural.
Abstract or metaphysical.
Idealistic, lofty, or extravagant.

Nascent

puerile

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Sophomoric

Immature, childish.

Vassal State

Febrile

Cornucopia

Noun
From the Latin for 'Horn of Plenty'.

A representation of this horn, used as a symbol of abundance.
An abundant, overflowing supply.

Dueterocanonical..of sacred books or literary works.

Ineffable

Adjective
Incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible:

Not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable:

Prevaricator. A person who speaks falsely; liar. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.

Enamoured

Cumberground(Noun)

Totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.

Hyperkinetic.....attention seeker

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pathological liar

Cognoscente

Not sure how a Wiganer would pronounce it

Two words that I get mixed up with, not that I use them very often LOL

Turbid and Turgid

Turbid
Adjective
Not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like.
Clouded, opaque, obscured.
Thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.
Confused, muddled, disturbed.

Turgid
Adjective
Swollen, distended, tumid.
Inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic.

Defenestration:

The act of throwing someone (or something) out of the window.

The term is said to have originated around the time of "an incident' in Prague Castle which led towards the 30 years War ( early 1600's

Edited to remove doubled up post somehow

You could have left it: defenestration to cope with double glazing.

Usually mentioned on TV antiques programmes.

Scrimshaw

Noun
A carved or engraved article, especially of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation.
Such articles or work collectively.

Detritus

Sophophobia

Sophophobia is the fear of knowledge or learning.

It is believed that heredity, genetics, and brain chemistry combine with life-experiences to play a major role in the development.

Now you no.

Scrawp, pull all the money to your corner of the table when you win at cards,

solipsism

Behemoth

Polymath

Husting

Cajon

Anachronism

Neophyte

valedictory

Allegory

A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or or material forms.
Figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

A symbolic narrative.

cruciverbalist

AGELAST. A person who never laughs.

inter alia

Erudite

prescient

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priscus

Thank you.

Tis a classical Roman name, and a number of people who bore the name have been identified.

Flavius, who became Emperor Vespasian accidentally executed his best friend, who was a 'Priscus'!

It has pre-Roman origins: One of the Etruscan Kings who figures in the emergence of Rome was Lucius Tarquinius Priscus.

Quisling

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HERE Bercow is accused of being one; a tad harsh

tiptop
an early 18th century word for the highest point

Innocuos

celerity


swiftness of movement.

noun (ARCHAIC•LITERARY)

Excoriating

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Parsimonious

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PROSTRATE

Precariat

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Cincinnatus

dichotomy