Melosporosity--the ability to hold out for over an hour before having an orgasm.
Okay, I admit it, I made that up.
hey, look at me. Im the farmer here. I learned the word from some Maine hay farmers who tried growing birdsfoot trefoil and had zip luck with it. Apparently it never dries up here in MAine, and moldy hay give your cattle the runs and can make them crazy if they get ergot
ERGOT-a really nasty fungus growth on cereal grains and some grasses that can cause gangrene , brain lesions , and really nasty breath
The symptoms of ergot poisoning (seizures, hallucinations) were thought to be that of demonic possession in the "olden days" and could lead to sufferer being hanged or burned as a witch. The afflicted girls of the Salem Witch Trials were thought to suffer from ergot poisoning.
If we're doing made-up words, I came up with "screamish" the other day while I was doing yard work. I was on high alert for poison ivy and generally a little jumpy, and when I saw a great big spider crawling up my arm (still don't know what kind it was, it wasn't all-legs-big like a daddy longlegs, its body was huge) I simultaneously actually screamed and flicked it off. Said aloud to myself, "Damn, you're screamish today." (Squeamish + scream.)
Hmmm, why do I have the feeling I've been "had" here? It's very well done though. My hat (if I was wearing one) is off to youse guys!
arachnophobia irrational fear of spiders
Merry Andrew wrote:arachnophobia irrational fear of spiders
Now this one I know! Know any other good "'phobia" type words?
Rhabdophobia
Fear of being eaten
Although that sounds like good ole common sense to me, rather than a phobia!
Some time ago there was a thread on phobias on this site. Somebody -- as in, yours truly -- posted a link to a list of some 100 or more phobia names. But now I can't find the link; I'll keep looking.
Zetara(dont know about spelling)means driftwood in Spanish(I think)
meretricious
-- 1 : of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution <meretricious relationship>
2 a : tawdrily and falsely attractive <the paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash -- Carolyn See> b : superficially significant
I did learn a new one recently, but I'll have to try and remember what it was. Due to my age and past good fortune to have read a great lot of material I don't very often run across words that are completely new to me, unless they are in a different language than english or are scientific words I am not familiar with. I'll be back if I remember it..
On reading over this thread, I see I am now suffering from LETHOLOGICA.
Skillygalee A thin, watery gruel made of oatmeal.
oooooooh, which syllable gets the accent on that one?
Sartorial-clothes relating to tailoring or clothing in general
ossobuco wrote:oooooooh, which syllable gets the accent on that one?
Not sure, Osso. No phonetic hints were given at the site where I found this one.
