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Interesting and unusual words.

 
 
The Pen is
 
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Reply Thu 22 Mar, 2007 02:36 am
Rigmutton, a wanton wench that is ready to be men's rompstall

Spidireen, a non-existent ship - if a sailor didn't want to disclose which ship he was on, he would say it was the spidireen frigate with nine decks and no bottom.
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Clary
 
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Reply Thu 22 Mar, 2007 04:16 am
There is a word CUCUPHA which is a cap with spices sewn into it to prevent diseases of the head, such as colds. Good idea, no?
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spendius
 
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Reply Thu 22 Mar, 2007 07:12 am
Moustaka- a lady's pubic hair styled in the manner of a Wild West bartender's moustache.
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malek
 
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Reply Thu 22 Mar, 2007 07:26 am
Podunk.
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Clary
 
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Reply Thu 22 Mar, 2007 10:44 am
they have to be real words, though
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The Pen is
 
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Reply Wed 11 Apr, 2007 03:38 am
idocrase - a tetragonal mineral that can be green, yellow or brown
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2007 04:07 am
zarf is a metal holder for a tea or coffee cup
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Francis
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2007 10:35 am
Zaïmph, the mantle of the goddess Tanit.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2007 11:14 am
astrolatry, the worship of heavenly bodies
pantarbe, an imaginary stone which would magnetise gold
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Francis
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2007 11:23 am
To vapulate - To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2007 11:29 am
graillon - a dirty slatternly woman, who emits an odour of kitchen grease
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2007 06:28 pm
Ronyon -- a considerably worse example than the last contribution. (See Macbeth Act 1 Scene 111)
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Clary
 
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Reply Sat 21 Apr, 2007 03:06 am
I thought of it as 'runyon', a rump-fed runyon.

To knutter is to make a greeting noise, of a horse. Only in Hampshire. Everywhere else it's whicker.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sat 21 Apr, 2007 04:56 am
Beejam (Bejaune by Cotgrave).

A novice; a beginner in a trade or art.
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Clary
 
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Reply Sat 21 Apr, 2007 05:02 am
faithfullist - a believer
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spendius
 
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Reply Sat 21 Apr, 2007 05:21 am
beaufetier -- a manservant who waits on at the side-board.
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Francis
 
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Reply Sat 21 Apr, 2007 05:46 am
Hey, Clary and Spendius, that's just a list of old French words!

No need to vaticinate!
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Clary
 
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Reply Sat 21 Apr, 2007 05:58 am
Smile tu as raison

but how about CAPELTHWAITE

A being that could appear in the form of any quadruped, but usually a large black dog; often blamed for drunks arriving home disheveled and without certain items of clothing. A Westmoreland legend.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 22 Apr, 2007 05:38 pm
Flaggelum

A bacteria which anti-iders use to prove some point or other.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 23 Apr, 2007 03:13 am
I don't think that's a real word but mine are. Does this define you, spen?

clunch - sour tempered, abrupt in speech, and irritable
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