Word of the Day...

[RandomMan]

bartle-doo - it has absolutely no meaning at all...but for some reason is my response to everything right now. hahaha! if you have not seen Ed Bassmaster on youtube...check it out. it is very funny and will have you saying bartle-doo!

[Haunted]

slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\, noun:

One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard.

Nemecek's business is not for slugabeds. He opens for business every weekday at 4 a.m.
-- Drew Fetherston, "He Can Really Make Pigs Fly", Newsday, December 12, 1994

I found Oriana, as usual, up before me, for I always was a sad slugabed.
-- W. Hurton, Doomed Ship

All save Whit elected to sleep in that morning. Whit came back to report that he had spotted the tracks of a doe and a fawn made in the new snow directly beneath my unoccupied stand, and I regretted being a slugabed.
-- "Paying Tribute to Deer in Minnesota Woods", New York Times, December 6, 1998

Slugabed is from slug, "sluggard" + abed, "in bed."

[blunthead]

limn (lim) transitive verb, to paint or draw; to portray in words, describe; obsolete, to illuminate (manuscripts).

he limned the scene in the courtroom so perfectly I could practically see it.

[Patricia A]

Cockshut
Twilight, the time poultry are shut up for the night.

*My favorite time of the day is cockshut, just after sunset.

*I'm going to write an homage piece to S. Meyer's "Twilight," I'll call it "Cockshut."

[fromTull]

OMG,LMAO. Please, please. Too funny. If wishes were horses. . . I love you!!

Cockshut
Twilight, the time poultry are shut up for the night.

*My favorite time of the day is cockshut, just after sunset.

*I'm going to write an homage piece to S. Meyer's "Twilight," I'll call it "Cockshut."

[Patricia A]

OMG,LMAO. Please, please. Too funny. If wishes were horses. . . I love you!!

I'm posting words from the book, Poplollies & Bellibones, A Celebration of Lost Words. I bought it used a few weeks ago and I am really enjoying it.
I figured I'd share some of the highlights here.

This thread is the best btw! One of my favorites.
So anyhow, I guess I ought to post my next word before cockshut aye?

Devilshine
Demonic power or skill.

*Devilshine is required to practice the dark arts.

[goodwitch]

Found this on a website; phrontistery.info. What I want to know is who came up with this and how?

Brephophagist: n. 1731-1875 One who eats babies

Creepy.....

[JohnnyHack]

My word of the day is 143, it stands for I(1) Love(4) You(3). Its a quick way to be cute. Just be careful with 43, ya never know what 4 letter word people are saying to you.

[blunthead]

piquant (pē′kənt, -känt, -kwənt) adjective, 1. agreeably pungent or stimulating to the taste; pleasantly sharp or biting; 2. exciting agreeable interest or curiosity; stimulating; provocative

His attitude, contradictory but somehow attractive--almost piquant--was one of glum good cheer.

[Haunted]

ORISON

prayer

Example of ORISON

A fervent orison asking for divine guidance in bringing about a peaceful solution to the grave international crisis.

Origin of ORISON Middle English, from Anglo-French ureisun, oreison, from Late Latin oration-, oratio, from Latin, oration

First Known Use: 13th century