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Hoptanglish

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angski /ˈӕŋski/

adv., d., pro.

each.

[a silesim.]

urple /ˈәːpәl/

mass noun

1. eroded mauve.

adjective

2. having this colour.

  • urply adverb

[a nosetrim of purple.]

amenurple /ˌeɪmәˈnәːpәl/

interjection

said to declare the completion of a painting, book, etc.

Semordnilap: elprunema

[from amen + Hoptanglish urple.]

elprunema /ˌɛlprәˈniːmә/

noun

an accomplished painter.

Semordnilap: amenurple

[a reversal of Hoptanglish amenurple.]

flutterbox /ˈflʌtәˌbɒks/

noun (plural flutterboxen)

a flying letterbox.

Compare: mailjunk

frove /frәʊv/

verb (transitive)

to enjoy.

Proxynonym: flumbuxuriate, lilac

  • frov /ˈfrәʊvɪәl/ adjective
  • froviality /ˌfrәʊvɪˈӕlәti/ noun

morsicle /ˈmɔːsɪkәl/

noun

a tiny morsel.

make a mouthful out of a morsicle

v. to make a little go a long way.

anyanemone /ˈɛnɪәˌnɛmәni/

pro.

any anemone.

anybell /ˈɛniˌbɛl/

pro.

any bell.

anybrolly /ˈɛniˌbrɒli/

pro.

any umbrella.

anybuddy /ˈɛniˌbʌdi/

pro.

any friend.

anymerif /ˈɛniˌmɛrәf/

pro.

any merif.

Semordnilap: firemyna

[from any + Hoptanglish merif.]

anymole /ˈɛniˌmәʊl/

pro.

any mole or moles.

Semordnilap: elomyna

anynine /ˈɛniˌnʌɪn/

pro.

any nine people.

anythane /ˈɛniˌθeɪn/

pro.

any thane.

anytwo /ˈɛniˌtuː/

pro.

any couple.

Antonym: notwo

Providing proof of ambition is shown, anytwo can enter the competition.

broda /ˈbrәʊdә/

pro., d.

more.

[from broad.]

cheeze /tʃiːz/

pron.

my.

[a variant of Hp. itchy.]

denim /ˈdɛnәm/

pro.

they.

[a variant of them.]

din1 /dɪn/

pron.

it.

[a variant of Nw. den.]

doubleyou /ˈdʌbәlˌjuː/

pro.

the polite form of tatro, the second person plural, often written 'w'.

dow /daʊ/

pos. det.

my.

[a nuisance of English obsolete dow 'bequeath'.]

egg /ɛɡ/

pron.

he.

[a variant of Jp. egli.]

eglantine /ˈɛɡlәnˌtʌɪn/

pron.

the plural form of the third person masculine.

[a variant of Hp. egg.]

eh

pro.

he.

eleveral /ɪˈlɛvәrәl/

d., pro., adj.

many.

[a blend of eleven + several.]

erm1 /әːm/

pro.

him or her.

  • ermish /ˈәːmɪʃ/ adj.

[a blend of him + her.]

ermbo /ˈәːmbәʊ/

pro.

himself or herself.

[from Hoptanglish erm + -bo.]

esh

pro.

she.

everoboty /ˈɛvrәʊˌbɒti/

pro.

every robot.

Trilbud: toborev

[a blend of everybody + robot.]

everytwo /ˈɛvriˌtuː/

pro.

each couple.

eviro /ɛˈvʌɪrәʊ/

d., pro.

neither.

Synonym: twaint

  • eviroment n.

[a reversal of Georgian ორივე 'both'.]

fum

pro.

her.

gardeeze /ɡәˈdiːz/

pron.

her (plural form).

[a variant of Hp. teagarden.]

gleeze /ˈɡliːz/

pron.

his (plural form).

[a variant of Hp. eglantine.]

goatmeal /ˈɡәʊtmiːl/

pro.

anything.

Synonym: gogwot

gogwot /ˈɡɒɡwɒt/

pro.

anything.

Synonym: goatmeal

[derivation unknown.]

hir /hɪә/

d., pro.

his or her.

[a blend of his + her.]

hum

pro.

him.

ig /ɪɡ/

pro.

I.

[a blend of German ich 'I' + Latin ego 'I'.]

igbo /ˈɪɡbәʊ/

pro.

myself.

[from ig- + English obsolete bo 'both'. with reference to 'the speaker being both the grammatical subject and the object'.]

imbillionous /ɪmˈbɪlɪәnәs/

d., pro., adj.

few.

Synonym: slimmy, lusieur

  • imbillionosity /ɪmˌbɪlɪәˈnɒsәti/ n.

[from im- + Hoptanglish billionous.]

itchy /ˈɪtʃi/

pro.

I.

[derivation uncertain; either from Old English ich 'I', or from Japanese いち ichi 'one'. in reference to English slang number one 'oneself'.]

jarvaladonica /ˌʤɑːvәlәˈdɒnɪkә/

pro.

anything in particular.

[a miminym.]

lottle /ˈlɒtәl/

pro.

a little, multiplied.

[a blend of lot + little.]

lusieur /ˈluːzɪәː/

d., pro., adj.

few.

Synonym: imbillionous, slimmy

[a dublop of French plusieurs 'several'.]

miktro

pro.

us.

neeze /niːz/

pron.

their.

[a variant of Hp. denim.]

nize /nʌɪz/

pron.

its.

[a variant of Hp. denim.]

nobuddy /ˈnәʊ,ˌbʌdi/

pro.

no friend.

nonine /ˈnәʊnʌɪn/

pro.

no nine people.

notwo /ˈnәʊtuː/

pro.

no couple.

oltu /ˈɒltuː/

pred., d., pro., adv.

both.

[a variant of Gullah alltwo 'both'.]

open /ˈәʊpәn/

d., pro.

any.

[a nuisance of open.]

orleyoo /ˈɔːlәˌjuː/

pro.

used to refer to everyone being spoken to.

[a variant of all of you.]

otherbody /ˈʌðәˌbɒdi/

pro.

someone else.

otherone /ˈʌðәˌwʌn/

pro.

another person or thing.

phutherence /ˈfʌðәrәns/

pro.

something or other.

  • phutherencial /ˌfʌðәˈrɛnʃәl/ adj.

[a variant of other.]

qua /kwɑː/

pro.

a little more than a few.

[a curtail of Latin quadri- 'four'.]

quilbert /ˈkwɪlbәt/

n.

1. a person.

pro.

2. anyone.

[derivation uncertain; either from Latin quilibet 'anyone', or from the given name Gilbert.]

shlize /ʃlʌɪz/

pron.

his.

[a variant of shell.]

smuch /smʌtʃ/

d., pro., adj.

an amount between some and much.

  • smuchness /ˈsmʌtʃnәs/ n.

[a blend of some + much.]

somebrolly /ˈsʌmˌbrɒli/

pro.

an unknown or unspecified umbrella.

somebuddy /ˈsʌmˌbʌdi/

pro.

an unspecified friend.

[a blend of somebody + buddy.]

somethree /ˈsʌmθriː/

pro.

a group of unspecified people.

sometwo /ˈsʌmtuː/

pro.

a couple of unspecified people.

tadpoly /tӕdˈpɒli/

d., pro., adj.

a bit many.

[a blend of tad + poly- 'many'.]

tatro /ˈtӕtrәʊ/

pron.

you (plural form).

[a blend of Hp. tawa + trillion.]

tawa /ˈtɑːwә/

pron.

you.

[a nosetrim of Jp. あなたは anatawa 'you'.]

tea /tiː/

pron.

she.

[a variant of Gr. αυτή.]

teagarden /ˈtiːɡәˌdɛn/

pron.

the plural form of the third person feminine.

[a variant of Hp. tea.]

teaze /tiːze/

pron.

her.

[a variant of Hp. tea.]

thumptig /ˈθʌmptɪɡ/

pro.

something.

[a variant of something.]

troize /trɔɪz/

pron.

your (plural form).

[a variant of Hp. tatro.]

twaint /tweɪnt/

d., pro.

neither.

Synonym: eviro

[a blend of two + ain't.]

two /tuː/

pro.

a person that one is not.

[a verta of two cardinal number.]

twoself /tuːˈsɛlf/

pro. (plural twoselves /tuːˈsɛlvz/)

two's self. the reflective other.

ume /ˈjuːmiː/

pro.

you (singular) and me.

[a blend of you + me.]

voo /vuː/

pro.

the third person addressed through the second person, such as when you're commanding a demon to leave the soul of your friend, or when you're asking your dead grandfather whether the medium channelling him is a fraud.

[from a blend of French vous ‘you’ + voodoo.]

voor /vɔː/

pro.

the possessive pronoun of voo.

[a blend of Hoptanglish voo + your.]

whicheither /wɪˈtʃʌɪðә/

Also: /wʌɪˈtʃiːðә/

d., pro.

whichever.

wize /wʌɪz/

pron.

your.

[a variant of Hp. tawa.]

ya

pro.

you.

yatro

pro.

you (plural).

yayo

pro.

we (inclusive).

yoize /jɔɪz/

pron.

our.

[a variant of Hp. yoyo.]

yoyo /ˈjәʊjәʊ/

pro.

we (exclusive).

[a reduplication of Spanish yo 'I'.]

din2 /dɪn/

vt. (dinned, dins, dinning, dinnel; agent noun dinner (plural dinners))

to put an item, such as false teeth or ear plugs, into an orifice.

Antonym: douf

  • dinnage /ˈdɪnɪʤ/ n.

[a blend of don + in.]

draglash /ˈdrӕɡlӕʃ/

n.

a sandal.

firemyna /ˈfʌɪәˌmʌɪnә/

n.

a cross between a phoenix and a myna.

Semordnilap: anymerif

flapdraglash /ˈflӕpdrәˌɡlӕʃ/

n.

a winged sandal.

[from flap + Hoptanglish draglash.]

merif /ˈmɛrәf/

n.

a decoration that completely steals attention away from the thing it is decorating.

[a blend of massive + serif.]

neup /ˈɲuːp/

n.

a singular pronoun who has somehow multiplied despite the fact that they've been desexed by plurality.

[a blend of neuter + group.]

rimerife /ˈrʌɪmrʌɪf/

adj.

copiously coated with frost.

temerify /tәˈmɛrәˌfʌɪ/

vt.

to frighten with courage.

  • temerifixion /tәˌmɛrәˈfɪkʃәn/ n.

[a blend of temerity + terrify.]

zilchnik /ˈzɪltʃnɪk/

n.

an unimportant person; a nobody.

Synonym: triflebean, creeksprat

  • zilchnikular /zɪltʃˈnɪkjʊlә/ adj.

[from zilch + -nik.]

zipflapdraglash /ˈzɪpflӕpˌdrәɡlӕʃ/

n.

a living, winged sandal.

[from Italian zip + Hoptanglish flapdraglash.]

anathemuratizer /әˌnӕθәˈmjuːrәˌtʌɪzә/

n.

a mouse cursor.

[a blend of anathematizer + murine.]

adjasense /әdˈʤeɪsәns/

n.

lateral hindsight. an understanding of a situation that can only be gained by observing it from the flanxpel.

  • adjasensitive /ˌӕʤәˈsɛnsɪtɪv/ adj.
  • adjasensitively adv.

[a blend of adjacent + sense.]

clairbuoyant /klɛːˈbɔɪәnt/

adj.

floating so high above the present moment that you have an excellent view of the future.

  • clairbuoyantly adv.
  • clairbuoyancy /klɛːˈbɔɪәnsi/ n.

[a blend of clairvoyant + buoy.]

clockfight /ˈklɒkfʌɪt/

n.

1. a gladiatorial match in which kickertickers manouvere themselves through time to gain advantages such as foresight, hindsight and adjasense in an effort to clockhold each other.

vt./i. (clockfought, clockfights, clockfighting, clockfightel)

2. to compete in a clockfight.

devynasty /dәˈvɪnәsti/

n.

the collective term for a group of flanxlitherers.

[a blend of deviate + dynasty.]

epichronal /ˌɛpɪˈkrәʊnәl/

adj.

above time.

  • epichronally adv.
  • epichronality /ˌɛpɪkrәʊˈnӕlәti/ n.

[from epi- + Greek χρόνος khronos 'time' + -al.]

evertetherent /ˈɛvәˌtɛðәrәnt/

adj.

1. remaining on the evertether.

Synonym: unslying

2. persistent.

Synonym: tryful, seethrough

Proxynonym: forcely, gonadun

  • evertetherently adv.
  • evertetherence /ˈɛvәˌtɛðәrәns/ n.

flanxlitherer /flӕŋkˈslɪðәrә/

n.

a flanxpedalling sidewinder.

  • flanxlithererous /flӕŋkˈslɪðәrәrәs/ adj.
  • flanxlithererously adv.

[a blend of Hoptanglish flanxpel + slither.]

flanxpedal /flӕŋkˈspɛdәl/

vi. (flanxpedalled, flanxpedals, flanxpedalling, flanxpedallel; agent noun flanxpedaller (plural flanxpedallers))

1. to journey into the flanxpel.

Compare: backwind

n.

2. an act of flanxpedalling.

  • flanxpedalous /flӕŋkˈspɛdәlәs/ adj.
  • flanxpedalance /flӕŋkˈspɛdәlәns/ n.

[a blend of Hoptanglish flanxpel + pedal.]

flanxt /flӕŋkst/

nm.

anxiety about what may happen in the flanxpel.

  • flanxsty /ˈflӕŋksti/ adj.
  • flanxtily adv.

[a blend of Hoptanglish flanxpel + angst.]

hourizon /ˌaʊәˈrʌɪzәn/

n.

the limit of the foreseeable future, living memory, reachable flanxpel, etc.

  • hourizonic /ˌaʊәrʌɪˈzɒnɪk/ adj.

[a blend of hour + horizon.]

hypertensitive /hʌɪpәˈtɛnsәˌtɪv/

adj.

aware of which verb forms should be used when time travelling.

  • hypertensitively adv.
  • hypertensitivity /ˌhʌɪpәˌtɛnsәˈtɪvәti/ n.

[a blend of hyperspace + tense + sensitive.]

newly-slead /ˈɲuːli ˌslɛd/

n.

someone who has recently slied.

proflastinate /prәʊˈflӕstɪˌneɪt/

vt./i. (agent noun proflastinator (plural proflastinators))

to elbow nagging chores, pressing goals, etc. sideways into the flanxpel, to be dealt with later (or at least laterally).

  • proflastinatory /prәʊˌflӕstɪˈneɪtәri/ adj.
  • proflastination /prәʊˌflӕstɪˈneɪʃәn/ n.

[a blend of procrastinate + flanxpel.]

sidelife /ˈsʌɪdlʌɪf/

n.

an extention of life that is not after death nor before birth but right next to this life, stretching sideways into the flanxpel.

Hoptanglish anagram: (sidelifer) eldifiers Ɬ, fireslide, idlefries, islefried, rifesidle, sidefrile. Ɐ4 eldifiers

  • sidelive /ˈsʌɪdlʌɪv/ adj.
  • sidelively adv.
  • sidelifer n. someone or something living in the sidelife.

slead /slɛd/

adj.

having slied.

[from Hoptanglish slie, on the pattern of dead.]

sleadly /ˈslɛdli/

adj.

causing sleath.

  • sleadliness /ˈslɛdlɪnәs/ n.

sleadstead /ˈslɛdstɛd/

n.

a shrine or chapel where the slead are remembered.

Homophone: sledstead

[from Hoptanglish slead + stead 'place'.]

sleath /slɛθ/

nm.

the state of having slied.

[from Hoptanglish slie + death.]

sleathfram /ˈslɛθfrӕm/

n.

a time machine that allows for vecchiovanifying crabwise.

[from Hoptanglish sleath + Hoptanglish fram.]

slie /slʌɪ/

vi. (slied, slies, slying, sliel)

to go permanently to the flanxpel.

  • sleath /slɛθ/ n.

[a blend of slide + die.]

tensitive /ˈtɛnsәˌtɪv/

adj.

aware of which verb forms should be used where.

  • tensitively adv.
  • tensitivity /ˌtɛnsәˈtɪvәti/ n.

[a blend of tense + sensitive.]

thovemote /ˈðәʊvmәʊt/

n.

a séance at which the participants try to make contact with the slead.

  • thovemotal /ˈðәʊvˌmәʊtәl/ adj.
  • thovemoter /ˈðәʊvˌmәʊtә/ n. a participant of a thovemote.

[from Hoptanglish thove + English obsolete mote 'meeting'.]

timescape /ˈtʌɪmskeɪp/

n.

a painting or photograph with a wide view of history, the future, the flanxpel, etc.

  • timescapean /tʌɪmˈskeɪpɪәn/ adj.

twillowcase /ˈtwɪlәʊˌkeɪs/

n.

a cushiony time machine in which you can catlapse into the twillow.

Compare: naptank

[a blend of Hoptanglish twillow + pillowcase.]

twillowcased /ˈtwɪlәʊˌkeɪst/

adj.

serene.

Synonym: qullaful, iwrwriggular

unslying /ʌnˈslʌɪɪŋ/

adj.

never slying.

Synonym: evertetherent

  • unslyingly adv.

[from un- + Hoptanglish slying.]

whilewide /wʌɪlˈwʌɪd/

adv.

the whole time.

  • whilewidom /wʌɪlˈwʌɪdәm/ n.

wingfinger /ˈwɪŋˌfɪŋɡә/

n.

1. a finger with several feathers growing out of it.

2. a direction of time, such as the future, past, flanxpel, twillow or diagonago.

  • wingfingery /ˈwɪŋˌfɪŋɡәri/ adj.

diagonago /ˌdʌɪәˈɡɒnәˌɡәʊ/

n.

the direction of time branching off in a forty-five degree angle from the evertether, lying halfway between the flanxpel and the past.

Antonym: twillow

  • diagonagoical /ˌdʌɪәˌɡɒnәˈɡәʊɪkәl/ adj.
  • diagonagoically adv.

[a blend of diagonal + ago.]

evertether /ˈɛvәˌtɛðә/

n.

the seemingly endless tightrope from the past to the future, sometimes represented as a timeline.

  • evertetherous /ˈɛvәˌtɛðәrәs/ adj.

flanxpel /ˈflӕŋkspәl/

n.

the sideways direction of time which is perpendicular to the evertether.

Compare: twillow, diagonago

  • flanxpellian /flӕŋkˈspɛlɪәn/ adj.
  • flanxpellianly adv.

[a blend of flank + spell.]

mañondu /ˌmӕɲɒnˈduː/

adj.

1. outside of time.

2. beyond compare. matchless.

  • mañonduly adv.
  • mañonducy /ˌmӕɲɒnˈduːsi/ n.

[a blend of Latin manus 'hand' + yonder + too. implying a state of being out of reach of even a clock hand.]

twillow /ˈtwɪlәʊ/

n.

the direction of time branching off in a forty-five degree angle from the evertether, lying halfway between the future and the flanxpel.

Antonym: diagonago

  • twillowy /ˈtwɪlәʊi/ adj.

[derivation uncertain; probably from 'twill 'it will', or twill. a fabric with diagonal ridges + -o.]

diagonagotive /dʌɪˌӕɡәˈnӕɡәˌtɪv/

adj.

1. expressing an action or condition in the diagonago.

n.

2. a verb form in the diagonagotive.

laterative /ˈlӕtәrәtɪv/

adj.

1. expressing an action or condition in the flanxpel.

n.

2. a verb form in the laterative.

[from lateral + -ative.]

mañondulent /mӕˈɲɒndʊlәnt/

adj.

1. expressing an action or condition in the mañondu.

n.

2. a verb form in the mañondulent.

[a variant of Hoptanglish mañondu.]

retrojective /ˌrɛtrәʊˈʤɛktɪv/

adj.

1. denoting a mood of verb forms expressing events that will happen in the past.

n.

2. a verb in the retrojective mood.

[from retro- + Latin jacere 'to throw' + -ive.]

twillative /ˈtwɪlәtɪv/

adj.

1. expressing an action or condition in the twillow.

n.

2. a verb form in the twillative.

accidentistry /ˌӕksɪˈdɛntәstri/

mass noun

mishaps with drills and pliars on teeth.

  • accidentistrical /ˌӕksɪdɛnˈtɪstrɪkәl/ adjective
  • accidentist /ˈӕksɪˌdɛntәst/ noun (plural accidentists) a practitioner of accidentistry.

[a tiakler of accident + dentistry.]

inquivox /ˈɪŋkwɪˌvɒks/

mass noun

Tourette's syndrome in which the vocal muscles except the voicebox are possessed, causing compulsive thoughts with physical but unheard engagement.

Synonym: tou-rex, answercancer

[a blend of inner + quiver + Latin vox ‘voice’.]

howdy-g'daily-rays

interjection

hello.

Synonym: saloom, bonbonjuka, hearty miles, konniciaoa, haudigudailiraze

Antonym: feravidy mosta, moolas

[a blend of howdy + Hoptanglish G'daily + rays.]

G'daily

interjection

wishing that you're well every day.

[a blend of G'day + daily.]

acronit

noun

an initialism pronounced as a word rather than individual letters, such as LOTH.

[a blend of acronym + initialism.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

aminglam

noun

a word formed by blending two anagrams together, such as shinespinner from shineprune + huespinner.

➞ Proxynonyms: danglebarman, joiffle.

Hence:
  • aminglammatic adjective

[a blend of amalgam + mingle.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

anaphone

noun

a word formed by rearranging the sounds of another word, disregarding the actual letters, such as forkalock or blight-whackened.

➞ Proxynonym: shoutback.

Hence:
  • anaphonic adjective
  • anaphonicly adverb
  • anaphonize verb (transitive or intransitive)

[a blend of anagram + Gr. φωνή foni ‘sound’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

animiminym

noun

a word derived from the sound of an animal, person or other living thing, such as woffel or ettamollacheee.

➞ Compare: inanimiminym.

Hence:
  • animiminymous adjective

[a blend of animal + Hp. miminym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

balingalo

noun

a word formed from an interlingual coincidence.

➞ Proxynonym: dipflip.

[a blend of Hp. lingobingo + Hp. lingle.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

blaffix

noun

a word formed by blending two words then adding an affix.

➞ Proxynonym: comfix.

Hence:
  • blaffixal adjective

[a blend of blend + affix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

blazz

noun

a word formed by blending a word with a phrase, such as sobemoon from sober + over the moon.

[a blend of blend + Hp. frazz.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

bognagam2

noun

a word formed by joining or blending false cognates, such as thedeus from Greek theos + Latin deus.

Hence:
  • bognagammatical adjective

[a blend of Hp. bognate2 + gamos ‘marriage’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

catyap

noun

an elboword formed from three or more words, such as aquomacriduff or wetipapilio.

➞ Proxynonym: doublelboword.

Hence:
  • catyapic adjective

[erroneously believed to be from cat + yap, but actually a blend of concatenate + mayapple, in reference to the plant’s shoots that arise from its rhizome.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

chamelchien

noun

1. a kind of dog that can change the colour and pattern of its coat to blend in with its background.

2. an inconspicuous loanword.

[a blend of chameleon + Fr. chien ‘dog’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

comfix

noun

a word formed by joining two words (keeping them intact) then adding an affix, such as straybrainia from stray + brain + -ia.

➞ Proxynonym: blaffix.

Hence:
  • comfixal adjective

[a blend of compound + affix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

danglebarman

noun

(danglebarmen, pl.)

a word formed as an anagram of two or more other words, such as telkra from elk and rat.

➞ Proxynonyms: jufflenym, aminglam.

[a danglebarman of blend + anagram.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

derevertive

noun

a new form of a word which eventually changes back to its original form.

[a blend of derivative + revert.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

dipflip1

noun

a word formed from a linguistic coincidence.

➞ Proxynonym: balingalo.

Hence:
  • dipflipical adjective

[a blend of serendipity + flip, in reference to the coining of a word.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

dolouvre

noun

a tiakler comprised of a word spelled forwards and a word spelled backwards, such as tetrauq from tetra- and quarte.

Hence:
  • dolouvrely adjective

[a blend of dovetail + louvre.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

doonerspucat

noun

a neologism coined intentionally as a spoonerism, such as cloopskicker from skoopsklicker.

➞ Compare: jufflenym.

[a blend of spoonerism + ducat.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

ediflip

noun

a word co-invented by a student and their teacher.

[a blend of edify + Hp. flip.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

edword

noun

a new word created (often accidentally) by editing or correcting another word.

[a blend of edit + word.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

flectoflip

noun

a neologism that is a self-portrait.

[a blend of reflection + Hp. flip.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

fliptor

noun

a word which is formed in order to describe words like itself, such as knirrhollloeambe, meaning “a word with silent or superfluous letters”.

Hence:
  • fliptorical adjective

[a tiakler of flip, in reference to the coining of a word + Hp. iptor.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

formagram

noun

a word whose shape resembles the shape of the thing it represents, such as dee, “a semicircle” (D), or ooOOoOoOOOoo, “a trail of froth”.

➞ Proxynonym: phononym.

Hence:
  • formagrammatic adjective

[from form + -gram.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

frazzaffix

noun

a word formed by contracting a phrase then adding an affix, such as nutsenboltsian from "nuts and bolts" + -ian.

➞ Proxynonyms: frazz.

[from Hp. frazz + affix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

gamogram

noun

a compound word.

Hence:
  • gamogrammatical adjective

[from Gr. gamos ‘marriage’ + -gram.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

glasscoin

noun

a word formed as a palindrome intentionally, such as gnang or oglamalgo.

➞ Compare: jufflenym.

Hence:
  • glasscoinal adjective

[from glass, in the sense looking-glass + coin.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

gutcut

noun

a word formed by removing the middle one or two letters of another word.

[from gut + cut.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

homonymomorrologo

noun

a word derived from an identical word which is invented later, thanks to time travel, revorce or retrymology.

➞ Synonym: ecnasiun; Proxynonym: morrologo; Antonym: nuisance.

[a blend of homonymous + Hp. morrologo.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

inanimiminym

noun

a word derived from the sound of something inanimate.

➞ Compare: silesim.

Hence:
  • inanimiminymous adjective
  • inanimiminymously adverb

[a blend of inanimate + Hp. miminym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

initiakler

noun

a tiakler of initialisms, such as ADHDTV from ADHD and HDTV.

➞ Proxynonym: tiakronym; Compare: nishmash.

Hence:
  • initiakleric adjective

[a blend of initial + tiakler.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

intoxilex

noun

a word invented during inebriation.

➞ Synonym: nealcohologism.

Hence:
  • intoxilexical adjective

[a blend of intoxication + Gr. lex ‘word’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

iptoreen

noun

an iptor of four or less letters.

[from Hp. iptor + -een.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

isopeptigon

noun

a word intentionally formed from unrelated and irrelevant words or word roots.

Hence:
  • isopeptigonical adjective
  • isopeptigonically adverb

[from iso- + peptic + -gon.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

jogalog

noun

a word that is invented while falling asleep or waking up.

➞ Proxynonyms: kipflip, insomonym.

[a blend of jog + hypnagogic + Gr. logos ‘word’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

joiffle

noun

a word formed by joining two anagrams together, such as fetlockflocket from fetlock + flocket, or dendilldindell from dendill + dindell.

➞ Proxynonym: aminglam.

[a blend of join + Sc. obs. juffle ‘to shuffle’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

kipflip

noun

a word invented during sleep.

➞ Proxynonym: jogalog; Compare: insomonym.

[from E. sl. kip ‘sleep’ + flip, in punning reference to coining a word.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

knuckleword

noun

a short elboword of no more than six letters, such as owlark or eptoe.

[from knuckle + word.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

lemmonym

noun

a word derived directly from a dictionary (as opposed to a conversation, novel, etc.).

[from lemma + -onym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

linglex

noun

a loanword.

Hence:
  • linglexive adjective

[a blend of Hp. lingle + Gr. lexis ‘word’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

lorbstoan

noun

an obsolete word that is borrowed by another language.

Hence:
  • lorbstoanig adjective

[a blend of loanword + Hp. orbstorle.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

miminym

noun

a word formed from the sound or other quality of the thing it refers to, categories including animiminyms, inanimiminyms and silesims.

Hence:
  • miminymous adjective

[from mimic + -onym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

mintesm

noun

a word created spontaneously in the middle of a sentence.

mass noun

the tendency to create thus.

[a blend of mint + mid-sentence + neologism.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

mixaffix

noun

a word formed by blending an affix into a word, rather than just adding it onto one of the ends, such as oleono from oleo- + eon.

verb (intransitive)

to create words in this way.

Hence:
  • mixaffixian adjective
  • mixafixia noun

[from mix + affix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

morrologo

noun

a word derived from a different word which is invented later, thanks to time travel, revorce or retrymology.

➞ Proxynonyms: ecnasiun, homonymomorrologo, nomyte.

[a blend of tomorrow + Gr. logos ‘word’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

motlimot

noun

a hybrid word, i.e. one that derives from two or more languages.

[a blend of motley + Fr. mot ‘word’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

nealcohologism

noun

a word invented while drunk.

➞ Synonym: intoxilex.

[a blend of neologism + alcohol.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

neopoleon

noun

a new word formed as an antonym of an existing word, such as hatflicker or wintarize.

➞ Synonym: tithefact.

Hence:
  • neopoleonical adjective

[a blend of neologism + polar, in reference to polar opposites.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

neurologism

noun

a word formed by means of a novagode.

Hence:
  • neurologismical adjective
  • neurologismically adverb

[a blend of neuro- + neologism.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

nishmash

noun

1. a spoonerism.

2. a blend of two or more initialisms.

➞ Compare: initiakler.

Hence:
  • nishmashous adjective

[a blend of initial + mishmash.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

nomyte

noun

a word that is derived from its own derivative, perhaps by means of time travel, revorce or retrymology.

➞ Proxynonym: morrologo.

Hence:
  • nomytic (nomyticker, nomytickest) adjective
  • nomyticly adverb

[a reversal of etymon.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

nuisance

noun

1. a word derived from an earlier, identical word, such as injunction or tussock.

2. a new sense of an old word.

➞ Antonyms: homonymomorrologo, ecnasiun; Compare: verta.

Hence:
  • nuisanc adjective
  • nuisancically adverb

[derivation uncertain; perhaps from new + sense, or a nuisance of nuisance. While the first theory is compatible with sense 2, the difficulty in determining whether sense 2 is itself an example of sense 1 (that is to say, a new word instead of just a new sense) makes it a real nuisance.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

numbonym

noun

a word formed from a number, such as elevenence or hundredfold.

Hence:
  • numbous adjective

[from number + -onym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

olap

noun

a blend word in which the second word begins with the last two or more letters of the first word, such as vesselene from vessel and selene

➞ Synonym: tiakler.

Hence:
  • olapular adjective

[a contraction of overlap.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

olapo

noun

an olap which begins and ends with the same letter, such as cravattic from cravat and attic.

[a blend of Hp. olap + da capo.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

phononym

noun

a word whose sounds describe the shape of the thing it represents, such as quenjalie, meaning “a smile shaped like a question mark”.

➞ Proxynonym: formagram.

Hence:
  • phononymous adjective

[from phono- + -onym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

premifix

noun

a blend of two prefixes or initial combining forms, such as cryber- from cryo- and cyber-.

➞ Antonym: sumifix.

[a blend of prefix + mix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

punnet

noun

a word created with a pun, such as ratsuristi or eikoor.

[a blend of pun + etymology + punnet ‘, a small fruit basket’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

shoutback

noun

a word formed by reversing the sounds of another word, disregarding the actual letters.

➞ Proxynonym: anaphone.

Hence:
  • shoutbackular adjective

[from shout + back.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

silesim

noun

a word whose sounds describe a non-sonic quality of the thing it represents, such as state, action, smell or colour; examples being bazmoppetry, millow and spandangulus.

➞ Compare: animiminym.

Hence:
  • silesimical adjective

[a blend of silent + simulation.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

stonecoin

verb (transitive or intransitive)

to invent words while high on marijuana.

➞ Synonym: grasshop.

noun

a word coined in this condition.

➞ Synonym: grasshop.

Hence:
  • stonecoinage noun

[from stone + coin.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

sumifix

noun

a blend of two suffixes or final combining forms.

➞ Antonym: premifix.

[a blend of suffix + mix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

synosynth

noun

a blend of two synonyms, such as nedfed from nodderfodder and bedfare.

[a blend of synonym + synthesis.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

tiakronym

noun

a tiakler of acronyms.

➞ Proxynonym: initiakler.

Hence:
  • tiakronymic adjective

[a blend of tiakler + acronym.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

tielba

noun

a combination of a tiakler and an elboword, such as rhinotupthruption from rhinotup + upt + thruption.

Hence:
  • tielban adjective

[a blend of tiakler + elboword.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

tincaterm

noun

a word whose sounds describe the colour of the thing it represents.

Hence:
  • tincatermid adjective

[a blend of tincture + term.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

tithefact

noun

a word deliberately formed as an antonym of another word, such as minusmax from admin.

➞ Synonym: neopoleon.

Hence:
  • tithefactal adjective

[a blend of antithesis + L. factura ‘manufacture’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

traffix

noun

a word formed by contracting a word then adding an affix, such as triffite from treadstiff + -ite.

[a blend of contraction + affix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

trilbud

noun

1. a word that is equivalent in spelling to another word that has been reversed and divested of its first letter and last letter.

2. a word created in this manner.

➞ Proxynonyms: dublop, polbud, retrimo.

[a blend of Hp. retrimo + Hp. polbud.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

twipsnip

noun

a word formed by removing the first letter and last letter of another word.

➞ Proxynonym: dublop.

[a blend of twin + Hp. tipsnip.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

varcom

noun

a word formed by joining two words then making a variation, such as jumpatwunth from jump + twunth.

➞ Proxynonym: varcomfix.

☸ Usage: In the strictest sense, at least one of the original words must remain intact, otherwise the result is regarded as a blend

[a blend of variant + compound.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

varcomfix

noun

a word formed by joining two words, making a variation and adding an affix, such as quixapranxia from quick + pranks + -ia.

➞ Proxynonym: varcom.

[a blend of variant + compound + affix.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

verta

noun

a word formed by changing the word class (but not the form) of an existing word, such as porpoise (adjective) or coagulate (noun).

➞ Compare: nuisance.

Hence:
  • vertaic adjective
  • vertaicly adverb

[a variant of L. vertere ‘to turn’.]

See also ➞ Word Types by Formation

dilenna

noun

an amphisbaena.

[derivation uncertain; perhaps a variant of dilemma, or a reversal of annelid.]

See also ➞ Amphisbaenas

almphisbaeno

noun

an albino amphisbaena.

[a blend of albino + amphisbaena.]

See also ➞ Amphisbaenas

amphishyena

noun

1. a hyena with a head on each end of its body.

2. a pair of funny opposites.

Hence:
  • amphishyenal adjective
  • amphishyenally adverb

[a blend of amphisbaena + hyena.]

See also ➞ Amphisbaenas

baenaburner

noun

a cross between a fire snake and an amphisbaena.

[a blend of amphisbaena + burner.]

See also ➞ Amphisbaenas

eelee

noun

an aquatic amphisbaena.

[a blend of eel + eel.]

See also ➞ Amphisbaenas

moligner

noun

a pair of Siamese twin amphisbaenas.

[a blend of moline, in reference to its forked tongues + maligner.]

See also ➞ Amphisbaenas

addleldda

noun

a senile toad.

[an elboword of addle + Hoptanglish eldda.]

See also ➞ Miscellaneous Amphibians

cacrokek

noun

an evil frog or toad.

Hence:
  • cacrokekular (cacrokekularmore, cacrokekularmost) adjective
  • cacrokekularly adverb

[a blend of caco- + croak + Kek, the Egyptian frog-god of darkness.]

See also ➞ Miscellaneous Amphibians

custoad

noun

a toad that preys on custard.

[a blend of custard + toad.]

See also ➞ Miscellaneous Amphibians

madpole

noun

a tadpole which fails to lose its tail as it matures, and so instead it loses its head.

Hence:
  • madpolean adjective

[a blend of mad + tadpole.]

See also ➞ Miscellaneous Amphibians

simpermoith

noun

an unctuous amphibian.

[from simper + Hoptanglish moith.]

See also ➞ Miscellaneous Amphibians

abyssness

nm.

work done during deep sleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • abyssnessful adj.
  • abyssnik /әˈbɪsnɪk/ n. someone who does abyssness.

[a blend of abyss + business.]

acadreamia

nm.

the community of dreamdeemers and soporisophilers.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • acadreamian adj.

[a blend of academia + dream.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

addle-essence

nm.

the state of being a teenager with an identity crisis.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • addle-essent adj.
  • addle-essently adv.

[a blend of addle + essence + adolescence.]

airball

n.

a bubble that has been peeled.

airobe

n.

a microscopic organism that likes to keep fit by floating about in the air for at least fifteen minutes every day.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • airobic adj.

[a blend of air + aerobics + microbe.]

airpork

n.

a flying pig.

anasalamambo

n.

a dance that starts on dry land but finishes in the water as a finbop, symbolizing and celebrating backsplashage.

vi.

(anasalamambogo, ag.) /ˌӕnәˌsӕlәmӕmˈbәʊɡәʊ/

1. to dance the anasalamambo.

2. to get acquainted with someone's history.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • anasalamambogoth n.

[from ana- + salamander + mambo.]

See also ➞ Dances

antinoun

n.

a pronoun's opposite, such as “he” in relation to “she”, or “you” in relation to “me”.

aptable

adj.

capable of being suitable.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • aptability n.

[from apt + -able.]

atouruota

noun

a touring bicycle.

[an elboword of Hoptanglish atour + Italian ruota ‘wheel’.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

aukward

adv.

towards an auk.

avocadive

adj.

reminiscent of the taste, smell or texture of avocados.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • avocadivity n.

[a blend of avocado + evocative.]

awlwright

n.

a craftsman who fashions awls.

awmirrawmemawrial

n.

an ominous gravestone that bears a reference to the person looking at it.

[a blend of awe + mirror + memorial.]

aznad

n.

the robot dance.

[a reversal of It. danza ‘dance’.]

See also ➞ Dances

balalimbo

nm.

confusion about whether to study or sleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • balalimboical adj.
  • balalimboically adv.

[derivation uncertain; perhaps a blend of balance + limbo, or an anagram of Hp. labolibma.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

balleclava

n.

a rain dance.

[a blend of ballet + Hp. clava.]

Shapewise: trilbud valcella

See also ➞ Dances

ballerooma

noun

a ballroom dancer.

➞ Proxynonym: terpsy

[a blend of ballroom + ballerina.]

See also ➞ Dancers

ballring

nm.

a dance which combines acrobatics with ballroom dancing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ballringer n. a ballring dancer

[a blend of ballroom + circus ring.]

See also ➞ Dances, Dancers

baptoid

n.

any partially terrestrialized creature that still has to dip its head under water to think properly.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • baptoidal adj.

[from Gr., Anc. βᾰπτῐ́ζω baptízō ‘to dip’ + -oid.]

bark

noun

a bike with a basket.

[a blend of bike + ark.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

barkduckerish

adj.

dodging falling branches or trees.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • barkduckerishly adv.
  • barkduckery n.
  • barkducker n. a barkduckerish being

batmatter

n.

a craze.

[a blend of E. inf. bats ‘mad’ + matter.]

bazoobabushka

n.

an old lady with a rocket launcher.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bazoobabushkalike adj.

[a blend of bazooka + Ru. бабушка bábuška ‘grandmother’.]

beatburner

n.

an appliance that syncs the flicker of a candle's flame to the rhythm of the music being played.

beejive

n.

a waggle dance performed by a bee.

See also ➞ Dances

beerdrum

n.

a keg.

befundle

vt.

(befundler, ag.)

to amuse and confuse.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • befundlement n.

[a blend of befuddle + fun.]

bellerina

noun

a bellet dancer.

[a blend of Hp. bellet + ballerina.]

See also ➞ Dancers

bellicherent

adj.

burping aggressively.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bellicherently adv.
  • bellicherence n.

[a blend of belch + belligerent.]

bespaggle

vt.

(bespaggler, ag.)

to drench in pasta.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bespaggledom n.

[from be- + spaghetti + -le.]

betterbother

n.

a more suitable inconvenience.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • betterbotherish adj.

beway

n.

a mode of existence.

bibliokado

n.

a gatefold or other portal in a book through which you can step into a different book.

[from biblio- + Jp. 門 kado ‘gate’.]

bibliopole dancer

noun

a woman in a skimpy dust jacket who sells bonkbusters or other books by scripteasing around a huge, stiff bookmark.

[a tiakler of bibliopole ‘'book-dealer'’ + pole dancer.]

See also ➞ Dancers

bicycoil

noun

a bicycle with helical wheels.

[a blend of bicycle + coil.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

bifurgrey

n.

a brain that splits in two as soon as it gets to the point.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bifurgreyed adj.

[a blend of bifurcate + grey.]

bikelet

noun

a small bike.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bikeleter /ˈbʌɪklәtә/ noun a rider of bikelets.

[from bike + -let.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

bipterocycle

noun

a winged bicycle.

Synonym: birk · Compare: loftreadle
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bipterocyclean adjective

[a blend of bicycle + Ancient Greek πτερόν pteron ‘wing’.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

birk

noun

a winged bicycle.

Synonym: bipterocycle · Compare: loftreadle
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • birkly adjective

[a blend of bird + bike.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

bisonycle

noun

a cross between a bison and a bicycle.

[a blend of bison + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

blammage

nm.

food which has been spilt, burnt, smashed, etc.

[a blend of blancmange + damage.]

blobombrill

n.

a letter that's been smudged by rain.

[a blend of blob + Gr. ὄμβρος ómbros ‘rain’ + bill.]

bloss

n.

a bonsai plant.

[a curtail of blossom.]

blunderbustle

nm.

clumsy busyness.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • blunderbustelous adj.
  • blunderbustelously adv.

bogglebogged

adj.

encumbered by conundrums.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • boggleboggedly adv.
  • boggleboggedom n.
  • bogglebog vt.

bonbonjuka

int.

hello.

[a blend of Fr. bonjour ‘hello’ + bonbon + Gu. juke ‘disorderly’, in the sense of welcoming sweet chaos.]

bonster

n.

a friend.

Idioms:
  • marly bonster — a certainty.
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bonsterific adj.

[a blend of Fr. bon ‘good’ + monster.]

bonzaquince

n.

a very good outcome.

[a blend of Au. inf. bonzer ‘excellent’ + consequence + quince.]

bootfall

nm.

barefoot football.

bovoid

n.

1. a robot that resembles a cow.

2. a computer virus that does no harm but munches a lot of resources.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bovoidal adj.
  • bovoidally adv.

[a blend of bovine + android.]

boxolsa

nm.

a combination of boxing and salsa.

See also ➞ Dances

bragend

n.

a criminal who boasts about their crimes.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • bragendish adj.

[a blend of brag + brigand.]

braindance

n.

a jig done to jog your memory.

vi.

(braindancer, ag.)

to perform a braindance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • braindancing n.

See also ➞ Dances

breakermaker

n.

a controversial sculptor who makes waves by scooping away the water around them.

breverie

n.

a momentary daydream.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • breveriel adj.

[a blend of brevity + reverie.]

brickstep

n.

a slow, stompy, strident dance that is popular with twerpsichoreans.

vi.

(brickstepped, bricksteps, brickstepping, bricksteppel) (brickstepper, ag.)

to dance the brickstep.

See also ➞ Dances

brine dancing

nm.

the pastime of walking, skipping, running or dancing along a beach, trying to stay as close as possible to the constantly changing edge of the water without touching it.

See also ➞ Dances

bufferina

noun

a buffet dancer.

[a blend of Hp. buffet + ballerina.]

See also ➞ Dancers

buffet

nm.

naked ballet.

n.

1. a buffet production.

2. a dance or piece of music composed in this style.

[a blend of E. slang in the buff ‘naked’ + ballet.]

See also ➞ Dances

bunglewright

n.

a professional maker of mistakes.

bunkyard

n.

a factory where sluggasloggers imagenerate.

➞ Compare: logergagora

[from bunk + yard.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

bussoon

n.

a bus horn.

[a blend of bus + bassoon.]

butterdial

n.

a melting clock.

buzmo

n.

a biomechanical device powered by bees.

[a blend of buzz + gizmo.]

buzzling

n.

a young bee.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • buzzlingular adj.
  • buzzlingularly adv.

bysket

n.

a basket attached to a bike.

[a blend of bicycle + basket.]

canaryberry

n.

a gooseberry that has been genetically modified to taste like a canary.

carbike

noun

a bike with four wheels.

[from car + bike.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

cardinella

n.

a female cardinal.

[from cardinal + -ella.]

caroon

vt./i.

(carooner, ag.)

to drive and sing recklessly.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • caroonery n.

[a blend of careen + croon.]

cascabraid

n.

1. two or more entwined waterfalls.

2. a partner dance.

[a blend of cascade + braid.]

catapoultry

pl. n.

projectile fowls.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • catapoultrian adj.

[a blend of catapult + poultry.]

causewell

n.

a catalyst of good fortune.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • causewellian adj.

checkerbockers

nm.

sexual strategy.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • checkerbock adj.

[a blend of checkers + knickerbockers.]

cheekful

n.

1. half a mouthful.

2. a brief jibe.

chookaburra

n.

a cross between a chicken and a kookaburra.

[a blend of Au. inf. chook ‘chicken’ + kookaburra.]

choreoculark

n.

a genre of phiziphrolixia that focuses on the eyes.

[a blend of Gr. χορός chorós ‘dance’ + L. oculus ‘eye’ + lark.]

See also ➞ Dances

choreonversation

n.

a discussion in the form of a dance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • choreonversational adj.
  • choreonversationally adv.

[a blend of Gr. χορός chorós ‘dancing’ + conversation.]

See also ➞ Dances

choreoscuro

nm.

dancing in the dark.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • choreoscuroical adj.
  • choreoscuroically adv.
  • choreoscurozo n. a choreoscuro being

[a blend of Gr. χορός chorós ‘dancing’ + L. obscurus ‘dark’ + -o.]

See also ➞ Dances

choreostume

nm.

the combination or interaction of dance and fashion.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • choreostumous adj.
  • choreostumously adv.

[a blend of Gr. χορός chorós ‘dancing’ + costume.]

chorrywobbelography

mass noun

the art of designing chorrywobbles.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • chorrywobbelographic adjective
  • chorrywobbelographicly adverb
  • chorrywobbelographer /ˌkɒriˌwɒbәˈlɒɡrәfә/ noun a practitioner of chorrywobbelography.

[from Hp. chorrywobble + -graphy.]

See also ➞ Dancers

chroscent

n.

1. a clock that is partly in darkness, and so appears as a crescent.

2. a window of opportunity.

[a blend of chrono- + crescent.]

chypnoreography

mass noun

the art of designing slumberumbas.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • chypnoreographic adjective
  • chypnoreographer /kɪpˌnɒrɪˈɒɡrәfә/ noun a practitioner of chypnoreography.

[a blend of Br. kip ‘'sleep'’ + Gr. ύπνος ýpnos ‘'sleep'’ + choreography.]

See also ➞ Dancers

circlecycle

noun

a track bicycle.

[from circle + cycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

clamburger

n.

a greedy clam with several layers of food stuffed between its jaws, sometimes served as a dish.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clamburgerly adj.

clewtweezer

noun

a detective.

[from clew ‘clue’ + tweezer.]

clickstep

nm.

a form of dactappery involving the clicking of mice or fingers, the switching of switches, the cracking of knuckles, etc.

vi.

(clickstepped, clicksteps, clickstepping, clicksteppel) (clickstepper, ag.)

to dance the clickstep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clickstepth n.

See also ➞ Dances

clicotine

nm.

an addictive substance that gives you a little buzz whenever you click on something.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clicotin adj.

[a blend of click + nicotine.]

clip-clop-flip-flop

n.

a casual horseshoe worn backwards, often as a trend (like a backwards baseball cap) or to facilitate walking in reverse.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clip-clop-flip-flop-clad adj.

[a variant of Hp. flip-flop-clip-clop.]

clogbond

n.

a relationship that's going nowhere.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clogbondular adj.

clogwash

vi.

(clogwasher, ag.)

1. to splashdance in ankle-deep water.

2. to potter about in personal memorabilia.

n.

1. an act of clogwashing.

2. a shoeshiner.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clogwashage n.

See also ➞ Dances

clyptrot

n.

a dance enjoyed by rootloose gum trees.

vi.

(clyptrotted, clyptrots, clyptrotting, clyptrottel) (clyptrotter, ag.)

1. to engage in clyptrot.

2. to celebrate uninhibitedly.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • clyptrotery n.

[a blend of eucalypt + trot.]

See also ➞ Dances

collapso

nm.

a style of dance in which the dancer steadily crumbles to the floor.

[a blend of collapse + calypso.]

See also ➞ Dances

comapose

n.

a ballet performed by zombies.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • comapos adj.
  • comaposially adv.

[a blend of comatose + pose.]

See also ➞ Dances

commadashery

nm.

excessive punctuation.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • commadasherous adj.

[from comma + dash + -ery.]

commanucate

vt./i.

(commanucator, ag.)

to talk with your hands.

n.

an act of commanucating.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • commanucative adj.
  • commanucatively adv.
  • commanucation n.

[a blend of communicate + It. mano ‘hand’.]

confusiastic

adj.

(confusiasticker, confusiastickest)

eagerly bewildered.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • confusiasticly adv.
  • confusiasticado n. a confusiastic being

[a blend of confused + enthusiastic.]

contrapinquity

nm.

irrelevance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • contrapinque adj.
  • contrapinquely adv.

[from contra- + propinquity.]

cornshot

adj.

(cornshotter, cornshottest)

compromised by an eavesdropper.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • cornshottery n.

[from corn, in reference to its ears + shot.]

crabaray

n.

a sea dance performed by crustaceans.

Her moss-dress crabaray debut was set for Saturday next teem tide. — Bratimum G. Thawslate, Shirleesha and the Sun,

[a blend of crab + cabaret.]

See also ➞ Dances

crackadozy

n.

1. a chick, reptot, etc. that hatches in its sleep.

2. an instance of such a hatching.

[from crack + dozy.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

cracklewax

nm.

fizzy jam.

cramblather

vt./i.

(cramblatherite, ag.)

to talk with your mouth full.

n.

an act of cramblathering.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • cramblatherous adj.
  • cramblatherously adv.
  • cramblatherence n.

craxatapsy

nm.

the art of dancing on earthquakes.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • craxatapsical adj.
  • craxatapsiclops n. a practitioner of craxatapsy

[from cracks + taps + -y.]

See also ➞ Dances, Dancers

crayslaw

n.

a salad inhabited by seafood.

[a blend of crayfish + Du. slaw ‘salad’.]

cryptease

nm.

a curious dance (often performed by paradoxies) in which the clues of a puzzle are gradually uncovered, possibly with harpsicodal accompaniment.

n.

1. an instance thereof.

2. a piece of music written for this dance, often having harpsicodes.

vt./i.

(crypteaser, ag.)

to dance the cryptease.

[a blend of crypto- + tease.]

See also ➞ Dances

curlicurial

adj.

(curlicurialler, curlicuriallest)

twirly and capricious.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • curlicurially adv.
  • curlicuriality n.

[a blend of curlicue + mercurial.]

curridge

nm.

curried porridge, often eaten to induce bravery.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • curridgy adj.

[a blend of curried + porridge.]

curtail

n.

a word formed by removing letters from the end of another word, such as orchetastra from orchetastraphe, or galax from galaxy.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • curtailian adj.
  • curtailianly adv.

[a verta of curtail v.]

custopo

n.

a tangled octopus.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • custopose adj.

[an anagram of octopus.]

dachshundite

n.

a fossil of a dachshund.

He casually juggled three small rocks of dachshundite.

[from dachshund + -ite.]

dactap

vi.

(dactapped, dactaps, dactapping, dactappel) (dactapper, ag.)

to dance with your fingers.

n.

an act of dactapping.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dactaptive adj.
  • dactaptively adv.
  • dactappery n.

[a blend of Gr., Anc. δάκτυλος dáktulos ‘finger’ + tap.]

See also ➞ Dances

daggerlance

n.

a war dance.

See also ➞ Dances

dawnish

adj.

beginning to teach.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dawnishment n.

deckle

vt./i.

(deckler, ag.)

to write.

n.

an act of deckling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • decklement n.

[derivation uncertain; probably a variant of declare.]

deckleduff

nm.

loose notes.

For half the morning he rummaged through his deckleduff, but he could not find his lucky haiku.

[from Hp. deckle + Sc. duff ‘vegetable matter decaying on the ground beneath trees’.]

decoderm

nm.

skin used as a canvas.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • decodermal adj.

[a blend of decoration + Gr. δέρμα dérma ‘skin’.]

deligoat

n.

a pack animal used as a shopping trolley.

Fluffy the bullock had always been a very loyal work animal, but this was the last strawberry shortcake that broke the deligoat's back.

delvish

adj.

(delvisher, delvisheth)

very curious.

Before going on holiday, it is prudent to find out just how delvish your cat is. The easiest way to do this is to measure the length of its whiskers.
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • delvishly adv.
  • delvishery n.

[from delve + -ish.]

deostricant

n.

ostrich repellent.

As the plane took off, Trudy gasped, gripped her armrests and shut her eyes tight, for she'd realized that she'd forgotten to pack any deostricant. — Gumption Hauser, Lies, Lessons and Lethecraft,

adj.

having the property of ostrich repellence.

How could anyone think it is morally acceptable for scientists to test deostricant products on rabbits?

[from de- + ostrich + -ant.]

depressionism

nm.

a sluggish art movement that vainly seeks to capture the effects that light doesn't seem to have anymore.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • depressionist adj.
  • depressionist n. a practitioner of depressionism

dialride

noun

a bicycle with a built in phone.

[from dial + ride.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

dibiliboon

n.

a disability used as an advantage.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dibiliboonian adj.

[a blend of debilitate + boon.]

dicycle

noun

a foot-powered vehicle with volarolatile wheels.

[a blend of dicey + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

dilapidalia

pl. n.

fragments of remnants.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dilapidalian adj.

[from dilapidate + -alia.]

dippleslurry

n.

a dangerous, urban variation of rippleshimmy performed in deep, wet cement.

[from Hp. dipple + slurry.]

See also ➞ Dances

diprot

nm.

water damage.

Idioms:
  • diprot boogie — faith through tribulation.
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • diprotten adj.

discapsulate

vi.

(discapsulator, ag.)

to spill your brevity all over the place.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • discapsulatory adj.
  • discapsulation n.

[from dis- + capsule + -ate.]

disfigraphy

nm.

mangled handwriting.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • disfigraphic adj.

[from disfigure + -graphy.]

disorienteering

nm.

the sport of getting lost.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • disorienteer vi.

[a blend of disorientate + orienteering.]

distraction span

n.

the amount of time that you can stay distracted.

dithersome

adj.

tending to be indecisive.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dithersomeness n.

dodecadiesel

n.

a twelve-wheeled truck.

[from dodeca- + diesel.]

doortime

n.

the time at which is appropriate to arrive or leave.

dousewing

nm.

a style of dance which incorporates domestic chores.

vi.

(dousewinger, ag.)

to dance this dance.

[a blend of dancing + housework.]

See also ➞ Dances

downchairs

adv.

off a chair and onto the floor.

downrising

n.

a U-turn in an uprising.

downtrain

adv.

towards the front of a train.

adj.

situated at or near the front of a train.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • downtrainhood n.

drenchcoat

n.

a sabotaged raincoat.

dromosaltz

nm.

a combination of athletics and dancing.

vi.

(dromosaltznik, ag.) /ˈdrɒmәˌsɒltsnɪk/

to do the dromosaltz.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dromosaltzery n.

[a blend of Gr., Anc. δρόμος drómos ‘running’ + L. salire ‘to leap’ + waltz.]

See also ➞ Dances

dropolodot

n.

someone who misses the whole point.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dropolodotical adj.

[a blend of drop + Hp. holodot.]

dropstops

pl. n.

tiny plugs for leaky tear ducts.

dropzap

n.

a great idea you have just as you're falling asleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dropzapular adj.

drozzler

noun

a practitioner of dromosaltz.

[a variant of Hp. dromosaltz + -er.]

See also ➞ Dancers

dublop

n.

a word formed by removing letters from the beginning and end of another word, such as spinch from circosmospinchable, or quilanx from tranquilanxious.

vt./i.

(dublopper, ag.)

to create a word in this way.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dublopular adj.
  • dubloppery n.

[a blend of double + lop.]

duckness

nm.

the state of being a duck.

duecumbered

adj.

hampered by deadlines.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • duecumberedly adv.
  • duecumberedom n.

[from due + cumbered ‘hampered’.]

dukebox

n.

a glove with a plectrum on the end of each finger.

[a blend of E. inf. duke ‘fist’ + jukebox.]

dwalmguild

n.

a fellowship of sluggasloggers.

[from Sc. dwalm ‘swoon’ + guild.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

dwelve

vi.

(dwolve, dwelves, dwelving, dwolven, dwelvel) (dwelver, ag.) (dwelvist, ag.)

to live (or writhe) in a state of perpetual research.

Idioms:
  • dwelve whence? — what do you reckon?
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • dwelvent adj.
  • dwelvently adv.
  • dwelvence n.

[a blend of dwell + delve.]

dwindlebooth

n.

1. a shrinking elevator.

2. a situation in which someone improves to their detriment.

ecdaisiasm

n.

a striptease in which the performer gradually removes layers of perfume, until only the natural body odour remains.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ecdaisiasmic adj.
  • ecdaze vi.

[a blend of ecdysiast + daisy.]

See also ➞ Dances

ecdaisy

noun

a performer of an ecdaisiasm.

[a curtail of Hp. ecdaisiasm.]

See also ➞ Dancers

ecdysiesta

n.

1. a slumberumba in which the clothes are removed.

2. someone who performs such a slumberumba.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ecdysiestal adj.
  • ecdysiestaze vi.

[a blend of ecdysiast + siesta.]

See also ➞ Dances

echovex

vt.

(echovexer, ag.)

to annoy someone by repeating everything they say.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • echovexing adj.
  • echovexingly adv.
  • echovexia n.

eeb

n.

a bee that can fly backwards.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • eeby adj.
  • eebily adv.

[a reversal of bee.]

elasupposatix

nm.

the stretchy property of imaginations.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • elasupposatixical adj.

[a blend of elastic + suppose + a fanciful suffix.]

elboword

n.

a blend word in which the last letter of the first word is used as the first letter of the last word, such as suduration from sud and duration, or junketackler from junket and tackler.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • elbowordular adj.

[an elboword of elbow + word.]

engroove

vt./i.

(engroover, ag.)

to carve a rhythm, pattern, poem, etc. into a whittledeck or other suitable surface by using stylettos, carvescuffs or talons; an activity often done to music.

n.

an act of engrooving.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • engroovy adj.
  • engroovily adv.
  • engroovery n.

[a blend of engrave + groove.]

See also ➞ Dances

enmush

vt./i.

to dance a painting by donning a pair of sploshclogs and getting down on a cancanvas.

vi.

to deeply immerse yourself in a new activity.

n.

an act of enmushing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • enmushous adj.
  • enmushously adv.
  • enmushery n.
  • enmusher ag.

[from en- + mush.]

See also ➞ Dances

equidnap

vt./i.

(equidnapper, ag.)

to briefly make money in your sleep online.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • equidnapence n.

[from e- + Hp. quidnap.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

ergle

vt./i.

to steal someone's job.

n.

an act of ergling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • erglery n.

[a blend of Gr., Anc. ἔργον érgon ‘work’ + burgle.]

erosperil

nm.

danger as an aphrodisiac.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • erosperilous adj.
  • erosperilously adv.

[from Eros, the Greek god of lust + peril.]

errorverity

nm.

reality that is incorrectly displayed.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • errorverit adj.

eurigma

int.

an exclamation of triumph for having reached a higher state of confusion.

[a blend of eureka + enigma.]

everberry

n.

1. a fruit that never rots.

I'm sorry sir, but we only sell everberries before five o'clock.

2. someone who seems to defy the ageing process.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • everberrious adj.

evolition

n.

the gradual development of free will over many generations by natural selection and personal choice.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • evolitional adj.
  • evolitionally adv.

[a blend of evolution + volition.]

evolocution

mass noun

the development of pronunciation.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • evolocutionary adjective
  • evolocutionarily adverb

[a blend of elocution + evolution.]

Watch: Evolocution

excuisitelicacy

n.

a food of the finest, most excuisitive quality.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • excuisitelicate adj.

[a blend of Hp. excuisitive + delicacy.]

excuisitive

adj.

curiously delicious.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • excuisitively adv.
  • excuisitivity n.

[a blend of exquisite + cuisine + inquisitive.]

exhilarant

nm.

rollercoaster fuel.

[from exhilarate + -ant.]

expectacular

adj.

(expectacularmore, expectacularmost)

formerly amazing or brilliant, but now just overexposed, passé or predictable.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • expectacularly adv.
  • expectacularity n.

exycle

noun

an exercise bike.

[a blend of exercise + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

faithlift

n.

a spiritual renovation.

fascofied

adj.

proud of being a disappointment.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fascofiedly adv.
  • fascofiedage n.
  • fascofiedo n. someone who is fascofied

[a blend of fiasco + satisfied.]

featherside

adv., adj.

beside a bird.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • feathersidom n.

febricate

vt./i.

(febricator, ag.)

to engage in artistic creation while in a state of sickness.

n.

a session of febricating.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • febricative adj.
  • febricatively adv.
  • febrication n.

[a blend of L. febris ‘fever’ + fabricate.]

fedbellow

n.

a belch.

feisterplaster

nm.

living clay.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • feisterplasty adj.

[from feisty + plaster.]

ferretocracy

n.

government by ferrets.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ferretocr adj.

fertinertile

adj.

idle but productive.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fertinertilely adv.
  • fertinertility n.

[a blend of fertile + inert.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

fetherusk

n.

a striptease in which the dancer slowly plucks their feathers.

[a blend of feather + rusk.]

See also ➞ Dances

filliphilia

nm.

love of horses.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • filliphilic adj.
  • filliphile n. someone with filliphilia

[from filly + -philia.]

finbop

vt./i.

(finbopped, finbops, finbopping, finboppel) (finbopper, ag.)

to dance on, in or under water, in styles such as a clogwash, rippleshimmy, swade or salamambo.

n.

an act of finbopping.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • finboppy adj.

See also ➞ Dances

finchflinch

vt./i.

(finchflincher, ag.)

to imitate the body language of birds.

n.

an act of finchflinching.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • finchflinchific adj.
  • finchflinchificly adv.
  • finchflinchery n.

fingerpit

n.

the place between two fingers at their base.

flairspurn

nm.

disdain for greatness.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • flairspurnish adj.
  • flairspurnishly adv.

flakeprance

nm.

lightweight breakdancing.

vi.

(flakeprancer, ag.)

to engage in this activity.

See also ➞ Dances

flamesplitter

n.

a massive migraine in the sun.

flaxenfeld

nm.

parchment or paper that is bought, sold, measured and used as real estate.

[from flaxen ‘pale yellow’ + Ge. Feld ‘field’.]

flaygrance

n.

a sweet ecdaisiasm.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • flaygrant adj.

[a blend of flay ‘to strip’ + fragrance.]

See also ➞ Dances

fledgucate

vt.

(fledgucator, ag.)

to teach how to fly.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fledgucational adj.
  • fledgucation n.

[a blend of fledge + educate.]

fleetspoke2

noun

a fast bicycle.

[from fleet + spoke.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

flipperflapper

n.

a wing adapted for swimming.

floraglorify

vt./i.

(floraglorifier, ag.)

to worship plants.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • floraglorification n.

flumbuxuriate

vi.

(flumbuxuriator, ag.)

to wallow.

vt.

to indulge in.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • flumbuxuriation n.

[a blend of flump + luxuriate.]

flupple

vt./i.

(fluppler, ag.)

to turn inside out.

n.

an act of fluppling.

Idioms:
  • flupple someone's ruthers — to persuade someone to be indecisive.
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • flupplement n.

[derivation uncertain; probably from flip.]

flutterswipe

n.

someone who is annoying but defenceless.

fogmash

n.

a flying steamroller.

fooligan

n.

a stupid troublemaker.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fooliganic adj.
  • fooliganicly adv.

[a blend of fool + hooligan.]

footboil

nm.

the art of swading in hot water, the objective being to maintain a low tempo at high temperature.

vi.

(footboiler, ag.)

to engage in footboil.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • footboiling adj.
  • footboiler n. someone who footboils

See also ➞ Dances

footkerchief

n.

a triangular piece of fabric used to wipe mud, treacle, etc. from between the toes.

forboidence

nm.

the prohibition of prophesy.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • forboident adj.

[a blend of forebode ‘to anticipate’ + forbiddance.]

fordwater

n.

a place where stagnation is impossible, thanks to regular crossovers.

foreforce

nm.

careful and prudent action, especially when it is done to avoid hasty or reckless thought.

vi.

(foreforcer, ag.)

to engage in foreforce.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • foreforcely adj.
  • foreforceless adj.
  • foreforcefully, foreforcelessly adv.

forgefrolx

n.

a dance performed to commemorate an instance of forgetting something.

vi.

(forgefrolxer, ag.)

to dance this dance.

[a blend of forget + frolic.]

See also ➞ Dances

formitsaltate

vi.

(formitsaltator, ag.)

to dance feverishly with your hands.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • formitsaltative adj.
  • formitsaltatively adv.
  • formitsaltation n.

[from for- + Hp. mitsaltate.]

See also ➞ Dances

fornoolishing

adj.

nutritiously injudicious.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fornoolishingly adv.
  • fornoolishment n.

[a blend of foolish + nourishing.]

fountaineering

nm.

the extreme sport of climbing fountains.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fountaineer vi.

foxtotter

n.

a dance with a very uneven rhythm that is designed to put you off balance.

vi.

(foxtotterred, foxtotters, foxtotterring, foxtotterrel) (foxtotterer, ag.)

to dance the foxtotter.

See also ➞ Dances

fragitarian

adj.

feeding on delicacies.

n.

a fragitarian being.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • fragitarianism n.

[from fragile + -arian.]

frecklebox

n.

a photo album.

freeee

n.

someone who is freed.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • freeeey adj.

[from free + -ee.]

frenetics

pl. n.

fevered speech.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • frenetician n. a specialist in frenetics

[a blend of frenetic + phonetics.]

frolibog

vt./i.

(frolibogged, frolibogs, frolibogging, froliboggel) (frolibogger, ag.)

to paralyse the spirit of play with analysis.

n.

an act of frolibogging.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • froliboggy adj.
  • froliboggily adv.
  • froliboggery n.

[a blend of frolic + bog.]

frustacitosis

nm.

a strong desire and inability to speak.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • frustacitotic adj.
  • frustacitoticly adv.
  • frustacitot n. someone who suffers from frustacitosis

[a blend of frustration + L. tacitus ‘silent’ + -osis.]

Watch: Word of the Day – frustacitosis

fulcrumb

n.

either half of a diagonally cut sandwich; a tasty triangle on which to balance a diet.

[a tiakler of fulcrum + crumb.]

fumblejack

n.

an apprentice bunglewright.

funbud

n.

a sense organ that detects humour.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • funbuddy adj.
  • funbuded adj.

furlap

n.

a skywinder kept as a pet.

[an elboword of furl + lap.]

fussmucker

n.

an associate of an important person.

[from fuss + Br. inf. mucker ‘a companion’.]

gabudgerilah

n.

a cross between a galah and a budgerigar.

gaghaggler

n.

a comedian's manager.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gaghaggle vt./i.

galawpus

n.

someone who gazes greedily.

[a blend of galore + gawp + -us.]

galecloud

n.

a driven dreamer.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • galecloudy adj.
  • galecloudily adv.

gargledance

vi.

(gargledancer, ag.)

to blurble while lickerflickering.

nm.

the art of doing this dance.

See also ➞ Dances

gazepticle

n.

1. a tiny newspaper.

2. a news story presented from a very narrow angle.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gazeptic adj.

[from gazette + zepto- + -cle.]

geckodile

n.

a cross between a gecko and a crocodile.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • geckodilian adj.

geologism

n.

a word which is formed underground.

[a blend of Gr. γη gi ‘earth’ + neologism.]

getuppence

n.

the amount of money worth getting out of bed for.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • getuppencial adj.

[from get + up + pence.]

gherxite

nm.

a vaguely green mineral made of mashed, carbonized cucumbers.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gherxitic adj.

[from gherkins + -ite.]

gingoringe

n.

1. a cross between a ginger and an orange.

2. the plant which yields this frooge.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gingoring adj.

glassmouse

n.

(glassmice, pl.)

a timid, honest person.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • glassmousy adj.

glissage

nm.

the art of horses skating and dancing on ice (with or without riders).

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • glissag adj.
  • glissagado n. a rider or trainer of glissage horses

[a blend of glissade + dressage.]

glitchcraft

nm.

the art of making mistakes.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • glitchcrafty adj.

gloomer

n.

a glimmer of despair.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gloomerous adj.
  • gloomerously adv.

[a blend of gloom + glimmer.]

glumdrop

n.

a tear.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • glumdroppy adj.

gnatcase

n.

a tickbox with a screw loose.

gnome de plume

n.

(gnomes de plume, pl.)

a gnome with a feather in his cap.

goblette

ˈlɛt/

n.

a young goblin.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • goblettine adj.

godsmacked

adj.

divinely punished.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • godsmackery n.

golden reliever

n.

a house-trained pet.

gooster

n.

1. a cross between a goose and a rooster.

2. a larrikin.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • goosterish adj.
  • goosterishly adv.

gorf

vt./i.

(gorfer, ag.)

to leapfrog backwards.

n.

(gorves, pl.)

an act of gorfing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gorfage n.

[a reversal of frog.]

grailblazer

n.

someone who prefers hot drinks to cold ones.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • grailblazing adj.

graphieira

nm.

an activity combining dance with writing.

[a blend of Gr. graphe ‘writing’ + Gafieira.]

See also ➞ Dances

gravesore

adj.

tired of being dead.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gravesorely adv.
  • gravesoreness n.

great-grasshopper

n.

an insect ancestor.

griffery

n.

a place where griffins are kept or bred.

grimacious

adj.

pulling faces.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • grimaciously adv.
  • grimaciousness n.

grollop

vi.

(grollopped, grollops, grollopping, grolloppel) (grollopper, ag.)

to walk like a caterpillar.

n.

an act of grollopping.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • grollopous adj.
  • grollopence n.

[a blend of grub + lollop.]

groundbound

adj.

flightless.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • groundboundage n.

grumbus

n.

a mass of mushture floating in the sky.

Idioms:
  • grumbus noon — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • grumby adj.

[a blend of grubby + nimbus.]

guffdoff

n.

a foul ecdaisiasm.

[from Sc. guff ‘unpleasant smell’ + doff.]

See also ➞ Dances

gunflower

nm.

popcorn.

n.

the plant which yields popcorn.

gyrite

vt./i.

(gyrote, gyrites, gyriting, gyritten, gyritel) (gyriter, ag.)

to write while dancing with your fingers or hands.

n.

an act of gyriting.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gyritial adj.
  • gyritially adv.
  • gyrition n.

[a blend of gyrate + write.]

See also ➞ Dances

gyrogerogenator

noun

a whirling stripper.

[from gyro- + erogenous + -ate.]

See also ➞ Dancers

gyrophyte

n.

a rotating crop, such as a turnip or a spinach.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • gyrophytic adj.

[from gyro- + -phyte.]

haafter

nm.

the sea's laughter.

[a blend of O.N. haaf ‘ocean’ + laughter.]

haildance

n.

a very heavy raindance.

vi.

(haildancer, ag.)

to perform a haildance.

vt.

inf. to entertain excessively.

See also ➞ Dances

halebale

nm.

suffering which makes you stronger or healthier.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • halebaly adj.

halover

n.

a saltwater waterfall.

[from halo- + over.]

handlesome

adj.

dealing well.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • handlesomely adv.
  • handlesomeness n.

harpetry

nm.

an art form in which you dance on a special rug, called a harpet, while plucking its strings with your twenders to create music.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • harpetr adj.

See also ➞ Dances

hawkus porkus

n.

a pig that flies on a broomstick.

[a blend of hawk + pork + hocus-pocus.]

hayrock

nm.

country music.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • hayrocky adj.

heartbake

nm.

love.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • heartbaken adj.
  • heartbakenly adv.

heffonelchooxtuttla

n.

a dance in which you accidentally get your headphones cord caught on something so that it jerks your head.

[a blend of Hp. heffonelcher + hook + startler.]

See also ➞ Dances

heftagruntumphous

adj.

struggling to laugh.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • heftagruntumphously adv.
  • heftagruntumphousness n.

[a blend of heft + grunt + oomph + -ous.]

hiphopscotch

nm.

1. hopscotch danced to hip hop.

2. calculated social climbing.

vi.

(hiphopscotcher, ag.)

to do the hiphopscotch.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • hiphopscotchative adj.

[a tiakler of hip hop + hopscotch.]

See also ➞ Dances

hogwire

n.

a virus that can jump from pigs to computers.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • hogwiral adj.
  • hogwirally adv.

holodot

n.

the whole point.

[from holo- + dot.]

hoop-cha

int.

an expression of cheeky jubilance.

vi.

(hoop-chad, hoop-chas, hoop-chaing, hoop-chael) (hoop-charer, ag.)

to give such an expression.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • hoop-chaing n.

[derivation uncertain; perhaps related to houp-la.]

hop art

nm.

one-legged enmushery.

See also ➞ Dances

Hoptango

n.

a Hoptanglish choreonversation.

[a blend of Hp. Hoptanglish + tango.]

See also ➞ Dances

hoptappery

n.

a genre of tap dance in which one leg is kickstopped so that it never touches the ground (unless you fall over).

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • hoptapperel adj.
  • hoptap vi.

See also ➞ Dances

horrorlarious

adj.

shocking, disgusting and amusing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • horrorlariously adv.
  • horrorlarity n.

[a blend of horror + hilarious.]

housebike

noun

a small mobile home with two wheels.

[from house + bike.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

hovergraft

n.

an ambulance helicopter.

hufpus

n.

a thief with poor commitment.

[a blend of half + purse.]

huglet

n.

a small hug using only the hands.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • hugletize vt./i.

hullery

n.

a shipyard.

[from hull + -ery.]

hybird

n.

a hybrid of two birds, such as a chookaburra or a gooster.

[a blend of hybrid + bird.]

icelead

nm.

lethargy that turns into paralysis.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • iceleaden adj.
  • iceleadenly adv.

icomiconoclast

n.

a humorous heretic.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • icomiconoclastic adj.
  • icomiconoclasticly adv.

[a blend of iconoclast + comic.]

igsaw

n.

a jigsaw with a piece missing.

[a nosetrim of jigsaw.]

impeculiar

adj.

perfectly normal, especially in a sudden or unexpected way.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • impeculiarly adv.
  • impeculiarity n.

[from im- + peculiar.]

impstitute

n.

a research laboratory where practical jokes are developed.

[a blend of imp + institute.]

incidensity

nm.

the degree to which you experience something.

[a blend of incident + density.]

infitinerinity

nm.

endless travel.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • infitinerinite adj.

[a blend of infinity + L. itinerari ‘travel’.]

intellectricity

nm.

electric thought.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • intellectric adj.
  • intellectricly adv.

[a blend of intellect + electricity.]

intermistern

n.

an endless wait for an inevitable sneeze.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • intermisternal adj.

[a blend of interminable + L. sternuere ‘to sneeze’.]

inth

nm.

the state of being in.

irisphere

n.

a state of mind which is particularly conducive to appreciation.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • irispheric adj.

[from Gr., Anc. ἶρις iris ‘rainbow’ + -sphere.]

irklet

n.

a minor concern.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • irkletish adj.

[from irk + -let.]

irkule

n.

a gnat.

[from irk + -ule.]

irrectify

vt.

(irrectifier, ag.)

to accidentally correct a correctly spelled word or a fact into a mistake.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • irrectific adj.
  • irrectification n.

[from ir- + rectify.]

iwrwriggular

adj.

(iwrwriggularmore, iwrwriggularmost)

calm.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • iwrwriggularly adv.
  • iwrwriggularity n.

[from ir- + Hp. wriggular.]

jaloopy

n.

a ramshackle rollercoaster.

[a blend of jalopy + loop.]

janklet

n.

a dance done while shaking keys, chimes, nails or change.

[a blend of jangle + anklet.]

See also ➞ Dances

jarkle

vi.

(jarkler, ag.)

to walk like a seal.

n.

an act of jarkling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • jarklement n.

[from E. obsolete jark ‘seal’ + -le.]

jawbrained

adj.

obsessed with eating.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • jawbrainedly adv.
  • jawbrainage n.

jellydance

n.

a chorrywobble in which you teasingly transform your trembles into courageously luscious undulations.

vi.

(jellydancer, ag.)

to dance the jellydance.

See also ➞ Dances

jigdamn

n.

any decadent dance.

See also ➞ Dances

jigscrawl

vt./i.

(jigscrawler, ag.)

to trotterjot while dancing in inkwellingtons.

n.

an act of jigscrawling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • jigscrawlage n.

See also ➞ Dances

joltyunbelt

n.

a non-smooth striptease.

See also ➞ Dances

jotterfodder

nm.

food in the form of written words.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • jotterfodderel adj.

jowling

nm.

contemplation.

[from jowl + -ing.]

jufflenym

n.

a word deliberately formed as an anagram of another word, such as arbni from brain, or zooshka from kazoosh.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • jufflenymic adj.

[from Sc. obsolete juffle ‘to shuffle’ + -onym.]

jugboat

n.

a ship with a tall, round hull.

juggelknot

n.

1. a pattern woven with skweavers.

2. a performance featuring these patterns.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • juggelknotty adj.

[from juggle + knot.]

junglefuzz

n.

a wild, woolly sheep tousled to distraction.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • junglefuzzy adj.

junketackler

n.

a creature that feeds on picnics.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • junketacklerish adj.
  • junketacklerishly adv.

[an elboword of junket + tackler.]

jupiterberry

n.

a watermelon.

jupraflix

vi.

(jupraflixer, ag.)

to dance.

n.

a dance.

[a blend of juke + prance + frolics.]

See also ➞ Dances

kaustral

adj.

(kaustraller, kaustrallest)

1. burnt on the underside.

2. secretly offended.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • kaustrality n.

[a blend of Gr., Anc. καυστός kaustos ‘burnt’ + L. australis ‘southern’.]

kiptease

n.

a striptease designed to make the viewer fall asleep.

vt./i.

(kipteaser, ag.)

to perform a kiptease.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • kipteasement n.

[from E. slang kip ‘sleep’ + striptease.]

See also ➞ Dances

kischief

nm.

romantic shenanigans.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • kischievous adj.
  • kischievously adv.

[a blend of kiss + mischief.]

kitereel

n.

an improvised dance.

vi.

(kitereeler, ag.)

to dance freestyle.

See also ➞ Dances

knoppet

n.

a little walking stick used by elderly insects.

[from knop ‘knob’, which is typically featured atop one + -et.]

knotwhat

n.

a problem.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • knotwhatical adj.
  • knotwhatically adv.

kruggle

n.

the collective term for a group of collectors.

[derivation unknown.]

kungfoolery

nm.

martial arts combined with slapstick comedy.

[a blend of kung fu + tomfoolery.]

lachrylockage

n.

the quarantining of sadness.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lachrylock vi.

[from L. lacrima ‘tear’ + lock + -age.]

lackless

adj.

deficient in wants.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lacklessly adv.
  • lacklessness n.

ladder dancing

nm.

the art of dancing up, down, on, off, around and through ladders.

See also ➞ Dances

lalaborate

vi.

(lalaborator, ag.)

to conduct linguistic experiments.

n.

an act of lalaborating.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lalaborative adj.
  • lalaboratively adv.
  • lalaboration n.

[a blend of Gr. λαλιά lalia ‘speech’ + laboratory + -ate.]

lampsand

nm.

pulverized rice that is fried over an oil lamp and served with a good book.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lampsandy adj.

landguessing

nm.

the pastime of predicting where the ground will be when you’ve completed your somersault.

lap-fattener

noun

an erotic dancer.

➞ Proxynonym: terpsy

[from lap- + fattener.]

See also ➞ Dancers

larkitecture

nm.

the design of practical jokes.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • larkitectural adj.
  • larkitecturally adv.
  • larkitect n. a practitioner of larkitecture

[a blend of lark + architecture.]

larriparrokin

n.

a boisterous, uncouth parrot.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • larriparrokinetic adj.
  • larriparrokineticly adv.

[a blend of larrikin + parrot.]

lather-brained

adj.

fanciful and excitable.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lather-brainedly adv.
  • lather-brainedity n.
  • latherbrain n. someone who is lather-brained

lendthrift

n.

someone who loans recklessly.

leverbeast

n.

a feral robot.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • leverbeastly adj.

lickerflicker

vi.

(lickerflickernik, ag.)

to dance with your tongue.

n.

1. an act of lickerflickering.

2. inf. an eloquent person.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lickerflickerish adj.
  • lickerflickerishly adv.
  • lickerflickery n.

See also ➞ Dances

lingustics

pl. n.

1. the interaction between language and taste.

2. the study thereof.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lingustic adj.
  • lingusticly adv.

[from L. lingua ‘language’ + L. gustus ‘taste’ + -ics.]

lionstride

nm.

a strong, graceful ballroom dance with bold, soft moves, tall yawns and wide whisker flicks.

vi.

(lionstrode, lionstrides, lionstriding, lionstridden, lionstridel) (lionstrider, ag.)

to dance the lionstride.

The happy couple lionstrode with such gusto and flair that the guests were awed all over, with the sole exception of the bride's sister. — Floradice Beech, Three Framed Oils,
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lionstridence n.

See also ➞ Dances

liphop

n.

an expursive dance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • liphoppy adj.

See also ➞ Dances

locust-lily

n.

a beautiful, carnivorous plant with a taste for grasshoppers.

loftreadle

noun

a bicycle that floats, thanks to its hydrogen-filled tyres.

Compare: bipterocycle
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • loftreadlean adjective

[from lofty + tread + pedal + -le.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

logergagora

n.

a market where sluggasloggers trade ideas.

➞ Compare: bunkyard

[a blend of log, as in the phrase 'to sleep like a log' + Gr., Anc. ἔργον érgon ‘work’ + Gr. αγορά agorá ‘market’.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

loonicycle

noun

a vehicle that's gone round the bend.

[a blend of informal loony ‘madman’ + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

lucidrous

adj.

clearly absurd.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lucidrously adv.
  • lucidrosity n.

[a blend of lucid + ludicrous.]

ludicurious

adj.

intrigued by comical incongruities.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ludicuriously adv.
  • ludicuriosity n.

[a blend of ludicrous + curious.]

lully

adj.

playfully lulling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • lullily adv.
  • lulliance n.

luniversity

n.

an educational institution where screwblestrewth is developed; a wobbly college with collapsing faculties that offer dippy diplomas.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • luniversitarian adj.

[a blend of lunacy + university.]

mailjunk

n.

a sailing letterbox.

malflourished

adj.

deprived of calligraphy.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • malflourishedly adv.
  • malflourishment n.
  • malflourish vt.

manifantasmiesto

n.

the policy statement of a soporisophiler.

➞ Synonym: manifantasto

[a blend of manifesto + phantasma.]

See also ➞ Abyssness, Hypnotation

manifantasto

n.

the policy statement of a soporisophiler.

➞ Synonym: manifantasmiesto

[a blend of manifesto + phantasma.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

manywhere

adv., adj.

in or to lots of places.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • manywhereness n.

maplegait

n.

a maypole dance.

vi.

(maplegoat, maplegaits, maplegaiting, maplegoaten, maplegaitel) (maplegaiter, ag.)

to dance the maplegate.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • maplegaition n.

[a blend of maypole + gait.]

See also ➞ Dances

massarduous

adj.

hard to knead.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • massarduousness n.

[a blend of massage + arduous.]

meandereaning

nm.

meaning without purpose.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • meandereaningful adj.
  • meandereaningless adj.
  • meandereaningfully, meandereaninglessly adv.

[a blend of meander + meaning.]

metalgia

nm.

pain caused by metamorphosis.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • metalgic adj.
  • metalgicly adv.

[from meta- + -algia.]

meteordish

n.

a falling saucer that a kitchen's atmosphere turns into an incandescent hotplate.

milktwist

n.

a whirling dance performed by a spiral galaxy.

vi.

(milktwister, ag.)

to do a milktwist.

See also ➞ Dances

millaville

n.

a small town built around a mill.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • millavillian adj.

[from mill + Fr. ville ‘town’.]

millistratisemanticity

nm.

the condition of having many layers of meaning.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • millistratisemantic adj.
  • millistratisemanticly adv.

[from L. mille ‘thousand’ + strata + semantic + -ity.]

millwasp

n.

a wind-powered helicopter.

minuret

n.

a kind of waltz danced on the balconies of a tower.

[a blend of minuet + minaret.]

See also ➞ Dances

miscellanimus

n.

a cocktail.

[a blend of miscellaneous + L. animus ‘spirit’.]

mitsaltate

vi.

(mitsaltator, ag.)

to dance with your hands.

n.

an act of mitsaltating.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • mitsaltative adj.
  • mitsaltatively adv.
  • mitsaltation n.

[from mitt + L. saltare ‘to dance’ + -ate.]

See also ➞ Dances

mocyllis

noun

a bicycle with a roof.

[a blend of motorcycle + obsolete cyll ‘canopy’.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

moultry

pl. n.

any animals or plants that moult, especially as viewed and valued by the second-hand clothing industry.

n.

a farm at which moulting is artificially triggered on a regular basis so that the shed skins, feathers, etc. can be harvested and turned into clothes or other products.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • moultrid adj.

mountain ant

n.

an extremely ferocious and uncompromising ant that lives up in the mountains, paralyzing and disembowelling campers, entomologists, etc. with its wild exaggeration.

mousepoint

nm.

in the phrase %bat mousepoint%b hovered over by a mouse pointer; about to be clicked on.

muckdush

n.

a pie containing duck meat and mushrooms.

[a blend of mushroom + duck.]

mudcurdling

nm.

the industrial process of teasing the dirt out of mud to produce water.

adj.

1. resourceful.

2. ingenious.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • mudcurd n.
  • mudcurdle vi.

mugfroth

nm.

facial expressiveness.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • mugfrothy adj.
  • mugfrothily adv.

[from E. inf. mug ‘face’ + froth.]

mugtweak

vi.

(mugtwoak, mugtweaks, mugtweaking, mugtwoaken, mugtweakel) (mugtweaker, ag.)

to dance with your facial muscles.

n.

an act of mugtweaking.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • mugtweakage n.
  • mugtweaker ag.

See also ➞ Dances

multiprodular

adj.

having many horns.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • multiprodularity n.

murksman

n.

(murksmen, pl.)

a fuzzy logician.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • murksmanic adj.

mushture

nm.

evaporated mud.

[a blend of mush + moisture.]

musterhood

n.

the group of people present at a meeting.

muzma

nm.

a single fabric consisting of space, time and thought.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • muzmatic adj.
  • muzmaticly adv.

[a blend of muse + plasma.]

nanaluna

n.

a crescent moon.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nanalunar adj.

[a varcom of banana + L. luna ‘moon’.]

nanodecade

n.

a decade that rushes past without being noticed.

[from nano- + decade.]

napdance

n.

a mild kiptease which induces randoziness.

vt./i.

(napdancer, ag.)

to perform a napdance.

See also ➞ Dances

naptally

vt./i.

(naptallier, ag.) (naptallista, ag.)

to count the sleeps to go before a certain day.

n.

an act of naptallying.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • naptalliance n.

nephonate

vi.

(nephonator, ag.)

to swim in a cloud.

n.

an act of nephonating.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nephonatant adj.
  • nephonation n.

[from Gr. νεφέλη ‘cloud’ + L. natare ‘to swim’.]

nethatch

n.

an animal that is born in captivity.

nodpressed

adj.

created in sleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nodpressment n.

[from nod + pressed.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

nomadromantic

adj.

constantly travelling in search of love.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nomadromance n.
  • nomadromancer n. a nomadromantic being

nonconformula

n.

the traditional routine of rebellion against society.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nonconformulaic adj.
  • nonconformulaicly adv.

[a blend of nonconformism + formula.]

nonemost

adj.

the very least.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nonemostly adv.

noodiefoodie

n.

someone who dines without clothes on.

nosetrim

n.

a word formed by removing letters from the front of another word, such as umpkin from pumpkin, or thologize from mythologize.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nosetrimical adj.

nox-eyed

adj.

able to see in the dark.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • nox-eyedly adv.
  • nox-eyedom n.

[from L. nox ‘night’ + eyed.]

nullaby

n.

a minimalist lullaby that dispenses with words, sounds and other histrionics.

[a blend of L. nullus ‘none’ + lullaby.]

numerican

n.

someone who is preoccupied with numbers.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • numericanly adv.

[from numerical + -an.]

obsense

nm.

hidden meaning.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • obsensory adj.
  • obsensorily adv.

[from ob- + sense.]

oceantics

pl. n.

outrageous underwater behaviour.

[a tiakler of ocean + antics.]

octopocketapus

n.

an octopus that lives in a pocket.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • octopocketap adj.

odourtone

n.

a smell combined with a sound.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • odourtonal adj.
  • odourtonally adv.

olivelo

n.

a fast fruit.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • oliveloical adj.

[a blend of olive + L. velox ‘swift’.]

omegapsic

adj., adv.

in reverse alphabetical order.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • omegapsicity n.

[from omega + psi + -ic.]

oodladatta

nm., int.

too much information.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • oodladattative adj.

[a blend of oodles + data.]

oopsifluous

adj.

providing many mistakes.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • oopsifluously adv.
  • oopsifluousness n.

[from oops + L. fluere ‘to flow’ + -ous.]

opposium

n.

a hall or room in which debates are held.

[from oppose + -ium.]

ork

int.

an expression of surprise, disgust, etc.

[from It. orco ‘monster’.]

oscycle

noun

a boneshaker bicycle.

[from Latin os ‘bone’ + cycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

ostrichdance

nm.

the art of pecking polyhedral pebbles while stomping your long legs and flailing your useless wings.

See also ➞ Dances

otterbiography

n.

a biography of an otter.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • otterbiograph adj.
  • otterbiographer n. a writer of otterbiographies

outfrox

vt.

(outfroxer, ag.)

to trick someone into taking their clothes off.

n.

an act of outfroxing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • outfroxing n.

[a blend of out + frock + outfox.]

outgrollop

vt.

(outgrollopped, outgrollops, outgrollopping, outgrolloppel) (outgrollopper, ag.)

to grollop more quickly than.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • outgrollopence n.

outh

nm.

the state of being out.

outjarkle

vt.

(outjarkler, ag.)

to jarkle more quickly than.

vi.

to stand out from the crowd.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • outjarklement n.

[from out- + Hp. jarkle.]

ovaltome

n.

a book with a circular narrative, ending where it began.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ovaltomal adj.

oversightly

adj.

jarringly gorgeous.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • oversightliness n.

[from over- + sightly.]

oxycle

noun

a pedal-powered cart.

[a blend of ox + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

pagefright

nm.

nervousness about writing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • pagefrightened adj.

palpebrudence

nm.

wisdom from sleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • palpebrudent adj.

[a blend of L. palpebra ‘eyelid’ + prudence.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

patchworthy

adj.

eligible for repair.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • patchworthiness n.

pedalsteamer

noun

a semi-steam-powered, semi-foot-powered bicycle.

[from pedal + steamer.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

peperiensive

adj.

undead but not unidea’d.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • peperiensively adv.
  • peperiensivity n.

[a blend of Hp. peperious + pensive.]

peperious

adj.

undead.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • peperiously adv.
  • peperiosity n.

[from E. inf. pep ‘energy’ + L. perire ‘pass away’ + -ous.]

pepstep

n.

a living staircase, such as a skywinder or a swervenstepter.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • pepsteppy adj.

[from E. inf. pep ‘liveliness’ + step.]

phiziphrolixia

nm.

the art of making your facial muscles dance.

synonym mugtweakage
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • phiziphrolixic adj.
  • phiziphrolixicly adv.

[from E. slang phiz ‘face’ + frolic + -ixia.]

See also ➞ Dances

picksocket

n.

someone who illegally taps into an electricity grid to siphon power.

pigmediggery

nm.

an inky kind of engroovery using tintatreads or funnelsteps, resulting in colourful impressions.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • pigmediggerel adj.

[a blend of pigment + dig + -ery.]

See also ➞ Dances

pigpie

n.

a cross between a pigeon and a magpie.

piromancy

nm.

divination of the value of pi by creating circles of fire with a firestick or pois.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • piromantic adj.
  • piromanticly adv.
  • piromancify vi.
  • piromancer n. a disciple of piromancy

[a blend of pi + rotate + pyromancy ‘divination by fire’.]

piscycle

noun

a bicycle designed to be ridden by a fish.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • piscyclist /ˈpʌɪsɪklәst/ noun a rider of a piscycle.

[a blend of Latin piscis ‘fish’ + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

pixelanima

n.

a living picture.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • pixelanimaic adj.

[from pixel + L. anima ‘breath’.]

plasterguard

n.

a tutelary statue.

ploughertower

n.

an underground tower.

pluckapilipolka

n.

a striptease in which the dancer slowly plucks their fur.

[a blend of pluck + L. pilus ‘hair’ + polka.]

See also ➞ Dances

polkadice

n.

a chance for a dance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • polkadicious adj.

polydot

n.

a multicellular organism.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • polydotical adj.

pony-farthing

noun

a bicycle pulled along by a pony.

[a blend of pony + penny-farthing.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

poptometry

nm.

eye-popping measurements.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • poptometric adj.

[a tiakler of pop + optometry.]

praymate

n.

someone who you worship with.

pre-factual

adj.

not yet true.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • pre-factually adv.
  • pre-factuality n.

prepray

vi.

(preprayer, ag.)

to prudently seek divine help for a bad situation in advance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • preprayment n.

[from pre- + pray.]

promewade

n.

an underwater or aquasi strut or finbop that shows off your toggage, kymojacticity, etc.

[a blend of promenade + wade.]

See also ➞ Dances

proxynonym

n.

a word whose meaning is close to that of another word.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • proxynonymous adj.

[a blend of proximity + synonym.]

psammotroch

n.

a wheel with spokes of hourglasses intersecting at their waists, the streams of falling sand causing the wheel to rotate perpetually.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • psammotrochoid adj.

[a blend of Gr., Anc. ψάμμος psammos ‘sand’ + Gr. τροχός trokhos ‘wheel’.]

psittacoscintillaquill

n.

a nocturnal parrot with vivid plumage that glows in the dark, usually with rhythm and meaning.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • psittacoscintillaquillian adj.

[a blend of Gr., Anc. ψιττακός psittakos ‘parrot’ + L. scintilla ‘spark’ + quill.]

quadcycle

noun

a pedal-powered car.

[a blend of Latin quadri ‘four’ + cycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

quadriplod

nm., n.

a square dance.

[from quadri- + plod.]

See also ➞ Dances

qualmistice

n.

an uneasy truce.

[a blend of qualm + armistice.]

quarter-hearted

adj.

partially half-hearted.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quarter-heartedly adv.
  • quarter-heartedness n.

quespithork

n.

a riddle.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quespithorkular adj.
  • quespithorkularly adv.

[derivation uncertain; possibly something to do with question, bethink or fork.]

quidnap

vt./i.

(quidnapper, ag.)

to briefly make money in your sleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quidnapence n.

[from inf. quid ‘one pound sterling’ + nap.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

quigh

n.

the urge to find the meaning of life.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quighish adj.

[a blend of question + why.]

quillabus

n.

a person's writing vocabulary.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quillab adj.

[a blend of quill + syllabus.]

quineslide

n.

an ice skate worn by horses in glissage.

[from equine + slide.]

quink

nm.

living ink.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quinky adj.

[a blend of quick + ink.]

quiplomatic

adj.

(quiplomaticker, quiplomatickest)

managing political affairs with heartening repartee.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quiplomaticly adv.
  • quiplomacy n.
  • quiplomat n. a quiplomatic being

[a blend of quip + diplomatic.]

quiverquill

n.

a shivering porcupine.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • quiverquillian adj.

ragglebloss

n.

a feral bonsai plant.

[from Sc. obsolete raggle ‘straggling order’ + Hp. bloss.]

rainflake

n.

a raindrop that has been squashed, perhaps by a fogmash or a heavy atmosphere.

rakeshake

vt./i.

to dance your sins away.

n.

an act of rakeshaking.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • rakeshaky adj.
  • rakeshakery n.

See also ➞ Dances

rambledance

nm.

a form of dance whose form constantly changes.

vi.

(rambledancer, ag.)

to perform this dance.

See also ➞ Dances

rambletash

n.

a wandering moustache.

[from ramble + inf. tash ‘moustache’.]

randaptivity

nm.

cooperative chaos.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • randaptive adj.
  • randaptively adv.

[a blend of random + adaptivity.]

raptorsnap

n.

a kind of fast, furious dance involving a lot of kicking and snacking.

See also ➞ Dances

reekstreak

n.

a fusion of a stripetease and an ecdaisiasm.

vi.

(reekstroak, reekstreaks, reekstreaking, reekstroaken, reekstreakel) (reekstreaker, ag.)

to perform a reekstreak.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • reekstreaky adj.

See also ➞ Dances

repellegance

nm.

a compelling meld of beauty and ugliness.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • repellegant adj.
  • repellegantly adv.

[a blend of repel + elegance.]

resilienaire

n.

a very hardy person.

[from resilient + -aire.]

retrocycle

noun

a bicycle designed to be ridden backwards.

verb (intransitive)

to ride a bicycle backwards.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • retrocyclist agent noun
  • retrocyclement noun

[a blend of retro- + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

reversalist

n.

someone who prefers to do things backwards.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • reversalistic adj.

riddlesome

adj.

equipped with enigmas.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • riddlesomeness n.

rippleshimmy

n.

a kymojactic (and lyrically impthian) style of finbop in which all of your muscles brisquivulsquake, creating billions of tiny ripples and dipples that, if done with conviction, can be truly disproporpulsive.

vi.

(rippleshimmier, ag.)

to engage in rippleshimmy.

See also ➞ Dances

riptease

n.

a striptease involving clothes getting torn.

vt./i.

(ripteaser, ag.)

to perform a riptease.

[a blend of rip + striptease.]

See also ➞ Dances

riptechtoniterpsichorumblecrash

nm.

a form of engroovery (widely considered rather vulgar) in which a thunderspring is used.

[a blend of rip + tectonics + terpsichorean + rumble + crash.]

See also ➞ Dances

risket

n.

a rice biscuit.

[a contraction of rice biscuit.]

roddifuorque

nm.

the art of bodytorquing while fire-twirling.

vi.

(roddifuorquer, ag.)

to do this.

[a blend of rod + It. fuoco ‘fire’ + Hp. bodytorque.]

See also ➞ Dances

rollerbarrow

n.

1. a combination of a wheelbarrow and a rollercoaster.

2. a boisterous dance performed in the hope of summoning a cyclone.

See also ➞ Dances

rollinghorse

n.

a rocking horse whose rockers extend 360° to form wheels.

rorestrip

n.

a spiritual striptease.

[from Hp. rore + strip.]

See also ➞ Dances

rosellaphant

n.

a hybrid of a rosella and an elephant.

rosellaphantine

adj.

big and beautiful.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • rosellaphantinence n.

[from Hp. rosellaphant + -ine.]

rotarobal

n.

a spinning dance performed in a long dress.

[a blend of rotate + Hp. robal.]

See also ➞ Dances

rubblejump

n.

a dance of defeat.

vi.

(rubblejumper, ag.)

to do a rubblejump.

See also ➞ Dances

runebow

n.

an alphabet.

[a blend of rune + rainbow.]

ruxle

vt.

(ruxler, ag.)

to tamper with.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ruxlement n.

[a corruption of rascal.]

saddleslippery

nm.

the sport of dancing on the saddle of a galloping horse.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • saddleslippic adj.
  • saddleslip vi.

See also ➞ Dances

sagitagitate

vt.

(sagitagitator, ag.)

to annoy with arrows.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sagitagitative adj.
  • sagitagitation n.

[a blend of L. sagitta ‘arrow’ + agitate.]

salamambo

n.

a dance starting as a finbop but finishing on dry land, symbolizing and celebrating beachvaultage.

vi.

(salamambogo, ag.)

1. to engage in salamambo.

2. to get acquainted with someone.

[a blend of salamander + mambo.]

See also ➞ Dances

sallegravork

n.

1. a creature whose physical form changes constantly and rapidly due to its diet of warpslaw, which provides loads of mutrients to its vorklebuds.

2. a dance with constantly changing moves.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sallegravorkish adj.
  • sallegravorkishly adv.

[derivation unknown.]

See also ➞ Dances

sambulate

vi.

(sambulator, ag.)

to dance while walking.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sambulation n.

[a blend of samba + ambulate.]

See also ➞ Dances

sandbasket

n.

a basket made of sand.

saturacidophilate

vt.

(saturacidophilator, ag.)

to drench in yogurt.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • saturacidophilous adj.
  • saturacidophilation n.

[a blend of saturate + acidophilus.]

sausagophilous

adj.

very fond of sausages.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sausagophilosity n.

[from sausage + -philous.]

scaneptoe

noun

a dance critic.

[from scan + Hp. eptoe.]

See also ➞ Dancers

scatterlax

adj.

sprinkling offhandedly.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scatterlaxity n.

scramblegram

n.

a mixed message.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scramblegrammatic adj.

[from scramble + -gram.]

scrambullion

nm.

missing treasure.

scribbibble

vt./i.

(scribbibbler, ag.)

to drink words.

n.

an act of scribbibbling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scribbibbly adj.
  • scribbibblement n.

[a blend of scribble + E. obsolete bibble ‘to drink’.]

scribblejig

n.

a gyritial dance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scribblejigular adj.

See also ➞ Dances

scriptease

vt./i.

(scripteaser, ag.)

to gyrite sexily, perhaps by writing erotic poetry while slowly removing a glove or a ring.

n.

an act of scripteasing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scripteasy adj.
  • scripteasily adv.
  • scripteasage n.

[a blend of script + striptease.]

See also ➞ Dances

scrumptuous

adj.

magnificent, rich and delicious.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scrumptuously adv.
  • scrumptuosity n.

[a blend of scrumptious + sumptuous.]

scruntletitle

nm.

the right to be offended.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • scruntletitled adj.

[a blend of disgruntle + entitle.]

seashine

n.

a glow of the ocean caused by luminescent organisms.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • seashin adj.

semibiotic

adj.

partially or reluctantly organic.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • semibioticly adv.
  • semibioticism n.

[from semi- + biotic.]

septizmal

adj.

(septizmaller, septizmallest)

filthy and wretched.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • septizmally adv.
  • septizmalizm n.

[a blend of septic + dismal.]

serenadromous

adj.

migrating upriver to croon, swoon and spoon.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • serenadromosity n.
  • serenadromize vi.

[a blend of serenade + anadromous.]

seriffraph

n.

(seriffraphim, pl.)

a fallen angel.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • seriffraphish adj.

[a blend of seraph + riff-raff.]

shankwrap

vt.

(shankwrapped, shankwraps, shankwrapping, shankwrappel) (shankwrapper, ag.)

to hug with the legs.

n.

an act of shankwrapping.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • shankwrappery n.

sharkspear

n.

a small harpoon.

shatterpop

vi.

(shatterpopped, shatterpops, shatterpopping, shatterpoppel) (shatterpopper, ag.)

to hatch from a test tube.

n.

an act of shatterpopping.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • shatterpoppery n.

sheepshifter

n.

a droving shepherd.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sheepshifterish adj.

shuffalo

n.

a breed of small, restless buffalo with very short legs.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • shuffaloic adj.
  • shuffaloicly adv.

[a blend of shuffle + buffalo.]

shuffleshutter

noun

a dancing photographer.

➞ Proxynonym: tarantellamantarian

[from shuffle + shutter.]

See also ➞ Dancers

shushous

adj.

calling for silence.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • shushousution n.

shyburn

n.

a bold blush caused by social timidity.

sidegoing

adj.

dodging slowly.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sidegoingly adv.
  • sidegoinghood n.

side-spoken

adj.

tending to gossip.

silveracity

nm.

bought truth.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • silveracious adj.

[a tiakler of silver + veracity.]

simbasamba

nm.

a side-stepping dance related to the lionstride.

[from Swa. simba ‘lion’ + samba.]

See also ➞ Dances

simbian

n.

a golden lion tamarin.

[a blend of Swa. simba ‘lion’ + simian.]

skeletango

nm.

a rattlejack dance of heavily rhythmic skeletangling, slow spinewinding and sparse, accentuated ossiknoxia.

n.

a piece of music written for this dance.

[a blend of skeleton + tango.]

See also ➞ Dances

skepalong

n.

a basket dance.

[a blend of O.N. skeppa ‘basket’ + along.]

See also ➞ Dances

skiplet

n.

1. a slight skip.

2. a short dance.

[from skip + -let.]

See also ➞ Dances

skirplicado

nm.

the gentle art of creating decorative shapes by folding speeding tickets.

n.

a sculpture made in this way.

[from skirr ‘to rush with a whirr’ + L. plicare ‘to fold’ + -ado.]

skrooth

vt./i.

(skrothe, skrooths, skroothing, skrothen, skroothel) (skroother, ag.)

to read.

n.

1. an act of skroothing.

2. a period of time in which you have no awareness of time.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • skroothage n.

[from L. scrutari ‘examine’ + -th.]

skuggle

vt./i.

(skuggler, ag.)

to juggle while skipping.

n.

an act of skuggling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • skuggly adj.
  • skugglement n.

[a blend of skip + juggle.]

skurriboodle

pl. n.

insects or other arthropods used as money.

[from scurry + E. inf. boodle ‘money’.]

skweaver

n.

a juggling ball with a long, ribbony tail.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • skweaverish adj.

[a blend of sky + weaver.]

skweavus

n.

a juggler of skweavers.

skywinder

n.

a living, flying, spiral staircase.

sleepermarket

n.

a huge, bustling, tossing and turning logergagora.

[from sleeper + market.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

sleepwork

vt./i.

(sleepworker, ag.)

to work during sleep.

➞ Synonym: sluggaslog

nm.

work done during sleep.

[from sleep + work.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

slithe

vi.

(slither, ag.)

to dance with snakes.

n.

such a dance.

[a blend of slither + writhe.]

See also ➞ Dances

slogabed

n.

a fertinertile or unconconsciscientiousous sluggaslogger.

[a blend of slog + slugabed.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

sloove

n.

a section of a garment which encloses a leg.

[a variant of sleeve.]

slothworks

n.

(pl. same)

a factory with inertivalent machines.

[from sloth + works.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

sluggaslog

vi.

(sluggaslogged, sluggaslogs, sluggaslogging, sluggasloggel) (sluggaslogger, ag.)

to work while you're asleep.

➞ Synonym: sleepwork

n.

an act of slugislogging.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sluggasloggy (sluggasloggier, sluggasloggiest) adj.
  • sluggasloggage n.

[from slug + slog.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

sluglet

n.

a young slug.

slugtrot

n.

a dance performed by lying on the ground and squirming slowly, best achieved when almost passed out.

vi.

(slugtrotted, slugtrots, slugtrotting, slugtrottel) (slugtrotter, ag.)

to engage in slugtrot.

[a blend of slug + foxtrot.]

See also ➞ Dances

slumberumba

vi.

(slumberumbad, slumberumbas, slumberumbaing, slumberumbel) (slumberumbarer, ag.)

to dance in your sleep.

n.

an act of slumberumbaing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • slumberumbarous adj.
  • slumberumbarously adv.
  • slumberumbary n.

[an elboword of slumber + rumba.]

See also ➞ Dances

slurpplidery

n.

an often deadly variation of dippleslurry performed while asleep.

[a blend of Hp. slurpery + Hp. taplid.]

See also ➞ Dances

slybeguilage

nm.

surreptitious seduction.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • slybeguily adj.
  • slybeguile vt.

[from sly + beguile + -age.]

smoochanga

n.

a sensual or romantic liphop.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • smoochangal adj.

[a blend of smooch + tango.]

See also ➞ Dances

snaildust

nm.

wet gunpowder.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • snaildusty adj.

snoize

n.

a twisted sneeze.

[a variant of sneeze.]

snorbit

n.

a full cycle of sleep stages.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • snorbital adj.

[a blend of snore + orbit.]

snorbitorium

n.

(snorbitoria, pl.)

a sleep research laboratory.

[from Hp. snorbit + -orium.]

snorgle

n.

an apparatus that facilitates your ability to snore underwater.

vi.

(snorgler, ag.)

to use a snorgle.

Idioms:
  • snorgle forge — an inventor's laboratory.
Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • snorglement n.

[a blend of snore + gargle.]

sodestep

vt.

(sodestepped, sodesteps, sodestepping, sodesteppel) (sodestepper, ag.)

to avoid by ducking, leaping over or running under.

nm.

a kind of dance involving a great deal of leapfrogging and sliding under your partner's legs.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sodesteppent adj.
  • sodesteppently adv.
  • sodesteppence n.

[from Hp. sode + step.]

See also ➞ Dances

somebuddy

pro.

an unspecified friend.

[a blend of somebody + buddy.]

sonatabud

n.

a beautiful earlobe.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sonatabudsome adj.

soporisophiler

n.

a sleeping philosopher.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • soporisophilerific adj.
  • soporisophilerificly adv.

[a blend of L. sopor ‘sleep’ + philosopher.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

soporopus

n.

a particular creation or project of sluggasloggage.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • soporopic adj.
  • soporopicly adv.

[from L. sopor ‘sleep’ + L. opus ‘work’.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

sparkthreads

pl. n.

clothes made of material that is interwoven with electrical wiring to provide more warmth.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sparkthready adj.

speaktrum

n.

(speaktra, pl.)

a person's speaking vocabulary.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • speaktr adj.

[a blend of speak + spectrum.]

specifelicity

nm.

elation from precision.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • specifelicitous adj.
  • specifelicitously adv.

[a blend of specificity + felicity.]

specklesett

n.

a decorated den.

speedspoke

noun

a sport bike.

[from speed + spoke.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

spiceship

n.

a commercial spacecraft used to transport spice.

spicycle

noun

a buddletreaded, pungelungent tingletyre sometimes sighted tracking spice wagons, ice cream vans, etc.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • spicyclic adjective

[a blend of spice + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

spinachuality

nm.

the worship of vegetables.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • spinachual adj.

[a blend of spinach + spirituality.]

spinbeat

n.

a whirlwind romance.

splashdance

nm.

a boisterous style of finbop involving plenty of sloshing, spattering, splashing, squirting and dunking.

vi.

(splashdancer, ag.)

to partake in splashdance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • splashdancing n.

See also ➞ Dances

splinterment

nm.

bitterness.

sprinklebang

nm.

explosively hot spice.

squirlesque

nm.

an elaborately comicurlicurial style of dance, art, calligraphy, language, architecture, etc.

adj.

pertaining to or characteristic of squirlesque.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • squirlesquely adv.

See also ➞ Dances

sreap

vt./i.

(sreaper, ag.)

to make money in your sleep.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sreapia n.

[a blend of sleep + reap.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

stairport

n.

a place where people board and disembark flying staircases.

[a tiakler of stair + airport.]

staphenschlogg

n.

a leg of dinosaur (as used in cooking).

[from Ge. stapfen ‘trudge’ + Ge. Schlögel ‘leg’.]

startender

n.

an assistant to a celebrity.

stepfarmer

n.

someone who grows pepsteps.

stircleturn

n.

a pagan dance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • stircleturnic adj.

[from Hp. stircle + turn.]

See also ➞ Dances

stokehouse

n.

a theatre restaurant at which the entertainment is the cooking of the meals.

adj.

authentic.

[a blend of stoke, in the sense ‘stimulate or incite’ + steakhouse.]

stompout

n.

a snarly, aggressive liphop.

See also ➞ Dances

strawbridge

n.

a tenuous connection.

vt./i.

(strawbridger, ag.)

to make such a connection.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • strawbridgative adj.
  • strawbridgatively adv.
  • strawbridgement n.

streptease

n.

a tortuously titillating striptease performed by a contortionist.

vt./i.

(strepteaser, ag.)

to perform a streptease.

[a blend of strepto- + striptease.]

See also ➞ Dances

stripetease

n.

an erotic dance in which a zebra, wasp, lieutenant, etc. gradually removes its stripes.

vt./i.

(stripeteaser, ag.)

to perform a stripetease.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • stripeteasing n.

See also ➞ Dances

stumblecrack

n.

a joke that is just not practical.

subvive

vt./i.

(subviver, ag.) (subvivor, ag.)

to die, but only just.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • subvival n.

[from sub- + L. vivere ‘to live’.]

suduration

n.

the time it takes to have a bath or shower.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sudurational adj.

[an elboword of sud + duration.]

sureshift

n.

a smooth transition.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sureshiftual adj.

swa-ching

n.

a dance that combines cha-cha with swing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • swa-chingal adj.

[a blend of swing + cha-cha.]

swade

vi.

(swode, swades, swading, swoden, swadel) (swader, ag.) (swado, ag.)

to dance slowly in shallow water.

n.

an act of swading.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • swady adj.
  • swadure n.

[a blend of sway + wade.]

See also ➞ Dances

swavoureet

adj.

both sweet and savoury.

n.

a swavoureet food, such as a candyflap or a woofle.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • swavoureetly adv.
  • swavoureetness n.

[a blend of sweet + savoury.]

swayline

n.

the edge of conviction.

sybaranklement

nm.

self-indulgent indignation.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sybarankled adj.
  • sybarankledly adv.

[a blend of sybaritic + rankle + -ment.]

sylvarhize

n.

a root of a forest.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • sylvarhizoid adj.

[from L. silva ‘wood’ + Gr. ρίζα ríza ‘root’.]

taggenite

n.

a spur or goad.

[a variant of antagonize.]

tailstone

n.

an inscribed stone that marks the location of someone's birth.

tallerina

noun

a tallet dancer.

[a blend of Hp. tallet + ballerina.]

See also ➞ Dancers

tapebonivorjive

vt./i.

(tapebonivorjove, tapebonivorjives, tapebonivorjiving, tapebonivorjoven, tapebonivorjivel) (tapebonivorjivester, ag.)

to dactap or mitsaltate on a piano.

n.

an act of tapebonivorjiving.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tapebonivorjival adj.
  • tapebonivorjivory n.

[a blend of tap + ebony + ivory + jive.]

See also ➞ Dances

tapoeira

mass noun

a combination of capoeira and tap dancing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tapoeira*l adjective
  • tapoeirista /ˌtӕpʊeɪˈrɪstә/ noun a practitioner of tapoeira.

[a blend of tap + capoeira.]

See also ➞ Dancers

tapple2

n.

1. a table on which tap dance is performed.

2. also %btappledance%b such a dance.

[a blend of tap dance + table.]

See also ➞ Dances

tappletopple

n.

a disastrous tappledance.

[from Hp. tapple + topple.]

See also ➞ Dances

taptoo

n.

a dance in which you wear funnelsteps.

See also ➞ Dances

tarantellaman

noun

(tarantellamen, pl.)

someone who dances the tarantella.

[from tarantella + man.]

See also ➞ Dancers

tarantellamantarian

noun

an expert shuffleshutter.

[a blend of Hp. tarantellaman + documentarian.]

See also ➞ Dancers

taxycle

noun

a pedal-powered taxi.

[a blend of taxi + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

tentboat

n.

a small houseboat.

tenterment1

n.

a stretchy imagination.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tentermental adj.

[a blend of L. tendere ‘to stretch’ + L. mens ‘mind’.]

terfluppify

vt.

(terfluppifier, ag.)

1. to rearrange beyond all recognition.

2. to faze.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • terfluppifical adj.
  • terfluppifically adv.
  • terfluppification n.

[from ter- + Hp. flupple + -fy.]

tergrollopous

adj.

promenading majestically.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tergrollopence n.

[from ter- + Hp. grollop + -ous.]

tetherfrayed

adj.

hopeful.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tetherfrayedly adv.
  • tetherfrayedom n.

theotropism

n.

the tendency of certain plants to turn towards God.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • theotropic adj.

[from theo- + tropism.]

thescript

nm.

the act of writing performed as theatre.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thescriptive adj.
  • thescriptively adv.

[a blend of thespian + script.]

thestervex

n.

1. a whirlpool of darkness.

2. a black hole.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thestervexical adj.

[a blend of E. obsolete thester ‘darkness’ + vortex.]

thologize

vt.

(thologizer, ag.)

to edit excessively.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thologized adj.
  • thologization n.

[a nosetrim of mythologize.]

thorcavought

n.

a dancing idea.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thorcavoughtive adj.

[a blend of thought + cavort.]

thoroughbread

nm.

wholemeal bread.

thoughtoise

n.

a ponderous, pondering reptile with slow, heavy thoughts.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thoughtoistical adj.

[a blend of thought + tortoise.]

thranket

n.

a part of a machine whose only function is to make people wonder what its function is.

[derivation unknown.]

threadlocks

pl. n.

very thin hair.

n.

a person with such hair.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • threadlocksical adj.

thry-

pref.

1. a variant of tri-.

2. used as an intensifier.

[a variant of three.]

thryde

noun

1. a bicycle with three seats.

2. a ride taken on a thryde.

verb (intransitive)

(throde, thrydes, thryding, thrydden, thrydel)

to ride a thryde.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thryder agent noun
  • thrydence noun

[from thry- + ride.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

thryfare

n.

a wonderful experience.

[from thry- + fare.]

thudbust

n.

an explosion caused by an impact.

vt./i.

(thudbuster, ag.)

to explode thus.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thudbustular adj.
  • thudbustion n.

thunket

n.

a large parcel.

[a blend of E. inf. thunk ‘thud’ + packet.]

thwarble

vt./i.

(thwarbler, ag.)

to sing underwater.

n.

an act of thwarbling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thwarblid adj.
  • thwarblery n.

[a variant of warble.]

thwink

vt./i.

(thwunk, thwinks, thwinking, thwunken, thwinkel) (thwinker, ag.)

to think twice.

n.

an act of thwinking.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • thwinkive adj.
  • thwinkage n.

[a blend of think + twice.]

tiakler

n.

a blend word in which the second word begins with the last two or more letters of the first word, such as silveracity from silver and veracity.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tiaklerish adj.

[derivation unknown.]

tickbox

n.

a small cage in which to accommodate a pet insect, such as an aphiary or a malarium.

ticryptochronize

vt.

(ticryptochronizer, ag.)

to hide something in another time.

n.

an act of ticryptochronizing.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • ticryptochronism n.

[a blend of tick-tock crypto- chrono- + -ize.]

tingalingualinger

vi.

(tingalingualingerer, ag.)

to hesitate on the tip of your lover's tongue.

n.

an act of tingalingualingering.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tingalingualingrid adj.
  • tingelingualingerence n.

[a blend of tingle + L. lingua ‘tongue’ + linger.]

tingtango

n.

an erotic, intimate form of dance oozing with tingtangularity.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tingtangoical adj.
  • tingtangoically adv.

[a blend of Hp. tingtangular + tango.]

See also ➞ Dances

tivatorium

n.

(tivatoria, pl.)

a museum of illusions.

[from captivate + -orium.]

todaily

adj., adv.

as soon and often as possible.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • todailiness n.

[a blend of today + daily.]

tofkea

nm.

a mixture of tea and coffee.

[a blend of tea + coffee.]

tofkealapper

n.

someone who can't decide what to choose, so they choose everything.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tofkealappery n.

[from Hp. tofkea + lapper.]

toleather

adv., adj.

on horseback.

[from to + leather.]

tomaletous

adj.

containing tomato and lettuce.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tomaletosity n.

[a blend of tomato + lettuce + -ous.]

toofaa

adj.

excessive.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • toofaaly adv.
  • toofaaness n.

[from too + far.]

toothdresser

n.

a cosmetic dentist.

torberg flunk

nm.

a dance in which you sit on a chair and tap your elbow for several minutes, then get up and dance properly five seconds before the song finishes.

[from Hp. torberg + flunk.]

See also ➞ Dances

tornudo

n.

a violent striptease.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tornudoic adj.
  • tornudoicly adv.

[a blend of tornado + nude.]

See also ➞ Dances

tortfrort

adj.

crawling with curls.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tortfrortly adv.
  • tortfrorth n.

[a blend of L. tortus ‘twisted’ + fraught.]

torvelocipedo

noun

a bicycle equipped with torpedos for gaining thrust, eliminating pursuers, etc.

[a blend of torpedo + velocipede.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

tougo

noun

1. a cross between a toucan and a flamingo.

2. a master of ceremonies at a dance competition, showcase, etc.

[a blend of toucan + flamingo.]

See also ➞ Dancers

trapdance

n.

a barefoot dance of bravery and pedextrosity amid dozens of set mousetraps.

vi.

(trapdancer, ag.)

to dance this dance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • trapdancing n.

See also ➞ Dances

treadmire

n.

a jumble of footprints.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • treadmiral adj.

trebletherent

adj.

prattling in a high-pitched voice.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • trebletherently adv.
  • trebletherence n.

[a blend of treble + blether ‘blather’ + -ent.]

trespassaway

vi.

(trespassawayfarer, ag.)

to illegally gain access to an afterworld.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • trespassawayment n.

[a tiakler of trespass + pass away.]

tribogyre

n.

a meld of dance and massage.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tribogyral adj.
  • tribogyrally adv.

[a blend of Gr. τρίβω tribos ‘rub’ + gyrate.]

See also ➞ Dances

tricador

n.

an accomplished and respected trickster.

[a blend of trick + picador.]

trigonogamy

nm.

the social science of love triangles.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • trigonogamic adj.

[from trigonometry + -gamy.]

trikinilby

n.

a three-piece bathing costume consisting of a bikini and a trilby.

[a blend of trilby + bikini.]

tringo

nm.

a style of tango for which it takes three.

vi.

(tringoer, ag.)

to dance the tringo.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tringoical adj.

[a blend of L. tres ‘three’ + tango.]

See also ➞ Dances

triptease

n.

a psychedelic striptease.

See also ➞ Dances

trormacontaution

n.

a twisted dance which symbolically or actually embodies the body's past, present and future suffering.

[a danglebarman of trauma + contortion.]

See also ➞ Dances

trotterjot

verb (transitive or intransitive)

(trotterjotted, trotterjots, trotterjotting, trotterjottel)

to write with your foot.

noun

an act of trotterjotting.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • trotterjotter agent noun
  • trotterjotty adjective (trotterjottier, trotterjottiest)
  • trotterjottily adverb
  • trotterjottery noun

[from trotter + jot.]

Watch: Day 3 of trotterjottery (footwriting)

tubecube

n.

a bale of bucatini.

tuitex

nm.

the fabric of space-time.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tuitexive adj.

[derivation uncertain; probably from a blend of perpetuity + textile.]

tumbledrum

n.

1. a performer who does acrobatics while playing a drum.

2. tumbledrums a circus performance involving tumbledrums, arcobats and zigazirkazukazagadors.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tumbledrummy adj.
  • tumbledrummily adv.

tupperweira

n.

a martial dance in which plastic crockery is used as missiles, weapons, shields and decoys.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • tupperweirista n. a practitioner of tupperweira

[a blend of Tupperware + capoeira.]

See also ➞ Dances, Dancers

turby

n.

a washing machine.

[from L. turbo ‘whirl’ + -y.]

turpsiterps

noun

(pl. same)

a practitioner of choreoleography.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • turpsiterpsian adjective

[from E. sl. turps ‘'turpentine'’ + terpsichorean.]

See also ➞ Dancers

twelvence

nm.

abundance.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • twelvent adj.
  • twelvently adv.

[from twelve + -ence.]

twigjig

n.

a high-spirited slumberumba in which you leap like a log (especially a termite-ambushed wriggeloggle).

vi.

(twigjigged, twigjigs, twigjigging, twigjiggel) (twigjigger, ag.)

to do a twigjig.

See also ➞ Dances

twinklepop

n.

a cute, little supernova.

twistep

n.

a living, supple, winding staircase that is able to contort itself into many different shapes.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • twistepical adj.

[a tiakler of twist + step.]

umbatumba

n.

an avalanche of shadows.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • umbertumbly adj.

[a blend of L. umbra ‘shadow’ + tumble.]

umbelliver

n.

an irreligious plant.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • umbelliverous adj.
  • umbelliverously adv.

[a blend of umbellifer + unbeliever.]

umbricorn

n.

a species of horse with an umbrella protruding from its forehead.

[a blend of umbrella + unicorn.]

umpkin

n.

a scalped pumpkin.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • umpkinn adj.

[a nosetrim of pumpkin.]

unamuse

vt.

(unamuser, ag.)

to depress someone by telling them a joke backwards.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • unamusement n.

unconconsciscientiousous

adj.

diligent when daisygrinding or sluggaslogging.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • unconconsciscientiousously adv.
  • unconconsciscientiousousness n.

[a blend of unconscious + conscientious.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

underbuzz

nm.

concealed or repressed excitement.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • underbuzzy adj.
  • underbuzzily adv.

unfetterccini

nm.

free-range pasta.

[a blend of unfettered + fettuccini.]

unheedhankerage

nm.

a desire to be ignored.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • unheedhankery adj.
  • unheedhanker vi.

upsitting

adj.

1. sitting up straight.

2. slacktivist; showing concern about issues while doing nothing about them.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • upsittingly adv.
  • upsittinghood n.

upspark

n.

a great idea you have just as you're waking up.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • upsparkive adj.

upstem

adv., adj.

towards or nearer to the roots.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • upstemmery n.

uptrain

adv.

towards the back of a train.

adj.

situated at or near the back of a train.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • uptrainhood n.

[from up- + train.]

uvulacipede

noun

a bicycle powered by the snores of its rider.

[a blend of uvula + velocipede.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

vacubore

n.

a tool that drills holes by suction.

vt./i.

(vacuborer, ag.)

to drill holes with a vacubore.

[a blend of vacuum + bore.]

vagulatrous

adj.

tending to wander about when praying.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • vagulatrosity n.

[from L. vagus ‘wandering’ + -latry + -ous.]

vainaim

nm.

purpose without meaning.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • vainaimful adj.
  • vainaimless adj.
  • vainaimfully, vainaimlessly adv.

valcella

n.

a dance intended to invoke sunshine.

[a trilbud of Hp. balleclava.]

See also ➞ Dances

velocophis

noun

a tingletyre without pedals that moves by undulating the muscles in its scaly tyres.

[from French velo ‘bicycle’ + Greek φίδι fídi ‘snake’.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

velodrama

n.

an exciting play with fast-moving action.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • velodramatic adj.
  • velodramaticly adv.
  • velodramatist n. someone who writes velodramas

[a blend of L. velox ‘swift’ + drama.]

velustrepede

noun

a diamond bike.

[a blend of velocipede + lustre.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

vlankernapes

n.

an electric monkey.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • vlankernapian adj.
  • vlankernap adj.

[a blend of E. dialect vlanker ‘spark of fire’ + jackanapes ‘tame ape’.]

voidcast

adj.

defined by emptiness.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • voidcasture n.

volagrad

n.

a living, flying staircase.

[a blend of L. volare ‘to fly’ + L. gradus ‘step’.]

volgolfano

nm.

a sport in which players attempt to hit a large hailstone into an active volcano to put it out.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • volgolfanoic adj.
  • volgolfane vi.

[a blend of volcano + golf.]

wanderponder

vt./i.

(wanderponderer, ag.)

to think by walking.

n.

an act of wanderpondering.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wanderpondering n.

wanderpondersome

adj.

apt to wanderponder.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wanderpondersomeness n.

warpertortuosity

n.

a living water slide that wriggles and squirms.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • warpertortuous adj.
  • warpertortuously adv.

[a blend of warp + water + tortuosity.]

washmosh

n.

a shimmy done to psych yourself up for saucers and suds.

See also ➞ Dances

watchful

n.

the amount of time that a watch can carry.

watermobile

n.

a boat.

[a blend of water + automobile.]

waybeforce

nm.

the might of antiquity.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • waybeforceful adj.
  • waybeforceless adj.

[a blend of way + before + force.]

weavegrove

n.

a forest of vines.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • weavegrovid adj.

weavil

n.

a beetle that uses its sturdy rostrum to recount convoluted stories.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • weavilicious adj.
  • weaviliciously adv.

[a blend of weave + weevil.]

wellago

adv., adj.

in or into the distant past.

[from well + ago.]

whalewade

vi.

(whalewode, whalewades, whalewading, whalewoden, whalewadel) (whalewader, ag.)

to dabble deeply.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • whalewaditide n.

whimsday

n.

a day on which routines are ceremoniously broken.

whiskedaddle

vi.

(whiskedaddler, ag.)

to saddleslip barefoot, bareback and unbridledly.

n.

an act of whiskedaddling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • whiskedaddlian adj.
  • whiskedaddlery n.

[a tiakler of whisk + skedaddle.]

See also ➞ Dances

wicknix

adj.

having run out of candles.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wicknixility n.

[from wick + inf. nix ‘nothing’.]

wingbrow

n.

a visionary thinker.

wistefoist

n.

an unwelcome desire.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wistefoistive adj.

[a blend of wistful + foist.]

witherbrush

n.

a painter who's past his primer.

wizerdozer

n.

a palpebrudent being.

[from wiser + dozer.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

wobblewarble

vi.

(wobblewarbler, ag.)

to dance the rippleshimmy while thwarbling.

n.

an act of wobblewarbling.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wobblewarblery n.

See also ➞ Dances

woehide

n.

a place where it is safe to be sad.

wolfare

nm.

the well-being of wolves.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wolfarious adj.

[a blend of wolf + welfare.]

woofle

n.

a swavoureet cross between a hot dog and a waffle.

[a blend of woof + waffle.]

wormalade

n.

a jam made from bitter oranges and even bitterer worms.

[a blend of worm + marmalade.]

worthforth

nm.

the power of dignity.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • worthforthful adj.
  • worthforthfully adv.

wovenwing

nm.

knitted plumage.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wovenwingal adj.

wrigglebreak

n.

a contortionist who is also an escapologist.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wrigglebreakulent adj.

wriggular

adj.

(wriggularmore, wriggularmost)

nervous.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • wriggularly adv.
  • wriggularity n.

[from wriggle + -ular.]

wundle

n.

a book.

[a blend of word + bundle.]

yaggle

n.

one of those strings found under the skin of a banana.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • yaggly adj.

[a blend of yellow + straggle.]

yakkadava

n.

an industrious corpse.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • yakkadavarous adj.
  • yakkadavarously adv.

[a blend of Au. yakka ‘work’ + cadaver.]

See also ➞ Abyssness

yaulk

n.

the yolk of an auk's egg.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • yaulkish adj.

[a blend of yolk + auk.]

yearlier

adv.

more yearly.

yonderling

n.

a foreigner.

[from yonder + -ling.]

yondoon

n.

tomorrow.

adv.

on or by tomorrow.

[a blend of yonder + noon.]

youthe

vi.

(youther, ag.) (youtheling, ag.)

to grow younger.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • youthescent adj.
  • youthescently adv.
  • youthage n.

yurtyacht

n.

a houseboat in the form of a circular, cruisy tent with luxurious felt sails.

zacket

n.

a ruler (for measuring).

[a variant of exact.]

zafferona

n.

1. a kite.

2. an ideal.

[a blend of Ar. زرافة zarafa ‘giraffe’ + L. corona ‘crown’.]

zedify

vt.

(zedifier, ag.)

to deem least important.

vi.

to come last.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • zedified adj.
  • zedification n.

[from zed + -ify.]

zerocycle

noun

a bike with no wheels but plenty of potential.

[a blend of zero + bicycle.]

See also ➞ Bicycles

zesper

n.

a rousing prayer.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • zesperous adj.

[a blend of zest + vespers.]

zesticaper

n.

a dance of tastes.

[from zesty + caper.]

See also ➞ Dances

zill

nm.

intense feeling expressed slightly.

[a variant of zeal.]

zippermint

n.

a clothes factory.

zoltshake

vi.

to dance in the sky.

n.

an act of zoltshaking.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • zoltshaky adj.
  • zoltshakery n.

[from exalt + shake.]

See also ➞ Dances

zoombroom

n.

1. a tool used for gathering momentum.

2. a transcendent task.

zooqueue

n.

a long line of different animals waiting to board a train, ark, etc.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • zooqueuey adj.

zumblebudge

n.

a propulsive snore.

Derivatives ▾Hence:
  • zumblebudgeous adj.

[a blend of Sp. zumbar ‘to hum’ + rumble + budge.]