Wordsmith’s word-a-day e-mail service has been on a tear lately. Some recent entries:
MISOLOGY —hated of logic or reason.
OMPHALOSKEPSIS —contemplation of one’s navel.
POGONOTROPHY —the growing of a beard.
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Thanks for that one, Margie. I do have a preference for the ones ending in -ous. In fact I’m working on getting a few of these gems onto there…
Geni-ous: A person who doesn’t fall for every cock ‘n’ bull story they hear.
Ridicul-ous: Adjective describing a popular belief that the earth will flood if people don’t use fluorescent lightbulbs.
Our elected representatives spend each year in omphaloskepsis while drowning in their misology of the mind. Of course, John Warner just bloviates his way in to omphaloskepsis.
from wordsmith—calvous- bald
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