User:PuddleJumper

 SOME COOL WORDS: (OR: THINGS I WOULD NAME MY DOG) 

Ampersand- &

Attic salt- refined, incisive wit

Bailiwick- a special domain

Barn burner- a very exciting or dramatic event

Bellwether- one that takes the lead or initiative, leader

Bilboes- an iron bar with sliding shackles, used to fasten prisoner's ankles

Bluestocking- a woman with intellectual or literary interests

Brontide- the low rumble of distant thunder

Camisado- a military attack carried out at night

Canoodle- to engage in amorous embracing, hugging, or kissing

Catbird seat- a position of great prominence or advantage

Concinnity- elegance or neatness of literary or artistic style

Crackerjack- of striking excellence or ability

Deasil- clockwise

Deference- deference

Doppelganger- a person who closely resembles another, the opposite side of a personality

Druthers- free choice, preference

Emeritus- honorary title after retirement

Espirit de l’escalier- the witty thought coming to you at a later time

Equanimity- evenness of mind especially under stress, right disposition, balance

Equinox- the day that day and night are approximately the same length

Exculpate- to prove that someone is not guilty of doing something wrong

Finnimbrun- a trinket or knick-knack

Flatline- to die

Google- the figure 1 followed by 100 zeros; equal to 10100

Gossamer- the finest piece of thread, spider’s silk

Hale- free from defects

Hemidemisemiquaver- a measurement of 1/64 in music

Honorificabilitudinitaibus- with honor

Hydroxyzine- a medicine that calms you down

Hyphen- a hyphen

Hypocorism- a pet name

Irony-irony

Jacquerie- a peasant’s revolt

Jentacular- pertaining to breakfast

Jocund- marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness

Journeyman- a journeyman

Juggernaut- a huge, overwhelming force

Jurisprudence- the science or philosophy of law

Juxtapose- to place side by side

Kakorrhaphiophobia- fear of failure

Kangaroo court- a mock court in which laws are disregarded

Keelhaul- haul under the keel of a ship as torture

Kerfuffle- disagreement or argument

Kismet- fate

Kith- near family or friends

Knismesis- light tickling

Kvell- rejoice

Lambent- playing lightly on or over a surface, flickering, softly bright

Lickety-split

Loblolly- a North American pine tree with very long slender needles

Lodestone- magnetite possessing polarity

Macrosmatic- having a good sense of smell

Macushla- an affectionate form of address

Martinet- a person who is very strict and demands obedience from others

Merrythought- a bird's wishbone

Meshuggener- a foolish or crazy person

Milquetoast- a timid or unassertive person

Mithridate- an antidote against poison

Myrmidon- a loyal follower; especially a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly

o-o: an endangered Hawaiian bird, a species of honeyeater

Objet trouve- an object found by chance to have value

Octothorpe- #

Operose- involving or displaying a lot of effort

Orrery- a clockwork model of the universe

Panjandrum- someone who thinks himself high and mighty

Paragon- a model of excellence or perfection

Paraph- a flourish after a signature

Parry- to ward off a weapon or blow

Pauciloquent- uttering few words, brief in speech

Puddle jumper-a small, light aircraft which is fast and highly maneuverable used for short trips

Puddysticks- very easy

Pyrokinesis- ability to manipulate fire

Ramshackle- appearing to be about to fall apart or break

Resilience- resilience

Ruly- obedient, orderly

Scupper- to defeat

Selcouth- unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful

Serac- a pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier

Sidereal- of or relating to stars

Silver- silver, doesn’t have a rhyme

Snickersnee- a long knife

Sub rosa- in confidence, secretly

Syzygy- the alignment of 3 celestial bodies

Tantivy- at a gallop

Telekinesis- the power of moving things with your mind

Temerity- an unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition

Thalassic- of or relating to the sea

Theriac- a remedy that cures all ills

Tiffin- a light meal, especially lunch

Timeless- timeless

Titanic- having great magnitude, force or power, colossal

Tmesis- a word that has hyphens in between such as what-so-ever

Tocsin- the alarm clock or ringing of it

Tribulation- tribulation

Twee- dainty, elegant, delicate

Ukase- order, command

Quantul- only relating to two things

Queue- the tail of a beast in medieval times

Quire- two dozen sheets of paper

Quondam- former

Qwerty- outlay of a computer keyboard

War story- war story

Whiffle- to flourish a sword so that it makes that sound

Williwaw- a sudden violent gust of cold land air common along mountainous coasts of high latitude

Winnow- to remove chaff

Wisenheimer- smart aleck

Vestige- a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost

Zenzizenzizenic- a number raised to the 8th power

Zeroth- of or relating to zero

Zoanthropy- delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal

Zwieback- special sweetened bread

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Things I wonder:

Where did kissing come from? -or- Why do we kiss?

Why does a tiny piece of lead kill someone?

Why does touch have so much meaning?

Why are some frog's irises gold?

Why is symbolism so amazing?

Why can a fictional story break my heart?

and finally

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

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Answers to Interesting Questions:

What is the best compliment you have ever received: ?

Do you trust anyone with your life: Yes

''What is your perfect pizza: Just... cheese''

Ugly & live forever or attractive & die in a year: Attractive and die in a year. (Immortality=desperate loneliness)

Would you eat a bowl of crickets for $40,000: Yes

Do you feel that children should be sheltered from unhappiness: No, not sheltered, but you shouldn't cause your children unnecessary unhappiness; it should have a point.

If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else, who would you pick and what would you do: My twin sister, or the person I like.

What question would you hate to answer: What is the worst thing you have ever done?

What is something you often think about that makes you sad: That I am in the process of dying; that my life is a time bomb, and death is the explosion.

What are you most afraid of: Irrational- dying alone, Rational- being burned to death

Who would you like to dance with: The person I want to marry

Are you wearing socks right now: Yes

If you had to choose your method of dying, what, when, where, and why: Being shot, when I am in my 30's, in America/Middle East, because it (as far as I know) it would be painless (if shot in the head)

If you could join the circus, what would you perform: Either ringmaster or the lady who rides the white horses.