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What follows is a chronicle of Webster’s assault on the English language, with no gory detail
omitted. These are all words I have heard her use. Originally, I sent them to my friends as the
"Word of the Day," but I figured I'd combine them all into one list I took the liberty of using them
in sentences of my own devising (in most cases). If you can, try to use them in everyday
conversation!
Accountice – Someone who works with numbers, i.e. “My cousin went to school to become an
accountice but dropped out because it was too hard.”
Amthrax – Biological weapon often sent through the mail, i.e. “Tony hoped the white powder in
the envelope was coke and not amthrax.”
Arthurotus – Severe stiffness in the joints, i.e. “Vernon had to stop beating his wife after his
arthurotus got too bad.”
Baze – To bathe, i.e. “I’m going to baze the dog when I get home.”
Boodoo – Mix of Catholicism and Afro-centric religions that originated in the Caribbean, i.e.
“Karen didn’t like her boss so she made a boodoo doll.”
Boombox – A rural area; the sticks, i.e. “Bubba didn’t know nothin’ on account of him being
from the boombox.”
Career – Pair of countries in Asia; comes in both the north and south varieties, i.e. “Lamont
used to be stationed in South Career.”
Catholic – Device used in hospitals to assist a patient’s urinary activities, i.e. “Bob screamed in
pain when the nurse inserted the catholic.”
CBU – A computer’s processor, i.e. “Donna’s computer had a slow CBU, and her house was
on fire.”
Chaost – Disorder; pandemonium, i.e. “The prison riot was total chaost.”
Chemistrist – One who works with chemicals, i.e. “The chemistrist made a fresh batch of
amthrax and mailed it to Tony.”
Chiropractice – Someone who cracks backs for a living, i.e. “Anne’s back hurt, so she went to
see if the chiropractice could fix it.”
Clearified – To make something more obvious, so a person of lesser intellectual powers might
understand it, i.e. “Jason was confused until his boss clearified her previous statement.”
Coacher – The defining characteristics of a society, i.e. “It’s a whole ‘nother coacher over
there in Germany.”
Confession – What someone does for a living. I.e. “After yet another day of shoveling horse
manure, Mike decided he needed to find a new confession.”
Cottage – What your nose is made of, i.e. “The cartilage in Tony’s nose wasn’t in good shape
after years of doing yayo.”
Countercustomed – To get used to something, i.e. “Janet figured she’d eventually become
countercustomed to the different coacher in Germany.”
Cultch – A small, radical, sometimes dangerous religious group, i.e. “Brandon’s life lacked
direction, so he joined a boodoo cultch.”
Damndo – Adjective describing a situation that lacks any favorable outcome, i.e. “That’s a
damndo situation.”
Desalt – To deceive someone, i.e. “Martha tried to desalt the IRS by lying on her income tax
return.”
Dessert – To lose control of oneself, i.e. “Scott went dessert when the Eagles lost.”
Detour – A hindrance, i.e. “Sara’s poor voice was a huge detour to launching a singing
career.”
Dianostage – A medical test, i.e. “The doctor didn’t know what was wrong with Chris’ liver,
even after the dianostage.”
Disadone – The opposite of condone, i.e. “My mother sleeps with lots of different men, but I
don’t condone or disadone anything she does.”
Disjudge – To form a premature, negative opinion of someone, i.e. “Diana’s mother disjudged
her boyfriend before she had met him.”
Downsize – Spare time, i.e. “Ted liked to collect stamps in his downsize.”
Fairrary – Month after January, i.e. “Brittany hadn’t seen her father since Fairrary 1985.”
Furyalize – To anger, i.e. “Jack constantly tried to furyalize his effeminate brother by
eviscerating his Cabbage Patch dolls.”
Germanese – Language spoken in Germany, i.e. “Dieter couldn’t read the high-voltage sign
because it was in English and not in Germanese.”
Gouch – Ailment of the foot, i.e. “Polly had to give up her dream of being a long-distance
runner because of her chronic gouch.”
Hermonials – A product of living cells that has some special effect on other cells, i.e. “Craig got
distracted by his raging hermonials and didn’t realize the hooker was a dude.”
Hicktorectnony – Operation involving the removal of female reproductive organs, i.e. “After she
was diagnosed with cancer, Olga had to get a hicktorectnony.”
Hippeniray – Full of good cheer, i.e. “Sean sure was hippeniray after the priest who molested
him got hit by a truck.”
Hypervurnalate – To breathe too fast, i.e. “Ellen started to hypervurnalate after her husband
told her he was a zoosexual and was leaving her for a cocker spaniel.”
Imitation – Written request to attend a special event, i.e. “Sam was the only kid in his class
who didn’t get an imitation to the birthday party.”
Lettage – Leafy green vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches, i.e. “Molly hated
her mom for always putting lettuce on her sub, and for beating her.”
Like-did – Enjoyed or appreciated, i.e. “Even though he knew it was wrong, Patrick like-did
when his uncle touched him in naughty places.”
Lossegers – Cough drops, i.e. “No amount of lossegers could stop Thelma’s constant hacking.”
Meshmerized – To become enthralled by, i.e. “Bradley became meshmerized by the lights of
oncoming traffic and forgot to stay on the sidewalk.”
Minich – Unit of time, an hour has sixty, i.e. “Whitney said she’d only be a minich, but she’s not
here. Probably waxing her unibrow.”
Oil – Aura, i.e. “Rich had an oil of failure about him.”
Opticle – A problem that must be dealt with or surpassed, i.e. “After facing yet another opticle
on the road to recovery, Henrietta started drinking again.”
Pacify – To indicate which one of a set of things is most desirable, i.e. “George ended up
getting heroin because he didn’t pacify to his dealer what drug he wanted.”
PeachCorps – International service organization, i.e. “Linda picked up herpes during her brief
stint in the PeachCorps.”
Perimeters – Unit of measurement indicating speed, i.e. “In Europe they don’t go by miles per
hour, they do perimeters per hour.”
Picturalize – To visualize something, i.e. “In order to not ejaculate prematurely, Ramon tried to
picturalize his grandmother naked.”
Reliable – To be at fault, i.e. “In court today, Orenthal was deemed to be reliable for the death
of his ex-wife.”
Rocksafarianism – Another Afrocentric Caribbean religion, i.e. “Vernon told his friends he’d
become a Rocksafarianism but they knew he was a poseur.”
Smit – To give an item to someone for their consideration, i.e. “When Crystal tried to smit her
loan application the bank manager just laughed at her.”
Sprung out – In desperate need of a fix, i.e. “Max was broke and all sprung out so he tried to
rob a nun.”
Tyrus – An automobile made by Ford, i.e. “Florence lost control of her Tyrus and plowed into a
group of children waiting for the bus.”
Unaccrit – At least partially incorrect, i.e. “Everyone thought Lyle got shot, but that was
unaccrit. He actually got stabbed.”
Yoonyalized – A place of employment where worker’s unions are present, i.e. “I used to work
at this company and it was yoonyalized, but now the company I work at isn’t.”
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omitted. These are all words I have heard her use. Originally, I sent them to my friends as the
"Word of the Day," but I figured I'd combine them all into one list I took the liberty of using them
in sentences of my own devising (in most cases). If you can, try to use them in everyday
conversation!
Accountice – Someone who works with numbers, i.e. “My cousin went to school to become an
accountice but dropped out because it was too hard.”
Amthrax – Biological weapon often sent through the mail, i.e. “Tony hoped the white powder in
the envelope was coke and not amthrax.”
Arthurotus – Severe stiffness in the joints, i.e. “Vernon had to stop beating his wife after his
arthurotus got too bad.”
Baze – To bathe, i.e. “I’m going to baze the dog when I get home.”
Boodoo – Mix of Catholicism and Afro-centric religions that originated in the Caribbean, i.e.
“Karen didn’t like her boss so she made a boodoo doll.”
Boombox – A rural area; the sticks, i.e. “Bubba didn’t know nothin’ on account of him being
from the boombox.”
Career – Pair of countries in Asia; comes in both the north and south varieties, i.e. “Lamont
used to be stationed in South Career.”
Catholic – Device used in hospitals to assist a patient’s urinary activities, i.e. “Bob screamed in
pain when the nurse inserted the catholic.”
CBU – A computer’s processor, i.e. “Donna’s computer had a slow CBU, and her house was
on fire.”
Chaost – Disorder; pandemonium, i.e. “The prison riot was total chaost.”
Chemistrist – One who works with chemicals, i.e. “The chemistrist made a fresh batch of
amthrax and mailed it to Tony.”
Chiropractice – Someone who cracks backs for a living, i.e. “Anne’s back hurt, so she went to
see if the chiropractice could fix it.”
Clearified – To make something more obvious, so a person of lesser intellectual powers might
understand it, i.e. “Jason was confused until his boss clearified her previous statement.”
Coacher – The defining characteristics of a society, i.e. “It’s a whole ‘nother coacher over
there in Germany.”
Confession – What someone does for a living. I.e. “After yet another day of shoveling horse
manure, Mike decided he needed to find a new confession.”
Cottage – What your nose is made of, i.e. “The cartilage in Tony’s nose wasn’t in good shape
after years of doing yayo.”
Countercustomed – To get used to something, i.e. “Janet figured she’d eventually become
countercustomed to the different coacher in Germany.”
Cultch – A small, radical, sometimes dangerous religious group, i.e. “Brandon’s life lacked
direction, so he joined a boodoo cultch.”
Damndo – Adjective describing a situation that lacks any favorable outcome, i.e. “That’s a
damndo situation.”
Desalt – To deceive someone, i.e. “Martha tried to desalt the IRS by lying on her income tax
return.”
Dessert – To lose control of oneself, i.e. “Scott went dessert when the Eagles lost.”
Detour – A hindrance, i.e. “Sara’s poor voice was a huge detour to launching a singing
career.”
Dianostage – A medical test, i.e. “The doctor didn’t know what was wrong with Chris’ liver,
even after the dianostage.”
Disadone – The opposite of condone, i.e. “My mother sleeps with lots of different men, but I
don’t condone or disadone anything she does.”
Disjudge – To form a premature, negative opinion of someone, i.e. “Diana’s mother disjudged
her boyfriend before she had met him.”
Downsize – Spare time, i.e. “Ted liked to collect stamps in his downsize.”
Fairrary – Month after January, i.e. “Brittany hadn’t seen her father since Fairrary 1985.”
Furyalize – To anger, i.e. “Jack constantly tried to furyalize his effeminate brother by
eviscerating his Cabbage Patch dolls.”
Germanese – Language spoken in Germany, i.e. “Dieter couldn’t read the high-voltage sign
because it was in English and not in Germanese.”
Gouch – Ailment of the foot, i.e. “Polly had to give up her dream of being a long-distance
runner because of her chronic gouch.”
Hermonials – A product of living cells that has some special effect on other cells, i.e. “Craig got
distracted by his raging hermonials and didn’t realize the hooker was a dude.”
Hicktorectnony – Operation involving the removal of female reproductive organs, i.e. “After she
was diagnosed with cancer, Olga had to get a hicktorectnony.”
Hippeniray – Full of good cheer, i.e. “Sean sure was hippeniray after the priest who molested
him got hit by a truck.”
Hypervurnalate – To breathe too fast, i.e. “Ellen started to hypervurnalate after her husband
told her he was a zoosexual and was leaving her for a cocker spaniel.”
Imitation – Written request to attend a special event, i.e. “Sam was the only kid in his class
who didn’t get an imitation to the birthday party.”
Lettage – Leafy green vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches, i.e. “Molly hated
her mom for always putting lettuce on her sub, and for beating her.”
Like-did – Enjoyed or appreciated, i.e. “Even though he knew it was wrong, Patrick like-did
when his uncle touched him in naughty places.”
Lossegers – Cough drops, i.e. “No amount of lossegers could stop Thelma’s constant hacking.”
Meshmerized – To become enthralled by, i.e. “Bradley became meshmerized by the lights of
oncoming traffic and forgot to stay on the sidewalk.”
Minich – Unit of time, an hour has sixty, i.e. “Whitney said she’d only be a minich, but she’s not
here. Probably waxing her unibrow.”
Oil – Aura, i.e. “Rich had an oil of failure about him.”
Opticle – A problem that must be dealt with or surpassed, i.e. “After facing yet another opticle
on the road to recovery, Henrietta started drinking again.”
Pacify – To indicate which one of a set of things is most desirable, i.e. “George ended up
getting heroin because he didn’t pacify to his dealer what drug he wanted.”
PeachCorps – International service organization, i.e. “Linda picked up herpes during her brief
stint in the PeachCorps.”
Perimeters – Unit of measurement indicating speed, i.e. “In Europe they don’t go by miles per
hour, they do perimeters per hour.”
Picturalize – To visualize something, i.e. “In order to not ejaculate prematurely, Ramon tried to
picturalize his grandmother naked.”
Reliable – To be at fault, i.e. “In court today, Orenthal was deemed to be reliable for the death
of his ex-wife.”
Rocksafarianism – Another Afrocentric Caribbean religion, i.e. “Vernon told his friends he’d
become a Rocksafarianism but they knew he was a poseur.”
Smit – To give an item to someone for their consideration, i.e. “When Crystal tried to smit her
loan application the bank manager just laughed at her.”
Sprung out – In desperate need of a fix, i.e. “Max was broke and all sprung out so he tried to
rob a nun.”
Tyrus – An automobile made by Ford, i.e. “Florence lost control of her Tyrus and plowed into a
group of children waiting for the bus.”
Unaccrit – At least partially incorrect, i.e. “Everyone thought Lyle got shot, but that was
unaccrit. He actually got stabbed.”
Yoonyalized – A place of employment where worker’s unions are present, i.e. “I used to work
at this company and it was yoonyalized, but now the company I work at isn’t.”
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