Late October Words

Linguaphile
noun
a language and word lover.

OR someone with an extreme fondness for...say...Linguine with Clams or any other dish using pasta that’s flattish and wider than spaghetti. 

Hi, my name is Donna and I’m a linguaphile.

Cryonaut
noun
a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.

Yeah cool but, rilly now, this MUST be the word for someone who just can’t stop sobbing. Ya know, they’re so down and desolate, they cry so much and so hard that they feel they're in the darkness of deepest space. They're cryonauts. I been there. I’ve been a cryonaut.

Thunderstone
noun
any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.

          Huh. This is clearly Thor territory.

Ploce
noun
Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”

OR, when you’ve had one or three too many martoonis and are trying to say “Dude, let me just sit in ploce a few more minutes before we attempt to walk home.”

Axilla
noun
Anatomy. the armpit.

OR Axl Rose’s twin sister. Either way, ya know?

Humdinger
noun
Informal. a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.

OR a blowjob that's gone seriously awry. You KNEW it would though when your friend with benefits began serenading your johnson with Feelings and then rolled right into You Light Up My Life. FYI, these are NOT good omens. (NO, you really DON'T want to click on those links. Trust me.)

Librate
verb
to remain poised or balanced.

OR the act of consuming cocktails in the library. As in:
It’s 5 o’clock – time to head upstairs to librate.

Barnstorm
verb
to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.

No. This is when you’re visiting rural Vermont and all of a sudden, for miles in every direction, all you see are farms. You are experiencing a blizzard of of barns.

Ineluctable
adjective
incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.

Actually, this is when a person who wants to hold public office is completely unable to get elected. No luck. They are ineluctable. Think GoodSpaceGuy (rilly, that’s his actual, legal name!) or David Duke.

Vulgarian
noun
a vulgar person, especially one whose vulgarity is the more conspicuous because of wealth, prominence, or pretentions to good breeding.

As in Preznint Short-Fingered Vulgarian.

Hooly
adverb
Scot. cautiously; gently.

NOT to be confused with Wooly Bully which, seems to moi, is neither cautious OR gentle AND, despite the spelling, it doesn't even rhyme.

Moonstruck
adjective
1: dreamily romantic or bemused.
2: mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.

Also too, The Amazing Bob’s fave movie. He was SUCH a wonderful, beautiful romantic!

Sennachie
noun
Chiefly Scot., Irish. a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.

I got no snark on this one – I just love the sound, the feel of this word as I say it AND the actual meaning. It’s magical.

Patzer
noun
a casual, amateurish chess player.

Dunno ‘bout you but, to me, this sounds like a Yiddish insult. I can imagine using it to describe someone who tries to come off as smarter, more talented than the rest of us but only succeeds in proving himself weak-ass, dull, dim and ignorable sauce.

Gene? He’s such a patzer, don’t invite him to the party.

Also, happy Thursday!