Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Weird Word Wednesday

I love words.  Words, words, words.  Today, I'm going to honor words that are somewhat obscure to the general public.  Enjoy!

 
Agowilt - A sudden, sickening fear
Image courtesy of I Can Haz Cheesburger  

 
Agelast - A person who never laughs
Image courtesy of Mark Boucher 

 
 
Accismus - Pretending to be uninterested...when you really are
Image courtesy of Ippy Ippy 

 
 
Avatrol - A Bastard (e.g. Joseph Stalin)
Image courtesy of Dunechaser 

 
 
Autophoby - Fear of referring to oneself, 
e.g. using words such as "I" or "Me" 
(Elmo is ticklish, Elmo takes picture!)
Image courtesy of Debbie Petite 


 
Aprocisiary - A person appointed to give answers
Image courtesy of Phantomato 

  
 
Aucupate - Bird watching
Image courtesy of Linda Yvonne 

 
 
Aspectabund - Having an expressive face
Image courtesy of Afqhlmza 

 
 
Avoy! - An expression of fear or surprise
(I know this image doesn't correspond with the word,
but it's James McAvoy.  I love him.)
Image courtesy of Cat in Stripes 

Happy Wednesday, folks. 

9 comments:

  1. Hoh hoh... Remember James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland...? Heh heh heh...

    So would you say I am an aspectabund person??? Hm......????

    :D

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  2. I could barely pronounce all these words, but it is interesting with the pictures and that kitty makes me scared...haha

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  3. Accismus- great word! This is me a lot more than I want to admit. :)

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  4. i was loving you words when you commented on the bow dress....i laughed out loud :)
    thanks for that
    michelle

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  5. these are so great :)
    and that lychee feeding sounds absolutely incredible! theres something so fun about playing with monkeys huh hahah

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  6. I've not heard any of these words before, so thanks for the education! Hope you're having a great weekend.

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