Word Nerd Confessions: December
Oops–forgot about November’s word collection. The best solution is to double up. Here we go:
- scilicet: to wit, namely
2. doover: a thingamabob; thingamajig
3. unctuous: excessively smooth, suave, or smug
4. dilly: something or someone regarded as remarkable
5. withershins: in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
6. mondegreen: a word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of another word or phrse, especially in a song or poem.
7. bolide: a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball.
8. egalitarian: asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.
9. bellicose: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
10. fain: gladly; willingly.
11. whinge: to complain; whine.
12. fomet: instigate.
13. evanescent: vanishing; fading away; fleeting.
14. mirabilia: marvels; miracles.
15. obfuscate: to make obscure or unclear.
16. tome: a book, especially a very heavy, large or learned book.
17. plaudit: an enthusiastic expression of approval.
18. rodomontade: vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
19. sinistrality: left-handedness.
20. bight: a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.
I am delighted and amazed at the amount of words that are out there that I had no idea existed, but they say so well what needs to be said.
Favorites this round:
whinge–sounds like a combination of wind and whine, for those times when a simple sniffle just won’t do.
mirabilia: amazing wonders need such a word
tome: a big book needs such a term
rodomontade: bragging sounds like something worth bragging about with this word
Found any new favorites?
Pam Webb 
It’s a doover!
Word of choice!
Trying to pronounce sciliicet gave me a stress headache, obfuscate just sounds great, but sinistrality for left-handers, that just made me laugh!
If only I could remember these at the opportune time!
That’s the problem, although it does help to bookmark your blog on the phone for those ipportune moments, all it needs is to have a suitably long and dramatic pause as you search for the right word.