misoneism

PRONUNCIATION:
(mis-uh-NEE-izm)
MEANING:
noun: A hatred or fear of change or innovation.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Italian misoneismo, from Greek miso- (hate) + neos (new). Ultimately from Indo-European root newo- (new) that also gave us new, neo-, neon, novice, novel, novelty, innovate, and renovate.

USAGE:
"The prevailing attitude was therefore one of extreme conservatism: may I indeed say of misoneism?"
Expanding Trade, Changing Ways of Life-Conclusions; Addis Tribune (Ethiopia); May 15, 1998.


I love learning new words!

For today:

callipygian

PRONUNCIATION:
(kal-uh-PIJ-ee-uhn)
MEANING:
adjective: Having well-shaped buttocks.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek calli- (beautiful) + pyge (buttocks).

These are real words!

CLINCHPOOPER: Someone who is a complete slob.

WISTERPOOPER: A slap along side the head.

THENAN: The palm of the hand.

So...If your kid is a CLINCHPOOPER, you should WISTERPOOPER them with your THENAN! LOL!

cool words that sound weird.......lol!

I do a "word of the day" (latin and greek roots, thanks to Mrs. Shipley at CCHS when I was in HS) with my students. They will love a few of these thrown in!!

About misoneism: Thanks for the new words, but, arn't fear and hatred quite different? Isn't this just hatred of change or innovation?

callipygian

I wish I could fit that on a vanity plate.

borborygmus has a certain sound to it - or perhaps a certain air about it.

I get Urban Word of the Day. Some are really funny.

Multislacking: doing multiple slackeresque things concurrently

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Hal, Somehow that seams so appropriate for Miles City.com.

Yeah, I thought it was a good fit.

Sesquipedalian

ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn, -deyl-yuhn

-adjective
1. given to using long words.
2. (of a word) containing many syllables.

-noun
3. a sesquipedalian word.

Origin: 1605-15; < L sésquipedālis measuring a foot and a half

austral

PRONUNCIATION:
(O-struhl)
MEANING:
adjective: Southern.

ETYMOLOGY:
>From Latin auster (south). That's why Australia is so named, but that does not apply to Austria, in central Europe. Austria's name is a Latinized form of its German name Österreich (eastern empire, referring to the eastern boundary of the Frankish Empire at one time).


Hey, we live in austral Montana!

Pedantic Obfuscation.

Using many words meaning nothing.

Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

Abbamatically: The tendency for an unbearably cloying song to repeat over and over in your head all day after hearing it on the radio.