http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/ worthless word for the day Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:39:35 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1854 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1854 the worthless word for the day is: absonous [fr. L. absonus, discordant] now rare 1) unharmonious, dissonant 2) absurd; unreasonable "They were a mendacious Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:07:56 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1853 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1853 the worthless word for the day is: finity [finite + ?y, after infinity] the state of being finite: finitude "..stars, galaxies, dark matter, time-space, Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:53:09 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1852 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1852 the worthless word for the day is: anatiferous [L. anatifer-us, duck producing] obs. rare : producing ducks or geese(!) OED goes on to add, "i.e. producing Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:32:41 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1851 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1851 the worthless word for the day is: aduncity [fr. L. aduncus, hooked] now rare esp. with reference to the nose: the quality of being hooked or crooked; also Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:49:31 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1850 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1850 the worthless word for the day is: macerate [fr. L. macerare : to soften, steep] 1) to cause to waste away, esp. by fasting 2) to soften by or as if by Mon, 03 Jun 2013 04:24:51 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1849 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1849 the worthless word for the day is: depauperate [fr. L. pauper : poor, impoverished] obs. : to render poor, impoverish "..where the spissitude of population and Thu, 30 May 2013 03:58:40 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1848 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1848 worthless word for the day is: swidden [fr. Eng. dial. swithen, to singe] land that has been cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning the vegetation Tue, 28 May 2013 03:54:38 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1847 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1847 the worthless word for the day is: unkent [fr. un- + ken] (also unkenned) Scot. & N. Eng. dial. : unknown "It is not unkent to you that my commorance was Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:30 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1846 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1846 the worthless word for the day is: swarf [of Scand. origin, akin to ON svarf] any fine waste produced by a machining operation "The ground was soaked with oil Wed, 15 May 2013 12:34:59 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1845 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1845 the worthless word for the day is: chillax [blend of chill (out) + relax] slang : to relax, take it easy, calm down "Although new to the world of teens, I know Tue, 14 May 2013 06:08:35 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1844 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1844 the worthless word for the day is: gloppened [fr. Old Norse glupna, to be downcast] archaic : astonished; surprised "Don't look so gloppened because thou'st Mon, 13 May 2013 14:44:36 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1843 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1843 the worthless word for the day is: blutherbung [East Lincolnshire] obs. (also blutterbung) to break down in speech; to lose the thread of conversation, Fri, 10 May 2013 05:01:25 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1842 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1842 the worthless word for the day is: phlyarologist [fr. ancient Gk phlyaros(?) silly talk, nonsense] obs. nonce-wd a person who talks nonsense "I would not Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:59:52 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1841 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1841 the worthless word for the day is: nanometric [fr. nanometer, after metric] pertaining to a nanometer, which is a billionth part of a meter (pretty small) "The Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:37:13 GMT tsuwm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1840 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwftd/message/1840 the worthless word for the day is: homiletics [fr. Gk homiletos, conversation] (plural but singular in construction) the art of preaching "They were in her BMW