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20 Weird English Words

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:57:25 GMT

clipped by: Brimstone
clipper's remarks: 19. Widdiful

Someone who deserves to be hanged

20. Zabernism

The abuse of military power or authority. I wonder how long it will take for this one to show up in the comments.

Clip Source: listverse.com

1. Erinaceous

Like a hedgehog

2. Lamprophony

Loudness and clarity of voice

3. Depone

To testify under oath

4. Finnimbrun

A trinket or knick-knack

5. floccinaucinihilipilification

Estimation that something is valueless. Proper pronunciation based on Latin roots: flockə-nowsə-nəkələ-pələ-fək-ation.

6. Inaniloquent

Pertaining to idle talk

7. Limerance

An attempt at a scientific study into the nature of romantic love.

8. Mesonoxian

Pertaining to midnight

9. Mungo

A dumpster diver - one who extracts valuable things from trash

10. Nihilarian

A person who deals with things lacking importance (pronounce the ‘h’ like a ‘k’).

11. Nudiustertian

The day before yesterday

12. Phenakism

Deception or trickery

13. Pronk

A weak or foolish person

14. Pulveratricious

Covered with dust

15. Rastaquouere

A social climber

16. Scopperloit

Rude or rough play

17. Selcouth

Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful. For example: The List Universe is such a selcouth website!

18. Tyrotoxism

To be poisoned by cheese

Tags: literature

ELEVATOR ACTION

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:24:05 GMT

clipped by: Brimstone

Clip Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

A MAN who plunged 25ft down a lift shaft had his fall broken by a woman who had fallen down the day before.

Jens Wilhelms, 27, managed to free himself from the shaft at the apartment block in Frankfurt, Germany, where he lived.

But the 57-year-old woman he landed on was badly injured and is critical in hospital.

Tags: weird

"Poop Vanilla and Endless Soup" & and other weird research topics

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:05:33 GMT

clipped by: Brimstone
clipper's remarks: Also, vanilla fragrance can be effectively extracted from cow dung, and hamsters given Viagra cope better with jetlag.

Clip Source: improbable.com

"Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects."

studying how sheets become wrinkled

Wrinkling of an Elastic Sheet Under Tension

doing a census of all the mites, insects, spiders, pseudoscorpions, crustaceans, bacteria, algae, ferns and fungi with whom we share our beds each night

for showing that rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards

for her study of the word "the" -- and of the many ways it causes problems for anyone who tries to put things into alphabetical order

for instigating research & development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other

for exploring the seemingly boundless appetites of human beings, by feeding them with a self-refilling, bottomless bowl of soup

discovery that Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters

for exploring and explaining why woodpeckers don't get headaches

showing that dung beetles are finicky eaters

Tags: research, humour

Can You get Dear with a Dead Deer?

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:23:21 GMT

clipped by: Brimstone
clipper's remarks: Peta are throwing paint on celebrities, instead of focussing on people like this!

Clip Source: www.thesmokinggun.com

NOVEMBER 16--Meet Bryan James Hathaway, alleged venison lover.

The Wisconsin man, 20, is facing charges that he had sex last month with a dead deer.

Wisconsin motion argues sex with animal carcass not a crime

Hathaway, who previously has served time for killing a horse he intended to sexually assault,

allegedly found the deer in a ditch alongside a roadway.

Now Hathaway's lawyer has filed a court motion (a copy of which you'll find here) arguing that since the animal was already dead, Hathaway should not face a misdemeanor rap of sexual gratification with an animal.

Tags: sick, animal, funny, weird

Playboy, Braille Edition

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:00:29 GMT

clipped by: Brimstone
clipper's remarks: this page is actually titled "Photographer Captures America's Best-Kept Secrets" there are some really cool images but I think this one is the funniest.

Clip Source: www.wired.com

Playboy, Braille Edition

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the Library of Congress, maintains a free national library of braille materials. Playboy was selected on the basis of demonstrated reader interest; Congress funds free distribution of the braille edition.

Tags: funny, images, news, weird