I Like Learning New Words

nementia:

n. the post-distraction effort to recall the reason why you're feeling particularly anxious or angry or excited, in which you retrace your sequence of thoughts like a kid wandering across the neighborhood gathering the string...

To be honest I just like saying the word, the meaning is just a bonus!

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to...

HUMOR FOR LEXOPHILES  (LOVERS OF WORDS):

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest...

"The board of directors needs to defenestrate the CEO." It means to get rid of, or literally, "throw out the window,"  Which if you're a CEO is a little harsher than just being asked to clean out your desk.  (Anyone got a box...

I am always coming across new words. Sometimes they are in crossword puzzles. Sometimes I hear them. Other times I just look through the dictionary (yes ladies, I'm single). Here are my first three new words for this group - in...

Despite first impressions, this really has nothing to do with baths or bathing. Of course, once its meaning is known, bathing is what you may wish to do.The word is Greek in origin. The first part, "bathus", means "deep". The second...

This comes from the Spanish "disembocar"; des (or dis) - reversal and embocar - to put into the mouth.Technically, this refers to water flowing out of the mouth of a river or stream. It can also be used to describe something flowing out...

Three more entries for what may become a slightly predictable series. With a slightly Zen-like theme.
Turbed - feeling very relaxed and at peace with one's self.
Traught - being free from worry.
Ruption - a state of calm.

Even though it shouldn't be necessary, I would be remiss if I didn't make the following disclaimer: This word has absolutely nothing to do with female grooming habits (or the lack thereof).Its origin is uncertain, but may be an...

A few more mislaid opposites that could do with a loving home.
Tinct - somewhat unclear.
Tracted -paying full attention to the task in hand.
Mayed - actually quite pleased.
An update. Without wishing to over-egg the pudding, as it were...

I thought this would dovetail nicely with my most recent entry in this group. For the benefit of those who were out that day, the word was "bathykolpian". The definition is "deep-bosomed".
Today's word is a Latin version of the Greek...

Basorexia (noun):
1. an overwhelming urge to neck or kiss
2. a strong craving or hunger for kissing
Example: I'm overwhelmed with basorexia everytime I'm around you!

This word arrived to my inbox the other day and I'm not sure if it should fall under the compliment or insult category but I happen to think it's quite lovely.
I'd be most pleased to be referred to as a whangdoodle!

adronitis (n): frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone - spending the first few weeks chatting in their psychological entryway, with each subsequent conversation like entering a different anteroom, each a little closer...

I happened to notice some time ago that the Danish for 'shaving foam' is 'barberskum'.

I hope that amuses you all as much as it does me. If not then I shall be left feeling remarkably puerile.

May I suggest three words that may not have existed but certainly should do. Words that have seemingly become separated from their companions and lost by the wayside.

Shevelled - smartly dressed and groomed.
Ept - perfectly capable...

nodus tollens (n.): the realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore - that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don't understand...