Friday, August 04, 2006

Words words words, I'm so sick of words...or not

Multiple Entries I've Accrued from Double Tongued Word Wrester:

grow teeth
v. phr. in golf, (said of a course or hole) to become difficult; generally, to increase in importance or effect.
Editorial Note: The Oxford English Dictionary has a sense under tooth “pl. denoting the ability to compel or enforce, esp. by the exaction of penalties, etc.” dating to 1925.
Aspenize
v. (of a city or town) to become, or cause to become, tourist-oriented, especially in such a way as to grow unaffordable or unlivable for workers or native residents.
Much easier to say than "Telluridize" which is more current; Aspen is old money now. [so sayeth Cat.]
dinosaur wine
n. petroleum or its derivatives.

rark up
v. phr. to disturb, annoy, or provoke (someone), especially verbally; to chastise or harangue; to stimulate, motivate, or excite (someone). Occasionally non-phrasal: rark. Also as noun, rark-up or rark, a chastisement, goading, or disturbance.
Editorial Note: The Macquarie Dictionary has a similar term arc up, defined as “colloquial to react angrily: to arc up at a critical comment.” Thanks to John Yesberg for the tip.


Word of the Day: from Omniglot [a new-to-me word site]

ROMPRE
v. to break (up/off/with) / séparer en deux parties, briser, mettre en pièces
Mnemonic: To remember this word I think of someone romping around breaking things.

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