Vocabulary Yoga – 4

Posted on | April 21, 2010 | No Comments

For this round of Vocabulary Yoga, I visited Miriam Webster’s Open Dictionary; an incredibly entertaining and informative place. As the name implies, it’s an open project, that anyone can submit words and their definitions to. Here are some recent favorites:

textcasm: sarcasm used in text messaging or in online social networking

terribad: having exceptionally poor or undesirable qualities and characteristics

sleeplash: a sudden sharp rising of the head and neck upon awakening in a seated position

hecticity: a feeling of panic and stress usually brought on by having too much to do and not enough time to do it

retrosexual: one who favors old-fashioned manners for dating*

sarcaustic: extremely sarcastic

skeptimistic: skeptical yet hopeful

techspert: a person knowledgeable about technology

bloggery: the act or phenomenon of blogging

scavengineer: to use only those materials and tools immediately available

*Editor’s Note: Retrosexual appeared in an earlier Vocabulary Yoga post defined as, “A man with an undeveloped aesthetic sense who spends as little time and money as possible on his appearance and lifestyle.”

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