Reocur

Reocur: verb. When something, perhaps an action, happens again and again repeatedly. The cleverer readers of this blog may have noticed that the word is the combination of the words "reoccur" and "recur". In fact Lewis Carroll and the Movement for the Rationalisation of the English Language invented the word simply to remove the confusion over these two original words. However reocur never caught on; it was used only in 2652 academic texts and so the eternal confusion of "reoccur" and "recur" rages on.

Intreconnaissance

Intreconnaissance: noun. A survey or mission, which then determines either the personality or the thoughts of the subject conducting the intreconnaissance. Someone who conducts intreconnaissance is known as an intreconnaisseur. This form of torture and information retrieval was introduced by Captain Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming, when he became the director of MI6. The method was then used on Austro-Hungarian spies, who revealed all they knew to the interrogators. These interrogators had to do virtually nothing to obtain all the information they required. That is the magic of intreconnaissance.

Myrmecohomophobia

Myrmecohomophobia: noun. Although you may think this is the irrational fear of ant-men, it is in fact the irrational ant fear of humans. As can be evidently seen when they are crawling all over your shoe, ants are extremely afraid of humans, to the point where their minds go numb, when they see a human. This phobia is the origin of the phrase: "They're more afraid of you." The authors of this blog have no opinions about this phrase whatsoever. *cough* infuriating *cough* In very rare cases myrmecohomophobia has been discovered in humans. For example a woman from Moloka'i was discovered believing she was an ant and scurrying away from humans on all six. This is particularly interesting due to a lack of a native ant species on the Hawaiian islands.

Abscure

Abscure: verb. To attempt to hide something from sight, while quickly leaving a person, place or thing. In other words making something obscure while absconding. One who commits the act of abscuring is known as an abscurer; abscuring is considered a felony in most countries and are punishable in a range of ways, from a fine of 20 Meticals in Mozambique to a lifetime sentence in Monaco. The word was first used by the Christian population of Rome after the great fire of the city, referring to emperor Nero.

Memeing

Memeing: noun. The process or the creation of a meme. Not necessarily an internet meme, but simply a meme, which in essence must be popular amongst a larger group of people. Someone who conducts memeing is known as a memer. Memers are often known as very reclusive and outgoing people with a tendency for quiet overreaction. Contrary to popular belief the term memeing was coined by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson a member of the Movement for the Rationalisation of the English Language.

Refutement

Refutement: noun. A place, which provides no service whatsoever. A refutement is the exact opposite of an establishment. One should never seek out a refutement as it will be a complete waste of time. The owners of refutements are known as refuters and are considered by many to be considered thoroughly unpleasant people, who will do anything to be extremely unhelpful. The word was first used by a Mr. John Kenneth Fennedy, after he visited the Dallas City Police Department in 1964.

Gizzle

Gizzle: verb.  An action which is conducted by a turkey. The action itself does not have to be anything specific, as long as the turkey is doing something, it can be said he/she is gizzling. Since breathing can be considered doing something, one can say that a turkey is always gizzling. Extending this further could suggest, that a turkey gizzles from birth to death, and therefore instead of living a turkey gizzles. This is where the noun form of the word comes in. For example in sentences such as: "The turkey gizzled an extraordinarily long gizzle of 15 years."

100th word anniversary

Today, our blog celebrates its 100^th contribution to the English language. If you have been following it for some time and want to contribute to the English vocabulary via this blog, don´t hesitate and write it down in the comment section. 

Questions to fill in when submitting your word:

1. [compulsory] What is the word called?

2. [compulsory] Is it a noun, verb, pronoun or some other type of word?

3. [compulsory] What is its definition?

4. [optional] Could you describe its etymological background?

5. [optional] What are your feelings concerning rockhopper penguins on public transport?

6. [optional] On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate you relationship with rockhopper penguins (1 being “lov´em” and 10 being “death to that winged spawn of Satan)?

7. [optional] If you had a choice, who would you save from plummeting to death: George Bush or a rockhopper penguin?

8. [optional] How often do you lie on questionnaires?

9. [optional] Was your answer to the previous question a lie?

10. [optional] Who is to guarantee that you did not lie on question 9?

Nautilausea

Nautilausea: noun. There are several universally acknowledged meanings of this word:
1. Being nauseated by a nautilus. A very common phenomenon among divers, fishermen and any other people who happen to be caught in a storm causing nautili to fall from the sky.
2. Being nauseated by captain Nemo´s submarine, incidentally also called Nautilus. Once the submarine is found, it is (at least according to several witnesses) very easy to become nauseated, as it is typical for it to be covered with many dead fish and octopi that are eventually sucked in and served for dinner.
3. The ill use of the suffix naut, causing nausea among anyone who is prudent enough to care. An example of such an occurrence is the word "juggernaut," which (in simple words) is an unstoppable force and not someone who travels into the jugger the same way a cosmonaut goes to the cosmos and the oceanaut goes to the ocean.

Waterman

Waterman: noun. A waterman is a mythological creature in Slavic fairy tales whose name has never been appropriately translated into English. His physical appearance varies from region to region, being represented like a man with a frog´s head in Eastern Slavic folklore and like a green man with webbed hands and feet in Western Slavic folklore. The Eastern portrayal of a waterman is very similar to the Japanese mythical creature known by the name kappa, while the Western one is far more humanoid with personality traits that resemble ones found in humans. Modern examples of watermen include the current presidents of the Czech and Slovak Republic, as well as the people working for the Underwater Law Enforcement Bureau of the Russian Federation.

Papal Number

Papal Number: noun. A cardinal number brought up to another level; commonly called "number on steroids" by many mathematicians. Not to be confused with one´s PayPal number, which usually refers to the number of customers using PayPal, but also the quantity of money one can steal from a bank without being noticed. The classical definition of a Papal number according to the Oxford-mathematics dictionary is "a real number in a sequence tesseracted and reflected into the fifth dimension." When reflecting numbers across into the fifth dimension, they normally get lost or fly out of one´s sight before their presence in the fifth dimension can be confirmed. If you are a bright mathematician, you will therefore realise that the Papal number 2 is or is not 16 in the fifth dimension.  

Spreemint

Spreemint: verb. To go on a spearmint shopping spree. Not to be confused with sporemint (a spearmint reproducing using spores), spermmint (a spearmint reproducing far too similarly to animals) and spritemint (coca-cola´s attempt at making self-detonating beverages). To spreemint requires a large amount of responsibility, as it is possible to overdo it and then there is no way to save oneself. An interview conducted by employees of the Vatican found out that 103 out of 125 cardinals think spreeminting irresponsibly is a heavy sin and the devil keeps a special compartment for spreeminters who have lost their soul to the devil because of their addiction.

Frockodile

Frockodile: noun. A crocodile wearing a nice and colourful frock or simply an abbreviated form of "freshwater crocodile." Many people think that the first mentioned definition of the word is very rare; they could not be more wrong. In fact, frockodiles are a very important form of entartainment in countries where crocodiles live, as they can perform cabaret numbers and dance the can-can if properly trained. The most famous frockodile, Fifi, starred alongside very talented dancers in the heart of cabaret, the Moulin Rouge.

Blogplete

Blogplete: verb. To suffer from a depletion of ideas when writing a blog. Though not the case of this blog, it is important to make note of those blogs and bloggers that have been affected by this phenomenon and respect them for the ideas that they have already brought to the world. As of 2013, several monuments around the world have been dedicated to those suffereing from blogpletion and the potential that was at least partially used, but mostly wasted. 

Chamberlinger

Chamberlinger: verb. To wait and wait for a long time, hoping that continuous waiting can achieve something. This action also consists of sacrificing everything possible in order to preserve the ability of waiting. Chamberlingering is a very popular sport throughout the world, though it was never more popular than in Britain in the 1930´s, also spreading to France and clinging in the USA until the year 1941. A person who Chamberlingers is often called a Chamberlingerer, though this is a very derogative term and most Chamberlingers prefer themselves to be known simply as "those who Chamberlinger - and it is not their fault."  

Blogflogging

Blogflogging: verb. To deliver a large amount of crtitique towards a hated blog. Blogflogging is far less popular nowadays than in the sixteenth century, when Martin Luther posted his first and last post on a door (unlike us, posting blogs on windows... it´s a pun... forget it), for which he was punished by the Catholic Church. Retrospectively, Martin Luther is often viewed as the first blogflogee as well as the first blogger in the world.

Columboed

Columboed: adjective. Someone who has been outsmarted by a clever detective using the power of deduction. The word can also refer to someone whose identity is cleverly concealed and sheer existence disputed. Obviously, the term comes from the TV series Columbo, in particular the only spin-off episode that featured Columbo´s basset hound as the central figure and mystery solver, sniffing its way to the elites of the Palau opiate mafia. At the end of the episode, when the main criminal is convicted of triple murder by the clever dog, the policeman that transports him to prison comments that the dog´s master is not the only being able to leave people Columboed.

Bastilliation

Bastilliation: noun. The act of doing something that would seem illogical but has large effects. Bastilliation is often refered to in a positive context, but be careful not to use the word in royal or aristocratic circles. The word was derived from the French fortress Bastille that was stormed on June 14th 1789 as a part of the French Revolution. With the subsequent events in mind, a number of times bastilliation is mentioned with derision.

Furtwangle

Furtwangle: verb. To conduct an orchestra without overt reference to rhythm. Unlike Toscanining, Karajaning and Mehtaing, Furtwangling tackles musical works by viewing them as suggestions that have to be expanded upon (which is not necessarily a good thing). Experts on classical music have commented that Furtwangling must be moderated or else people will start to rewrite works by different composers and morphing them into something as insane as a Mahler symphony.  

Wristle

Wristle: verb. To wrestle with your wrists. Contrary to popular belief, wristling actually is not an olympic sport as some people have claimed it is. Without a doubt, it is a far more obscure sport than normal wrestling and even armwrestling. Wristling is not even half as popular as thumbwrestling, which was discovered in a poll conducted by the Wrestler´s digest in 2010, noting that the rules of wristling were far too complicated for anyone to understand - the mental capacity to be able to play the game properly soon ruled out most of the possible contestants who engaged in the other forms of wrestling.

Spknorpstick

Spknorpstick: noun. The combination of a spoon, knife, fork and chopstick all in one. The invention is a rather ingenious one as it is useful for people who are unable to eat with Asian or European cutlery. It is also very practical, since it can be worn on a keychain and used similarly to a Swiss army knife, the default being a combination of all cutlery, useful for cutting portions of your food already lifetd up to your mouth when you realise it is too big to chew.  

Vampeerism

Vampeerism: noun. Surviving by feeding on urine left by defenceless victims. A person who practices this occult tradition is called a vampeere (not to be confused with Van Persie, a British football player). The condition is, unlike classical vampirism, not transmitted from person to person via blood, but via urine. Pagan druids would often recount stories of urine drinking monsters that took the souls of the people whose urine they drank, which is why flushable toilets were invented during the Vampeere Uprising in Eastern London. Thanks to this ingenious invention, the vampeere population was absolutely destroyed, also having the good side effect of hygienic waste disposal (which came as an unexpected bonus).   

Hotheroth

Hotheroth: adjective. An alternative spelling of the word "hotter" used in a few restricted parts of our universe. The birthplace of this word is the frozen planet Hoth, where nothing is really hot. Due to this fact, people living there decided to rank things of different heat using a scale of hothness that starts at absolute zero, rather than our scale of "hotness," which starts at zero degrees centigrade. When exposed to something truly hot, the inhabitants of Hoth will call it hot, the scale for comparison being the following:

Coldestoth --- Colderoth --- Coldoth --- OKoth --- Hoth --- Hotheroth --- Hothestoth --- Hot
  -273°C           -150°C         -50°C       0°C         25°C         50°C          75°C        100°C

Micket

Micket: depends. A cricket term that may refer to several things, depending on whether it is a verb, noun or adverbial modifier:
1. Verb: Mimicking playing with a set of stumps and balls, which is very useful when one has none. It should, however, be refrained from when playing an official match, as it would inevitably confuse fans.
2. Noun: A cricket match ticket.
3. Adverbial modifier: A word describing a mad cricketer with resemblance to a cricket. Unlike other adverbial modifiers, micket does not require the suffix "-ly," which would be confusing if it was not explained. Combined, the three words give rise to sentences like: "We bought a micket to see our cricketers micket win the micket tournament" or "My micket mickets micket," meaning something like: "My cricket ticket mimics like a mad cricketer with resemblance to a cricket."  

Outpeed

Outpeed: adjective. The literal translation of the Czech word "vyčůraný," meaning "sneaky," "cunning" or "sly." The word is only used in a negative context, i.e. a person is never called outpeed in a flattering fashion. Being the result of a movement parallel to the Movement for the Rationalisation of the English Language led by Lewis Carroll, the term soon became the object of squabble between the two. While the former, called the Movement for Filling in the Gaps of our Language, claimed that the word was an absolutely normal addition to English, the latter was convinced that by adopting it, the MFGL had sunk beneath the level of a common garbage man. Because of this dispute, the two movements eventually united, as it was obvious that the reason for the MREL´s disagreement with the new word came from plain jealousy. The day when the two movements joined went down in history, producing a new super-movement, which the new leaders decided to call "The Omnipotent Movement For Getting Some Truly Funny Utterings."    

Furtle

Furtle: verb. To experience hiccups and flatulence at the same time, often with one triggering the other. A person who furtles repeatedly is called a furtler and the annual contest in furtling is called "The Furtlerian Games." Interestingly, the condition is acknowledged by the Panamian Medical Society as "a life threatening disease that severely decreases the quality of life of the people who suffer from it." In some countries, furtlers are treated to higher wages, less taxation and disability support pension, while in others, furtlers are persecuted and exterminated as pesky vermin that make it impossible to sit on a bus without choking to death.  

Sumring

Sumring: verb. To collapse into complete apathy at being confronted with two months of free time. Sumring is a strangely common phenomenon, though it would seem slightly counterintuitive at first. But behind the first impression, sumring is the completely logical result of months of hard work and a sudden stop in quicksand. Patients diagnosed with this problem are instructed to do something out of the ordinary and do things they have always wanted to do. In other words: stop reading this post, go out and live! It´s Summer, for God´s sake - well unless you are in the Southern hemisphere, that is.

Stricky

Stricky: adjective. Something that is very sticky and tricky, perhaps even stickily tricky or trickily stricky. An example of something stricky is a stricky trap. This ingenious invention relies on stickiness and trickiness to catch mice into a bowl of tomato soup in the following way:
1. The mouse is lured by a fishing rod with cheese.
2. The mouse crosses a wire, which triggers an alarm.
3. Green arrows start glowing, pointing in the direction of the tomato soup.
4. The mouse is tricked into thinking that the green arrows point to an emergency exit and follows them, until it crawls on top of a piece of cardboard with sticky tar on it.
5. The piece of cardboard then slides off of a slide into the bowl with tomato soup.
6. The mouse survives, using the cardboard as a buoy. Don´t worry, if you are not at home at the time, it can survive by eating/drinking the tomato soup.
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Stupidfy

Stupidfy: verb. To make someone so awestruck that they lose their power of comprehension, some of which is never regained. The difference between stupefying and stupidfying is that the latter is more or less permanent, while the former can usually be overcome. One can find many stupidfied people in history and in literature - after all, can anyone really think that Ophelia from Macbeth would have done what she did if she were not stupidfied (and under the influence of certain horse sedatives)? 

Flermjung

Flermjung: Noun. A piece of dung flying through the air at top speed. Such phenomenon really used to be the most normal thing in the world for cow breeders and farmers during the period of industrialisation, when experiments were done with new techinques of fertilisation. Throwing the faeces at arable pieces of land using a giant catapult operated by a donkey certainly was far easier than getting the time to fertilise each millimetre of soil one by one. Sadly, these catapults have long been out of use and the last example was burnt by a lunatic claiming to be the new messiah in a British museum.

Necronegropaedofelinoharassment

Necronegropaedofelinoharassment: noun. Harassing a young, dead and black cat. Though fairly typical in the previous centuries, Necronegropaedofelinoharassment seems to have died out, or at least retreated from the public´s awareness. In the 17th century though, it was quite a hit and every lady that was deemed ladylike had her own young, dead and black cat in her pocket, or at least dangling from a key chain. This fashionable accessory was (and still is) very cheap, so don´t hesitate to phone our company and order one or even two of these beautiful... things right now! For 5.99 pounds, you also get your own key chain! Dial: 606 616 626 or email us at: welovedeadcats@gmail.com.