fremescence - the sound of growing dissatisfaction in a mob It's the sound that haunts the dreams of totalitarians. The Ceausescus heard it, I'm sure.
gasconade - extravagant boasting Has anyone ever gotten away with this without evincing a deep-seated personal flaw?
hunksit(p.39) - appearing to have no neck Interesting word...makes one think of a square-headed body builder. hispid - rough with bristles It's all the rage with hunky movie stars. Don't bother trying this if you're an old man - it just makes you look like a bum.
infracaninophile(p.130) - someone who champions the underdog The Superbowl brings this out in some people. The Founder likes to pull for winners but he has to be careful not to turn the game around by actually pulling for a team to win. He's ended many a season for a team merely by rooting for them.
jargonaut(P) - one who uses excessive jargon The techie crowd falls into this category. The main problem with it is that they become IT support personnel and the average tech user can't understand what they're saying...a real drag after being on hold for 15 minutes listening to dreck muzak.
kerasine(P) - horny; made of horn Forgive the Founder...he's still 14 at heart.
laeotropic(P) - turning to the left ...and where has it gotten us?
macrotous - having big ears Does anyone know why cartilage continues to grow as we age? Isn't getting old hard enough without the added indignities of enormous ears and salient proboscises? TAWFI covers the nasal spectrum on p.37. Platyopic means having a broad, flat nose. Leptorrhinian means having a long, narrow nose. And kyphorrhinos means a schnoz with a bump...bummer! Maybe aquiline is best as it means like an eagle. Whatever the case may be, that famous social scientist, James Brown, summed it up quite nicely for the male of the species when he observed that if a man still has his hair and his teeth he's got it all. The Founder is shooting for cacocallia(p.71) as his last, best hope as the ravages of age accrue.
naucify(P) - to despise; to hold in low esteem My dad would say: "If you can't say anything nice about someone, say nothing at all." I agree...no need for gratuitous meanness. However, there comes a time when naucifying a scoundrel is just the thing to do. As my Danish grandfather would say to his seven daughters when they headed out for school on foot for their mile and a half trek through the Montana prairie blizzards: "You gotta fight".
obdormition(p.41) - the odd, tingling sensation when a limb "goes to sleep" The Founder's brain can do that, too.
palillogy(P) - repetition of a word or a phrase We've all known people who have pet phrases such as the ubiquitous "been there, done that"; or "awesome"; or "you go, girl". It can be fun but it also can get tiresome. I guess the tiresome part is when it becomes a 'meme'.
quisquilian(p.113) - consisting of trash or rubbish I suppose this could be literal or figurative. How about the quisquilian selections offered by cable tv: a thousand channels and still nothing to watch.
radicolous(P) - living on roots That's ridiculous.
sanguisugent(P) - blood-sucking Tuck this one away for the right moment: such as a visit from a mosquito or an annoying failure-to-launch relative.
thelemic(P) - allowing people to do as they wish The Founder believes a thelemic attitude towards one's partner during the retirement years facilitates the pursuit of happiness. The kids are raised, the grands are off in their own worlds, the pension is providing the basic necessities, no bosses, no deadlines, time is dwindling, old-age is taking its toll, delayed gratification has run its course...take five for a few years before you're drooling in the institution of your children's choice.
ultroneous(P) - spontaneous; voluntary Don't you just love it when something good happens ultroneously? So much of life feels like rolling the ball up the hill but then out of the blue something goes right of its own accord...a boon! Yay for boons!
