The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read
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FREEALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2007
TIDBITS® BRINGS YOU MORE
UNUSUAL WORDS, Part 2
by Kathy Wolfe
This week, Tidbits continues with its
lexiphanicism — showing off with big words! It’s
time to learn...
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The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2006
FREEALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2007
TIDBITS® BRINGS YOU MORE
UNUSUAL WORDS, Part 2
by Kathy Wolfe
This week, Tidbits continues with its
lexiphanicism — showing off with big words! It’s
time to learn more about these whatchamacallits
and thingamajigs.
• Those who love cats are ailurophilists, while
those who love dogs are cynophilists.
People who
love all animals are referred to as philotherialists.
• Misogamists and misopedists often go hand
in hand.
They hate marriage and children,
respectively.
Gamophobists don’t hate marriage;
they’re just afraid of it.
• Stop, thief! Look at the wide variety of terms
used to describe these crooks — brigand,
snaffler, kirkbuzzer, efter, ladrone or footpad.
The snaffler is mainly a horse thief, while the
kirkbuzzer robs only churches.
The efter steals
from theater customers while the performance is
on, and ladrones and footpads are muggers who
thieve while on foot.
A specialized pickpoc
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