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Twelve Words That Should be in the Dictionary But Aren’t

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Fabeltastic

Def: Existing only in the imagination, with the proviso that one imagines a fable.

Example: Lassie says there are aliens in the back yard? That's fabeltastic!

Scarmblesque

Def: Suggestive of a scrambling.

Example: Your composition seems rather scamblesque.

Exacious

Def: Given to taking off.

Example: Bart, whose exacious wife had once again given him the slip, looked mighty sad.

Etest

Def: Not part of a body of witness.

Example: Surly Bob was rather etest to the party's victory.

Friendictive

Def: Causing to make friends.

Example: The pilgrims sank their teeth in Chief Massasoit's friendictive gifts.

Logomorph

Def: Shaped in the form of a word.

Example: The logo of the movie Grease is a logomorph.

Glug

Def: A mug made of glass.

Example: Do you want your coffee in a glass, a mug or a glug?

Serendiquencial

Def: Something that follows something else by accident.

Example: Professor Waltheim, the serendipitous discoverer of the ancient temple, lost his wallet serendiquencially.

Canver

Def: A deliberate obstruction with no practical function other than to provoke.

Example: Severely irritated Sally turned to the canver hooligan and shouted, Quit canvering me

Didower

Def: A divorcee who feels like a widower.

Example: As he signed the divorce papers, his pen swept like a scythe through his soul and he realized he'd be a didower forever.

Frisque

Def: Chilly but crisp.

Example: George stepped out and took a deep whiff of the frisque, autumn air.

Pecunelet; Pecuneletive

Def: A little money, specifically earned; the quality of yielding little profit.

Example: Google ads are really quite pecuneletive.



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