word for today

[rockycatt]

nar·cis·sism (närs-szm) also nar·cism (-szm)
n.
1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself. See Synonyms at conceit.
2. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
4. The attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.

 

[BingoT]

And my medical word for the day is....
Radiculomeningomyelitis
Inflammation of the nerve roots, meninges, and spinal cord.

 

[skiny]

My words for the day usually become less appropriate for mixed company as the day progresses.

 

[Andy Walker]

I'd push for "Neoliberalism" as a word it is like an antibiotic against unfettered "Capitalism" neither work though and I'd struggle to co-join the words into something meaningful, not unlike this post

 

[pianoman]

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are my best days.

Abbreviated that's WTF.

Others seem to like 'em as well, you noticed ?

 

[rockycatt]

inveigh


to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently
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[chayton]

sarchasm ( n.): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

arachnoleptic fit ( n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

sorry carry on.

 

[BingoT]

pancreaticoduodenectomy

A surgical procedure involving the removal of the head of the pancreas as well as part of the duodenum.

 

[dunover]

floccinaucinihilipilification

As frequently carried out by Nifty when questioning bogus complaints and newbies attempts to use CM:

noun
[mass noun] rare
the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Origin:
mid 18th century: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning 'at little value') + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar

 

[rockycatt]

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floccinaucinihilipilification

As frequently carried out by Nifty when questioning bogus complaints and newbies attempts to use CM:

noun
[mass noun] rare
the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Origin:
mid 18th century: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning 'at little value') + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar

:notworthy also this ---http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/floccinaucinihilipilification

 

[Borgie]

sesquipedalian

One who uses big words

 

[Andy Walker]

I’d suggest “texted” an almost brilliant invention where you communicate with close friends without having to physically speak and hence hear the tone of the lies in their voice.

You've got to like technology

 

[The Dude]

aroint

A word if aversion to a witch or infernal spirit, of which the etymology is uncertain.

"Aroint thee! Scavengous rogue!"

 

[Andy Walker]

aroint

A word if aversion to a witch or infernal spirit, of which the etymology is uncertain.

"Aroint thee! Scavengous rogue!"

Reminds of "Fugue state" a disorder. Dissociative fugue which can involve unusual travel, and can be sometimes accompanied by the realisation of a new identity.

A bit like me when things on the gambling side have gone wrong, I made my way to play, I didn't do that well and now I have dissociated myself from that person that set out. Something like that anyway.

 

[rockycatt]

Apocope

When you talk about mag instead of magazine, fab when you mean fabulous, or cred for credibility, you are committing apocop