Auriferous

Sounds a lot like orifice, just saying.

auriferous

\aw-RIF-er-uh s\ adjective 1. yielding or containing gold.

Bad Grammar

Venial

The congenial venial.

venial

\VEE-nee-uh l, VEEN-yuh l\ adjective 1. able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal). 2. excusable; trifling; minor: a venial error; a venial offense.

Synonym Rolls

Thrummy

I'm getting all chummy with thrummy; what a great word. But I don't like it when my husband's facial hair gets thrummy.

thrummy

\THRUHM-ee\ adjective 1. of or abounding in thrums; shaggy or tufted.

Vowel Movement

Mirabilia

Memorabilia, paraphernalia, now mirabilia.

mirabilia

\mee-rah-BIL-i-ah\ plural noun 1. Latin. marvels; miracles.

Book/Cat lover

Vilipend

Not surprised that vilipend is related to vilify.

vilipend

\VIL-uh-pend\ verb 1. to regard or treat as of little value or account. 2. to vilify; depreciate.

Book Dragon

Nodus

Every author thinks they can pull off a nodus. It's not true. And you have to have a decent audience behind you before publishing will let you try it.

nodus

\NOH-duh s\ noun 1. a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.

Cabin vs. Mansion

Peradventure

Into each adventure falls some peradventure.

peradventure

\pur-uh d-VEN-cher, per-\ noun 1. chance, doubt, or uncertainty. 2. surmise.

Happiness

Gaposis

I didn't know this word existed. I would have been using it long ago. Though it sounds like a modern, made-up word.

gaposis

\gap-OH-sis\ noun 1. Facetious. a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.

More Ocean

Limacine

Hmmm, I wonder if limousines are for limacine creatures.

limacine

\LIM-uh-sahyn, -sin, LAHY-muh-\ adjective 1. pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.

Awesome Chair

Paean

Truly, it amazes me how similar words, like peon, can mean something so different from paean.				paean \PEE-uh n\ noun 1. any song of praise, joy, or triumph. 2. a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.

No Commercials

Lucubrate

lucubrate

\LOO-kyoo-breyt\ verb 1. to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night. 2. to write learnedly.

A Good Pun

Whigmaleerie

Say huh?

whigmaleerie

\hwig-muh-LEER-ee, wig-\ noun 1. a whim; notion. 2. a whimsical or fanciful ornament or contrivance; gimmick.

Sarchotic

Different definitions . . .

Mountebank

Forgive me for saying so, but it looks like mount a bank, so this word should have to do with hiking.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO, not this word.

mountebank

\MOUN-tuh-bangk\ noun 1. any charlatan or quack. 2. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.

Could Of

Truly, Facebook is hard for me. I could of been this kid and that could of been my mom, but my mother was a nazi about pronouncing things properly and using correct grammar. So no, I guess that couldn't have been me . . .

You know, I should collect all the memes that are grammatically incorrect and post them . . .

Circumbendibus

Wow, what a ridiculous way to say "convoluted."

circumbendibus

\sur-kuh m-BEN-duh-buh s\ noun 1. Informal. a roundabout way; circumlocution.

Opacus

This word makes me want to speak like a Greek. "Spartacus, your tunic is translucentcus, but I wish it was opacus, like the overcast sky."

opacus

\oh-PEY-kuh s\ adjective 1. Meteorology. (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.

The Devil Whispered

Letter to Satan

Stultify

OMG, I can't believe how excited I got when I saw this as the word of the day. I'm dating myself, but when I was in college, Lisa Loeb and the Nine Stories were one of my favorite groups. "It's Over" is one of my favorite songs on the album. "Don't stultify, don't hold me high." So I've known this word for 22 years.

stultify

\STUHL-tuh-fahy\ verb 1. to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous. 2. to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means: Menial work can stultify the mind.