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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap
WORD LISTS SPECIAL FEATURES WORDS FROM OTHER CATEGORIES
- Obscure Words from Language Category
- Nonsense ~ Gibberish ~ Grandiloquent ~ Oddities ~ Whimsical ~ Quirky ~ Bizarre ~ Sensory ~ Boring ~ Hyphenated
WEIRD AND WACKY WORDS
strange and bizarre old and rare words
OBSCURITY OF THE NORM
obscure words for everyday things
BRINGING BACK
the old, rare & archaicOBSOLETE WORDS
DIRECTORY OF WORD LISTS
SEE ALSO FROM THE REFERENCE CENTER:
Death March for an Obsolete Word
Classifying Words by Usage - New to Obsolete
Ye Olde Fossils Keep On Kicking
Tracing the Etymology of a Word
- Scent of a Woman From Long Ago
- Obsolete Words For All Your Friends
- Whippersnapper! How We Define Old
- An Ode to the Oddly Obsolete
- Drunken Seance to Raise the Forgotten
- How Grandiloquent Can a Cheeky Logophile Be?
- Do We Put Ice in an Old Fashioned?
- Tossing a Jambled Up Obsolete Word Salad
- Obsolete Words Deserve a Second Chance
- A Merry Ole Archaisms - Beyond Obsolete
SEE ALSO FROM THE REFERENCE CENTER:
Death March for an Obsolete Word
Classifying Words by Usage - New to Obsolete
Ye Olde Fossils Keep On Kicking
Tracing the Etymology of a Word
Obsolete Words For All YOUR FRIENDS
GAME: Pin the Tail on the Donkey!
See how many people you can match to these old fashioned obsolete descriptors. Shane that they are not used much anymore - they are still relevant. Let’s get them trending!
BELLICOSE - that guy who likes to fight
BLIMINAWKY - a stupid, foolish person
CARKER - a mischievous child or brat
COCKALORUM - a small man with a big opinion of himself
COXCOMB - a vain and conceited man; a dandy
CUGGERMUGGER - someone who whispers gossip
CUMBERGROUND - is an utterly useless person who literally serves no other purpose than to take up space.
FAINÉANT - an idle or ineffective person
FOPDOODLE- a dumbass
GALOOT - a clumsy, uncouth person or am awkward or eccentric one
GOBSYOTCH - a greedy, clownish person who gobbles his food
GROTE- someone who stares at you hoping you’ll share your food
GONGOOZLER - an idle person or rubbernecker.
GRUMBLETONIANS - people who are unhappy or angry with the government
HEBEPHRENIC - a condition where one acts in a silly and immature way much like an adolescent. Let's face it, we all know hebephrenic behavior is most often manifested by non-adolescents.
HOBBLEDEHOY - an ungainly, awkward teenager
HODDYPEAK - a fool, simpleton, noodle, blockhead.
JACKANAPES - a saucy, sassy or mischievous child
LANSPRESADO - someone who shows up without any money
NEDOVTIPA - someone who can’t take a hint
NITHING - a contemptible or despicable person
PARANYMPTH - your wingman
PEACOCKER - someone who is acting flashy and flamboyant in order to attract someone.
PUCKFISTS - self-entitled people who braggingly dominate a conversation about themselves.
QUISBY - a lazy ass
QUIDNUNC - an inquisitive, gossipy person
RAGGERBRASH - “a big mess” or disorganized person
RAPSCALLION - a sneaky or mischievous person
SCARAMOUCH - a boastful, arrogant person. A ruffian or scoundrel.
SCIOLIST - a person who pretends to be knowledgeable
SLUBERDEGULLION - slacker; couch potato
SMATCHET - a contemptible person
SNOLLYGOSTER - someone who has intelligence but no ethics, morals or principles
SPERMOLOGER - a picker-up of trivia, of current news, a gossip monger
STICKYBEAK - a busybody
THELEMITE- someone who does what he wants whenever he wants
TWATTLE - to chatter mindlessly or gossip.
ULTRACREPIDARIAN - pompous, arrogant know-it-all
WINDBAGGER - someone who talks at length about nothing.
WITZELSUCHT - is a rare neurological disorder whose sufferers have an excessive tendency to tell pointless stories or inappropriate jokes and puns.
ZAFTY - a person very easily imposed upon
ZOILISTS - unfair or unnecessarily harsh critics or people who particularly enjoy finding fault in you, everyone else and the whole world.
The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap
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Collection of Vocabulary Books, Sites and Resources
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Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and #wordoftheday and shared visually on pinterest bulletin boards
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