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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
​The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap

WORD LISTS SPECIAL FEATURES ​WORDS FROM OTHER CATEGORIES ​ARTICLES FROM THE REFERENCE CORNER Learn about weird and wacky words

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 & archaic​OBSOLETE 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

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​OLD FASHIONED?
​ ​OLD FASHIONED WORDS OF LONG AGO


ABLIGURITION - spending lavish amounts of money on food

​CARKER - a mischievous child or brat

COCKALORUM - a small man with a big opinion of himself

CRAPULOUS - feeling ill after eating too much

DYSANIA - someone who has difficulty getting out if bed in the morning

ELFLOCK - a person with messed up hair - as if elves did it

FOPDOODLE- a dumbass

FUDGEL - giving the impression you are working but actually doing nothing

​GROTE- someone who stares at you hoping you’ll share your food

GRUEFLING- to lie wrapped up in a comfortable manner

GRUMBLETONIANS - people who are unhappy or angry with the government

HONEYFUGGLE - to entice or deceive by flattery or sweet talk

HUGGER MUGGER - secret or covert behavior

HUMDURGEON - an imaginary illness. The first known usage of humdudgeon was recorded in the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, written by Captain Francis Grose in 1785: “he has got the hum dudgeon … nothing ails him except low spirits.

JARGOGLE - to confuse or jumble up

LANSPRESADO - someone who shows up without any money

MOLLYLOGGING - frequenting the company of loose and immoral women

MUCK-SPOUT - someone who talks and curses a lot

MUGWUMPS - someone who is in charge who affects to be above petty squabbles

PEG PUFF - a young woman with the manners of an old one

RAGGERBRASH - disorganized person

SHIVVINESS - the uncomfortable feeling of new underwear

SNOLLYGOSTER - someone who has intelligence but no principles

THELEMITE- someone who does what he wants

TRINKLE - to listen in on a conversation or eavesdrop

TRUMPERY- things that look good but are essentially useless

TWATTLING- gossiping abound idle unimportant things

UHTCEARE - lying up awake worrying about tomorrow

The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap

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