Thursday, 17 April 2008

Words of the Week

Dentiloquist
n. One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.

Precibal
adjective: occurring before meals

Inspissate
To thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.

portiere
noun
a heavy curtain hung across a doorway

Underfong
1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
2. To insnare; to circumvent.
3. To sustain; to support; to guard.

5 comments:

  1. Well what's the difference between a dentiloquist and ventriloquist? :0)

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  2. I love dentiloquist! We have a different term for it: the bucky grits. It's when you're so mad that you talk with your teeth clenched and you pull you lips back giving the appearence of buck teeth. Now I can say, "Don't you dentiloquate at me!!!"

    Maybe not!

    Patience

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  3. Underfong is a word? It sounds vaguely...obscene, doesn't it?

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  4. Underfong. Sounds like a jibber jabber word for underwear and thong. Or maybe it's just because I'm doing laundry today so I have underwear on the brain. Anywho. Always love coming over here and learning new words.

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  5. underfong sounds like someone with a lisp.

    I want to hear him/her say Inspissate.

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