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Acribbitz [ack-krib-itz] verb, noun -
  1. verb - to increase in quantity, size, or volume. {thanks austin smusz}
  2. noun - a confrontational or mean spirited comment.
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Alice B. Tolkien [al-is bee tohl-keen] noun -
  1. a lesbian who writes fantasy novels.
  2. elven lembas prepared with cannabis sativa. {thanks crazymonk}
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Alphabetilately [al-fuh-bet-i-lat-ee-lee] noun -
  1. the alphabet of philately.
  2. an exhibit at the National Postal Museum. {source}
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Alphabetocracy [al-fuh-bet-ok-ruh-see] [] noun -
  1. a form of government led by those whose names occur first alphabetically.
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Antepenantepenultimate [an-tee-pen-an-tee-pi-nuhl-tuh-mit] [] noun -
  1. fifth to last. {thanks jeffrey}
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Bananarcalepsy [buh-nan-nahr-kuh-lep-see] [] noun -
  1. an acute strain of narcalepsy triggered by fruit. {thanks michael}
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Bananarchy [buh-nan-nahr-kee] noun -
  1. an absence of government triggered by fruit.
  2. a lack of order surrounding the production and distribution of bananas. {source, thanks nick}
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Bananus [buh-ney-nus] [] noun -
  1. the very last piece of a banana. {thanks ronald}
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Bureautrash [byoor-oh-trash] [] noun -
  1. a derogatory term for bureaucratic administrators. {thanks jbg}
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Carcolepsy [kahr-kuh-lep-see] noun -
  1. a condition characterized by the tendency to become drowsy when driving or riding in a car.  {thanks zan}
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Comcastrophe [com-cast-truh-fee] [] noun -
  1. a situation in which communications provider Comcast’s technology or customer service falters in a particularly egregious or spectacular manner.
  2. pretty much any interaction with Comcast. {source}
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Comebacklement [kuhm-BAK-luh-ment] noun -
  1. a retort, intended to be an insult, that unintentionally complements its recipient.  Example: “That salsa is hot.” “Your mom is hot.”  {thanks andrea}
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Computrification [kuhm-pyoo-tri-fi-ca-tion] [fauxdio2.jpg] noun -
  1. being lulled into a petrified state by the Medusa-like glare of a computer monitor.
  2. the increasingly obvious and malodorous smell of a computer programmer during a lengthy session of code-writing, or a particularly stressful game of Bioshock. {thanks Ben Lee and Lily Chumley}
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Craicwhore [krak-hohr] noun -
  1. a prostitute addicted to Irish culture and nightlife. {more info} {thanks crazymonk}
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Crucifixation [kroo-suh-fik-sey-shuhn] noun -
  1. a preoccupation with all things related to Jesus, particularly his storied death and resurrection. {thanks jbg}
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Cumulolingus [kyoo-myuh-loh-ling-uhs] noun -
  1. erotically appearing, sexy little clouds. {near fauxmophone of cumulomingus} {thanks liz}
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Cumulomingus [kyoo-myuh-loh-ming-uhs] noun -
  1. Erratically appearing, jazzy little clouds. {thanks jon may}
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Cuspador [kuhs-puh-dawr] [] noun -
  1. an adventurer, typically from the 16th century, who exists on the cusp of many things.
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Dreadhawk [dred-hawk] [] noun -
  1. a hairstyle consisting of dreadlocks shaped into a mohawk.
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Estrogenetics [es-truh-juh-net-iks] [] noun -
  1. the study of the passing on of female sex characteristics. {thanks michael}
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Falindrome [foul-in-drohm] noun -
  1. a word or phrase that, because of its peculiar structure appears to be a palindrome, but cannot in fact be read the same forwards and backwards. {source: falindrome.com} {via waxy and beingfamous}
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Fauxdio [foh-dee-oh] [] noun -
  1. of, pertaining to, or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of fake sounds.
  2. a method of audibly demonstrating the pronunciation of fauxlogisms by utilizing the [] icon on a website exclusively dedicated to such fauxlogisms.
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Fauxlogism [foh-lo-jiz-uhm] [] noun -
  1. a false word, usage, or expression.
  2. a website dedicated to such false words, usages or expressions.
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Fauxlogophobia [foh-lo-jo-foh-bee-uh] noun -
  1. an irrational fear of false words. {thanks thebonobo} {similar to neologophobia, an irrational fear of new words, as in “the term *blogosphere* elicited such intense neologophobia that she covered her ears and screamed.”}
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Fauxmophone [foh-muh-fohn] [] noun -
  1. a fauxlogism that is pronounced the same as another fauxlogism, but differs in meaning.
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Fauxtograph [fot-tuh-graf] noun, verb-
  1. verb - the act of convincing someone that they are posing for a still photograph, when in fact their actions are being recorded in video form.
  2. noun - the resulting video from such an action. {source and funny examples, though I’m a little bit miffed that they’re using my now trademarked ‘faux’ thing}
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Fiansow [fee-ahn-sou] noun -
  1. An overweight or particularly swine-like fiancé or fiancée.
  2. Any pain or injury caused by a fiancé or fiancée.
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Flagel [fley-guhl] [] noun -
  1. a bagel that is slightly flatter than a traditional bagel. {image source}
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Frankula [frangk-yuh-luh] [] noun -
  1. the offspring of Dracula and the Bride of Frankenstein. {thanks jbg}
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Frescata [fres-kot-uh] [] noun -
  1. freshly baked bread.
  2. a strange marketing gimmick by Wendy’s. {image source}
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Fritalian [fri-TAL-yuhn] noun -
  1. a language consisting of foreign sounding words that might be, but probably are not, either French or Italian. {source: dunkin donuts}
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Gigasaur [gig-uh-sawr] noun -
  1. any computer, or computing device, that is more than one year old.  {thanks soto}
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Googleplex [goo-gol-pleks] [] noun -
  1. a euphemism for watching movies on one’s personal computer.
  2. near fauxmophone: goggleplex [gog-uhl-pleks] - noun - a movie theater where you stare with bulging or wide-open eyes at the screen.
  3. near fauxmophone: googolplex [go-gol-pleks] - noun - a movie theater with 10^100 power screens. {source}
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Gynocide [gahy-nuh-sahyd] noun -
  1. the mass killing of women. {source gloria steinem}
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Homoner [hohm-oh-ner] [] noun -
  1. a homosexual adult who buys a house in a gentrifying, or soon to be gentrifying, neighborhood. {thanks poo poo}
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Lollygoogle [lol-ee-goog-uhl] verb, noun
  1. verb - aimless surfing of the web.
  2. noun - a meaningless piece of information discovered while aimlessly surfing the web. {thanks wuyi}
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Macro Golf [mak-roh gawlf] [] noun -
  1. the game of miniature golf scaled up to the same size as traditional golf (e.g. life sized windmills and hundred foot clown heads would dot the course).
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Mahaloha [mah-ha-loh-hah] [] noun -
  1. a Hawaiian greeting that both welcomes a visitor and thanks him/her for his presence.
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Mandex [man-deks] [] noun -
  1. a stretchy synthetic fiber used primarily in men’s athletic clothing.
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Mandle [man-dl] [] noun -
  1. a candle for a man. {source}
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Manyak [man-YAK] [] noun -
  1. the stub end of a sliced food product, typically a bread or a casserole. {see also bananus}
  2. a person who eats said stub, usually by choice. {source jon may’s great grandmother, who used the term pejoratively and is suspected of secretly coveting the piece for herself. The word may be a Yiddish transliteration of the English word ‘maniac’.}
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Michael Bayesian Filters [mahy-kuhl bey-zee-uhn fil-terz] [] noun -
  1. a series of computer based filters, trained over time through an artificial intelligence process, which allow computer controlled motion picture cameras to automatically record high budget action sequences in the style of producer/director Michael Bay.
  2. a method of filtering email spam that relies on producer/director Michael Bay to manually read and sort all incoming messages.
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Narcessertion [nahr-suh-sur-shuhn] [] noun -
  1. a bold and opinionated statement that amounts to self-praise.
  2. any assertion made by a federal narcotics agent. {thanks jbg}
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Nevaucus [nuh-vah-kuhs] [] noun, verb -
  1. noun - a meeting of Nevada Democratic party members to select delegates to the state’s presidential candidate nominating convention.
  2. verb - the action of attending a Nevada caucus (e.g., I will Nevaucus for Obama this Saturday). {source}
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Nonidage [non-id-ij] noun -
  1. A person who looks nothing like their online picture. {exp. “So I met the guy from nerve.com personals at the movies and he was a TOTAL nonidage!”} {thanks athanata}
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Nougatocity [noo-guht-aw-si-tee] [] noun -
  1. a heightened yet fleeting state of accomplishment that makes you realize how unbelievably unmotivated you normally are.
  2. one small part of a larger Snickers marketing campaign. {image source} {thanks michael}
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Obamanxiety [oh-bom-ang-zahy-i-tee] noun -
  1. an obamauxlogism defining the low-level, yet persistent feeling of a Barack Obama supporter who feels that despite Obama’s comfortable delegate lead and momentum, Hillary Clinton will still somehow manage to win the nomination. {thanks crazymonk}
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Obamauxlogism [oh-bom-oh-lo-jiz-uhm] noun -
  1. a fauxlogism constructed from the name of presidential candidate Barack Obama (e.g. barackstar, obamemtum, obamania, barackandroll, etc.).  {thanks crazymonk}
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Octobird [ok-tuh-burd] noun -
  1. a flying octopus. {thanks michael}
  2. an underwater-dwelling, surprisingly intelligent bird.
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Pandasaurus [pan-duh-sawr-uhs] [] noun -
  1. a fearsome dinosaur covered with mottled black and white skin that ate mostly giant bamboo and the occasional very slow animal.
  2. a breed of ancient Greek lizards of great size who escaped from forbidden boxes?
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Peanutopolis [pee-nuht-op-uh-lis] [] noun -
  1. a state of mind making you feel very strong and powerful, almost mayor-like.
  2. one small part of a larger Snickers marketing campaign. {image source} {thanks michael}
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Phobocracy [phobocracy] [] noun -
  1. a form of government supported primarily by the general population’s fears.
  2. a form of government whereby leaders are selected primarily on their ability to placate the fears of the populace.
  3. a form of government whereby leaders are selected primarily on their ability to create and enhance the fears of the populace. {source michael chabon}
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Picketiquette [pik-et-i-kit] [] noun -
  1. the proper etiquette for an individual participating in a picket or protest.
  2. the type of tourniquet used after a particularly violent protest.
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Portman Toe [pohrt-man toh] [] noun -
  1. a degenerative illness affecting stevedores’ feet contracted while performing heavy labor in the presence of saltwater and barnacles; similar to Coal Miner’s Lung.
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Presidentrix [prez-i-duhn-triks] noun -
  1. a female president. {also, presidentress}
  2. a breakfast cereal consisting of fruit-flavored, sweetened, ground-corn pieces shaped to look like famous former American presidents.
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Sexocrite [sek-soh-krite] noun -
  1. a sexist hypocrite. {via lore sjoberg 1, 2 and paul southworth}
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Squagel [skwai-guhl] [] noun -
  1. square bagels. {source}
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Stample [stam-puhl] [] verb, noun -
  1. verb - to trample in a stampede.
  2. verb - to attach a stamp with a staple.
  3. noun - a sample of a delicious steak.
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Stook [stook] noun -
  1. a large hook with an exceedingly long handle used to remove poor performers from Vaudevillian style stages.
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Sweatheart [swet-hahrt] noun -
  1. An object of affection that requires an abnormal amount of hard work to keep happy. {thanks syndallas}
  2. An unfortunate medical condition in which the afflicted person’s heart contains sweat glands, causing that individual to have odorous blood.
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Tiramisoup [tir-uh-mee-soop] [] noun -
  1. a dessert bowl consisting of a small portion of spongecake and a large portion of liquor. Served with mascarpone cheese and chocolate shavings. {thanks michael}
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Yart [yahrt] noun -
  1. a class of objects, such as paintings, sculptures or drawings, subject to aesthetic criteria when placed in a home’s front yard. {source}
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