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itallacity
noun

the extent of how bodaciously italic something is

DERIVATIVES
itallacious | adjective

audioscape
noun

a recording created for the purpose of reproducing the ambience and atmosphere of a place, esp. those produced by podcasters

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: blend of audio and landscape.

soundseeing
verb

an inferior term for the act of recording the audio of a place while walking or touring an area for the purpose of describing the experience of being there. ‘audioscape’ is preferred instead of using this word.

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: arising out of early podcasters using portable recorders to give audio tours

netcast
noun

a more inclusive term for audio or video content delivered via RSS subscription. also known as a podcast.

DERIVATIVES
netcaster | noun

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: blend of internet and broadcast (see BROADCAST).

axestos (άξεστος)
adjective

Greek word meaning: crude, lout, loutish, rough, rude

ORIGIN contemporary Greek.

anabo (ανάβω)
verb

Greek word meaning: glow, ignite, light

ORIGIN contemporary Greek.

bloominess
noun

the quality of being bloomy.

DERIVATIVES
bloomy | adjective

thricely
adverb chiefly format poetic/literary

variant of ‘thrice’
three times: a dose of 25 mg thrice daily.
• [as submodifier] extermely; very: I was thrice blessed.

ORIGIN Middle English thries, from earlier thrie (from Old English thr ga, related to THREE) (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound); compare with ONCE.

skyworthy
adjective

(of a vessel) in a good enough condition to fly in the air.

DERIVATIVES
skyworthiness | noun

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: a natural progression of seaworthy

bizzaro
adjective

a complete opposite of something, but in a very strange of unusual way, esp. so as to cause interest or amusement.

ORIGIN adapted from 17th cent.: variation of bizarre

quotee
noun

the person being quoted, esp. in a written quote.

DERIVATIVES
quoter | noun

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: a natural progression of quote

unlean
verb

to come out of a sloping position: he unleaned out of his chair.
• remove from being rested against (something): a man unleaned from the wall.

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: a natural progression of lean, being its antonym.

zibzub
exclamation

used to express excitement that a person is about to begin a project or journey, also used to call for silence, esp. towards a person who interrupts someone working on something terribly important: Zibzub! Allow me one moment while I finish this five page exegesis.

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: arising out of the whimsical imagination of an anonymous wordsmith.

silaquilia
noun

poems or other unpopular fodder compacted and stored in airtight folders, typically in a silaquil, without first being spell-checked, and used as publicist feed in the winter.

DERIVATIVES
silaquiliac | noun & adjective

ORIGIN mid 22nd cent.: from Eurasian, from silaquis ‘junkpile.’

moditive
adjective

having the propensity to enter different creative modes: Bob shifts between painting and storytelling with ease.

ORIGIN adapted from late Middle English (in the musical and grammatical senses): from Latin modus ‘measure,’ from an Indo-European root shared by mete; compare with mood.

emulaetive
adjective

having the ability and desire to emulate another’s thoughts: An actor’s emulaetive nature must be tapped to experience the character from the inside out.

ORIGIN adapted from late 16th cent.: from Latin aemulat- ‘rivaled, equaled,’ from the verb aemulari, from aemulus ‘rival.’

mindplay
noun

the practice of entertaining dubious information, esp. extrapolated data, as true; used to promote a particular point of view or distract from another point: he realized that referencing the scientific chart was merely mindplay, as it was extrapolated data.

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: disputed.

sexular
adjective

material or information produced by mainstream broadcast media fulfilling the modern stereotype that mainstream media is incapable of producing content without trying to generate sex appeal: he turned on prime-time TV only to be assaulted by sexular programming.

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: from an anonymous wordsmith, blend of sexy and secular (see SECULAR).