New Words You Learn

[ExPatriatePen]

Not a new word for me, but I've always found Headline News' misuse of the word "factoid" to be both hilarious and sad. Hilarious because one would think a news organization would use words properly; sad because their misuse of the word has spurred many others to misuse it as well.

Same goes for the word peruse.

[Shyster]

Pelf
Noun: /pelf/

Money, especially when gained in a dishonest or dishonorable way. Comes from Old French word pelfre, which is also the origin for the verb pilfer.

[dodint]

ec·ru
ˈekro͞o
noun

the light beige color of unbleached linen.

[dodint]

antinomianism

an·ti·no·mi·an·ism (ăn′tĭ-nō′mē-ə-nĭz′əm)
n.
1. Christianity The doctrine or belief that the Gospel frees Christians from required obedience to any law, whether scriptural, civil, or moral, and that salvation is attained solely through faith and the gift of divine grace.
2. The belief that moral laws are relative in meaning and application as opposed to fixed or universal.

Awesome.

[columbia]

Beat me to it!

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

kakistocracy

noun kak·is·toc·ra·cy \ˌkakə̇ˈstäkrəsē\

: government by the worst men


got this in my word-a-day calendar and thought it was fitting given the current state of the Presidential nominations

[Silentom]

Lea

noun
1.a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
2. land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.
3. a crop of hay on tillable land.

[dodint]

Alumnus - a single male graduate
Alumna - a single female graduate
Alumni - a group of all male or mixed-gender graduates
Alumnae - a group of all-female graduates

2/4 of those are new to me today.

[tifosi77]

Hoplophobe/hoplophobia (thanks @Shyster )

[Gaucho]

persnickety

[columbia]

Alumnus - a single male graduate
Alumna - a single female graduate
Alumni - a group of all male or mixed-gender graduates
Alumnae - a group of all-female graduates

2/4 of those are new to me today.

Everyone butchers the pronunciation of the latter two. If you took Latin, you'll know what I mean.

[dodint]

I just hear people say 'alum' because laziness trumps all.

[Gaucho]

kalsarikännit

It's Finnish and it means: drinking by yourself at home in your underwear with no intention of going out.

[Silentom]

Best newly learned word EVAH!

[Shyster]

Old word but I just ran across the etymology: boycott.

The word boycott comes from the name of a person: Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott. He was an English land agent (working for landowner Lord Erne) who raised rent on Irish tenants in County Mayo, Ireland. In response, the tenants and other people in the local community organized a campaign of social isolation against Boycott. Workers refused to harvest his crops, and local businesses refused to serve him. The postman even refused to deliver his mail. Boycott's name eventually came to be used as a term for what the local Irish had done to him.

[MR25]

Crepuscular
Adj.

1. of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.
2. Zoology. appearing or active in the twilight, as certain bats and insects.

[Silentom]

YIL; Tifosi (pronounced [tiˈfoːzi]) is an Italian word that means "fans."

[Kraftster]

Ineluctable

-not to be avoided, changed, or resisted

"Medicare eligibility followed ineluctably upon attaining age 65." Erie County Retirees Ass'n v. County of Erie, Pa., 220 F.3d 193, 200 (3d Cir. 2000).

[Gaucho]

juoksentelisinkohan

Finnish (duh), meaning: I wonder if I should run around aimlessly.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Solidus


Technical name for a "/" character in punctuation. For example, the / in "I don't know and/or don't care"

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

chy·ron
ˈkīrän/
noun
an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or movie screen.


thanks @Freddy Rumsen

[PFiDC]

redactedwaffle

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

redactedwaffle

definition - see: NTP66

[dodint]

Relatrix is the female form of relator.

[columbia]

dominator/dominatrix