FUNNY BUT USEFUL WORDS IN SERIOUS DICTIONARIES YOU NEED TO ADD TO YOUR VOCABULARY

Every day we are faced with something new to describe. This in turn, creates the need for new words and original descriptions. That understood, the bombardment of all these additions, has left the world with less time to bother with fashioning these necessary words and phrases. Consequently, we give in to the laziness of human nature, and merely bang two or more words together to make up a new one.

Even so, with the increase of the use of texting, spell check and social networking sites (where fast and furious short-hand speak is the norm), our brave new world’s language is beginning to change rapidly.  Spelling doesn’t seem to be important – as ‘apparently’ proved by a research done by Cambridge University, and the necessary introduction of new words to our vocabulary seem to be leaving a lot of us grammar nerds out in the cold.

With the age of short-hand words in general use (words like ‘asap,’ ‘natch.’ ‘pos,’ ‘info,’   ETA, fab and gorge, urgently spring to mind), spelling seems to be the last thing on our brains.  Is spelling really important though? Take a look at the following paragraph found on the Cambridge University’s website.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a
wlohe.
My opinion is that, the only reason you could read this without a problem is because you know the correct spelling to begin with.  In my opinion, learning correct spelling is important, for it’s only then, that you can know what the incorrect version looks like.

In light of the progressive situations creating the need for additional words, here are a few that you would find in newer dictionaries today. Have you used these before and can you spell them?

Abibliophobia	The fear of running out of reading material.
Absquatulate	To leave or abscond with something.
Allegator	Some who alleges.
Anencephalous	Lacking a brain.
Argle-bargle	A loud row or quarrel.
Batrachomyomachy	Making a mountain out of a molehill.
Billingsgate	Loud, raucous profanity.
Bloviate	To speak pompously or brag.
Blunderbuss	A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.
Borborygm	A rumbling of the stomach.
Boustrophedon	A back and forth pattern.
Bowyang	A strap that holds the pants legs in place.
Brouhaha	An uproar.
Bumbershoot	An umbrella.
Callipygian	Having an attractive rear end or nice buns.
Canoodle	To hug and kiss.
Cantankerous	Testy, grumpy.
Catercornered	Diagonal(ly).
Cockalorum	A small, haughty man.
Cockamamie	Absurd, outlandish.
Codswallop	Nonsense, balderdash.
Collop	A slice of meat or fold of flab.
Collywobbles	Butterflies in the stomach.
Comeuppance	Just reward, just deserts.
Crapulence	Discomfort from eating or drinking too much.
Crudivore	An eater of raw food.
Discombobulate	To confuse.
Donnybrook	An melee, a riot.
Doozy	Something really great.
Dudgeon	A bad mood, a huff.
Ecdysiast	An exotic dancer, a stripper.
Eructation	A burp, belch.
Fard	Face-paint, makeup.
Fartlek	An athletic training regime.
Fatuous	Unconsciously foolish.
Filibuster	Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.
Firkin	A quarter barrel or small cask.
Flibbertigibbet	Nonsense, balderdash.
Flummox	To exasperate.
Folderol	Nonsense.
Formication	The sense of ants crawling on your skin.
Fuddy-duddy	An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.
Furbelow	A fringe or ruffle.
Furphy	A portable water-container.
Gaberlunzie	A wandering beggar.
Gardyloo!	A warning shouted before throwing water from above.
Gastromancy	Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach.
Gazump	To buy something already promised to someone else.
Gobbledygook	Nonsense, balderdash.
Gobemouche	A highly gullible person.
Godwottery	Nonsense, balderdash.
Gongoozle	To stare at, kibitz.
Gonzo	Far-out journalism.
Goombah	An older friend who protects you.
Hemidemisemiquaver	A musical timing of 1/64.
Hobbledehoy	An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.
Hocus-pocus	Deceitful sleight of hand.
Hoosegow	A jail or prison.
Hootenanny	A country or folk music get-together.
Jackanapes	A rapscallion, hooligan.
Kerfuffle	An uproar, mild scandal.
Klutz	An awkward, stupid person.
La-di-da	An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.
Lagopodous	Like a rabbit's foot.
Lickety-split	As fast as possible.
Lickspittle	A servile person, a toady.
Logorrhea	Loquaciousness, talkativeness.
Lollygag	To move slowly, fall behind.
Malarkey	Nonsense, balderdash.
Maverick	A loner, someone outside the box.
Mollycoddle	To treat too leniently.
Mugwump	An independent politician who does not follow any party.
Mumpsimus	An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue.
Namby-pamby	Weak, with no backbone.
Nincompoop	A foolish person.
Oocephalus	An egghead.
Ornery	Mean, nasty, grumpy.
Pandiculation	A full body stretch.
Panjandrum	Someone who thinks himself high and mighty.
Pettifogger	A person who tries to befuddle others with his speech.
Pratfall	A fall on one's rear.
Quean	A disreputable woman.
Rambunctious	Aggressive, hard to control.
Ranivorous	Frog-eating
Rigmarole	Nonsense, unnecessary complexity.
Shenanigan	A prank, mischief.
Sialoquent	Spitting while speaking.
Skedaddle	To hurry somewhere.
Skullduggery	No good, underhanded dealing.
Slangwhanger	A loud abusive speaker or obnoxious writer.
Smellfungus	A perpetual pessimist.
Snickersnee	A long knife.
Snollygoster	A person who can't be trusted.
Snool	A servile person.
Tatterdemalion	A child in rags.
Troglodyte	Someone or something that lives in a cave.
Turdiform	Having the form of a lark.
Unremacadamized	Having not been repaved with macadam.
Vomitory	An exit or outlet.
Wabbit	Exhausted, tired, worn out.
Widdershins	In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.
Yahoo	A rube, a country bumpkin.
@	The "at" sign.