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26. ideality (ī'dē-ăl'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) Frequently the opposite to reality. A dimension only spoken of in textbooks and lectures, and yet, while greatly desired, never seems to be the case.
27. jobsworth (jŏbs'wûrth')
- a. (n.) A measure of a task in comparison to a job's worth. A task that, in order to complete, requires compensation above and beyond a single job's worth.
Example: I can't do that, it's more than a jobsworth.
28. knick-knack (nĭk'năk')
- a. (n.) Alternatively, A device whose creation and use was predetermined to be absolutely nothing; a useless contraption whose sole purpose is to annoy the house maid or janitor who cleans around it.
29. lopitophomy (lŏp'ĭt-ŏf'ə-mē)
- a. (n.) The medical procedure by which a patient's sex is changed from male to female.
30. magniphobia (măg'nə-fō'bē-ə)
- a. (n.) The fear of magnification and anything related to magnifying.
- b. (n.) mag'nə-fō'bi-ə. The fear that the object in the side mirror is much much closer than it appears.
31. nickel (nĭk'əl)
- a. (n.) Symbol Ni. Atomic number 28. One of the transitional metals on the periodic table. A silvery metal used in corrosion-resistant surfaces among other things.
Another word submitted with no definition or anything. Seeing as "nickel" is a real word, we have provided its definition.
32. obnoxion (ŏb-nŏk-shən)
- a. (n.) Someone or something that is considered obnoxious.
- b. (n.) ŏb-nŏk'shī'ŏn. Any obnoxious material; an atom of obnoxious behavior.
33. orbining (ôr'bə-nĭng)
- a. (v.) Becoming a spherical shape; likening to an orb.
34. organicity (ôr'gə-nĭs'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) An object or subject's state of being organic. The organicity of an object is a statement of how organic that object is. Of or relating to an organism.
This is actually defined in the American Heritage, as well as the Webster's dictionary, although it is stuffed near the bottom of those definitions.
35. panetelarium (pān'ə-těl'âr-ē'əm)
- a. (n.) Another word for planetarium. Used when one feels like expressing their words uniquely to suggest they don't understand the science of planetary bodies.
Example: I went to the panetelarium today.
36. PBD (pē-bē-dē)
- a. (acro.) Programmer Brain Damage; a label applied to bug reports revealing places where the program was obviously broken by an incompetent or short-sighted programmer.
37. PEBKAC (pĕb'kāk)
- a. (acro.) Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair; used by support people, particularly at call centers and help desks. Not used with the public. Considered very derogatory.
Example: "Did you ever figure out why that guy couldn't print?" "Yeah, he kept canceling the operation before it could finish. PEBKAC."
38. polymorphical (pŏl'ē-môr'fĭ-kəl)
- a. (adj.) Having polymorphic abilities.
39. polyvinylmallowmar (pŏl'ē-vī'nəl'măl'ō'mär)
- a. (n.) Designating any group of polymerized thermoplastic vinyls used in areas of pseudo-confectionery.
- b. (n.) A substance used to make fake cookies.
40. poomidity (pü-mĭd'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) Absolute relative measure of flying fecal matter in flatulence. High poomidity is represented by solid feces while very low poomidity is represented by the simple smell of feces in particular incidence of flatulence.
41. potticize (pŏt'ĭ-sīz)
- a. (v.) To make wild, harebrained, and utterly unfounded hypotheses about everything.
42. reptiliscope (rĕp-tĭl'ĭ-scōp')
- a. (n.) An instrument specifically designed to observe reptiles.
43. revertebrate (rē-vûr'tə-brĭt')
- a. (n.) A creature that has evolved a vertebrae, then evolved into something without a vertebrae, and finally back once more.
44. Rockter scale, The (rŏk'tər skāl)
- a. (n.) A scale from 1 to 10 measuring the seismic force of a particular gig. 10 on the Rockter scale would be a gig that caused localised geological upheaval. 1 would be Culture Club.
Example: The We Are Scientists gig on Saturday was definitely an 8 on the Rockter scale.
45. seethroughity (sē-thrü-ĭt'ē)
- a. (n.) The measure of an object's transparent property. Often gauged between opaque and completely transparent, or see-through.
Example: Professor: "What would you say the seethroughity of this brick wall is?" Student: "I'd say it reads at exactly zero." Professor: "No! Actually, at an atomic level, you could potentially see through it. So it's not zero, but it is very close."
46. shmeg (shmĕg)
- a. (n.) A unit defined as the amount of wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Example: A woodchuck could chuck a shmeg of wood if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
47. smidge (smĭj)
- a. (n.) The direct measurement between the thumb and forefinger when told to provide "this much".
48. syntheticity (sĭn-thĕ'tĭs'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) An object's state of being synthetic. To possess syntheticity is to be a synthetic thing. As opposed to organicity.
49. tar circles (tär sûr'kəls)
- a. (n.pl.) Strange circles and other shapes found etched into a road that are sometimes believed to be created by flying saucers.
50. tractionate (trăk'shən-āt)
- a. (v.) The act by which a creature without apparent feet will move from place to place, such as with a snail; this only applies to creatures that can move across walls and/or upside down. Note: Snakes don't tractionate - they slither.
