Special Sub-Topic: Rare Words Authored by: thejazzkickazz Sub-topic of: Unusual and Obscure Words

This term comes from the Greek meaning literally 'Hand bubble', you can surely use it in the same sentence with cheirospasm.

Cheirophompolyx. Cheirophompolyx is a common but ugly eczema caused by sweaty hands...or a vesicular palm....Monoplegia is another word for a writer's cramp, let me see you try to work all of the words into one sentence.

The term 'Flagitious' looks similar to Flagellate, but the connotation is quite different. Perhaps, we can use it and invert the two words just for fun. What does flagitious mean?

grossly criminal. Can you creatively use that with malversation? (bad behavior).

For some reason of mechanical habit, I always say 'excellent' after each sentence...if you are like me...then you are in need of a new adjective with the same meaning as 'excellent'. Which of the words below fits the bill?

eximious.

Another fancy word I do enjoy inserting into diatribes is 'transumptions'...what do you think it means?

metaphors.

'Yisse' and 'Exoptable' have very similar connotations...as a practicing Buddhist, I have seemingly quelled these things. What are they?

desires.

Have you ever looked at the wheels of a car moving and wondered why the rotation seems to go in the opposite direction? Well, the illusion for this phenomena is called_______?

kinephantomioptical.

During the Ming Dynasty of China, many strange techniques of torture were utilized. One such technique, is called tarsorhaphy...what is this?

stitching the eyelids together.

Gambrinous means 'full of beer'...it is supposedly coined for what?

King Gambrinus the inventor of beer.

I generally need to exungulate myself with a pair of forficulas. What activity is this that I practice hebdomadally?

Cutting my nails.

Metaplasmus is a practice I enjoy with great regularity (partly due to the fact that I love to be like the Bard). What effect is this that I practice?

Spelling words incorrectly. Spelling words incorrectly can be for effect- or just a way to coin a neologism.