# Defenestrate -- Specific words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 15, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445 "2008-03-15T04:11:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445/21 "2008-03-18T19:00:43Z")

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Just came across Yet Another Do We Really Need A Word For That:

[Cephalophore](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalophore): A person (frequently a saint) who walks around with their head in their hands.

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**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445/22 "2008-03-18T19:18:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
I believe the word is “badonkadonk.”  
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Or when of particularly impressive proportions, a “ridonkadonk”.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445/23 "2008-03-18T19:28:05Z")

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> Just came across Yet Another Do We Really Need A Word For That:
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> Cephalophore: A person (frequently a saint) who walks around with their head in their hands.

I frequently walk around with my head in my hands, especially after talking to my daughter.  
But a **Cephalophore** is speciafically someone who walks around with a head _not attached to anything_ in their hands. Like that dude in **Re-Animator**.

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445/24 "2008-03-18T19:40:09Z")

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I’ve always loved this word. I feel like it often.

velleity  
(n): Velleity is volition at its weakest. It’s a mere wish or inclination, without any accompanying effort.

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defenestrate-specific-words/441445/25 "2008-03-18T19:51:11Z")

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I always liked that, in need of a word to describe how big of a word “ **sesquipedalian** ” is, we have **hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian**. I’m always in wont of more really big words to describe… really big words.

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