# New Word-Definition Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989 "2003-09-16T19:40:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/21 "2003-09-19T15:55:53Z")
prefaluting - preparing oneself to go out on the town afterblom ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/22 "2003-09-19T16:02:30Z")
afterblom - the little bits of scrambled egg left on your plate that you cannot really get at with your fork. As in, _Mary was still hungry and all that was left was the afterblom._ yobbly Maybe somebody can use all these words in a story. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/23 "2003-09-19T16:10:59Z")
yobbly (from the fact that _yob_ is _boy_ backwards) – wobbly in the sense of threatening to tip over, as in the case of a drunk who leans against a wall in order to break a potential rearward fall **scorc** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/24 "2003-09-19T19:00:21Z")
\*\* scorc \*\* - cheating at cards snyful ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/25 "2003-09-19T21:59:28Z")
**snyful** - Visually impressive surdity ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/26 "2003-09-19T22:12:28Z")
**Surdity** The quality of being puffed up by yeast. Telepockery ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/27 "2003-09-19T23:21:40Z")
**Telepockery** - the ability to see incredibly small things with the naked eye. livons ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/28 "2003-09-20T00:07:17Z")
**livons** The “polite” term for pubic lice. chugitation ---
**Author:** ![lindsay.reid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@lindsay.reid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsay.reid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/29 "2003-09-20T00:26:14Z")
chugitation: a leisure activity involving rambunctious undergrads and a keg of beer mansuetude ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/30 "2003-09-20T00:42:24Z")
**mansuetude** - overly-litigious ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/31 "2003-09-20T00:43:59Z")
…and my choice to keep the game going is: rebekellen ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/32 "2003-09-20T02:04:53Z")
rebekellen - The act of felling the mightiest tree in the forest with…a herring! mirflot ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/33 "2003-09-20T02:09:22Z")
A Russian designed boat, containing satellite technology, which cruises the oceans tracking the depths and relaying scientific data. telecylone ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/34 "2003-09-20T02:11:42Z")
**mirflot** - sweet-smelling oils used in the bath frisil ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/35 "2003-09-25T11:14:49Z")
Frisil – A soft cheese that is strawberry flavoured. **nefisculate** ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/36 "2003-09-25T12:27:20Z")
nefisculate (verb) - to orbit around a biscuit **flivvage** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/37 "2003-09-25T13:36:31Z")
**telecylone** – a storm-like disturbance activated by remote control and designed for military or terroristic purposes Still unclaimed: **flivvage** ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/38 "2003-09-25T13:56:35Z")
**flivvage** (noun) - Long loose threads that unravel and shed from the roughly-cut edges of woven fabric. **anghistrate** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/39 "2003-09-25T20:11:25Z")
**anghistrate** - being influenced to name your children after characters in a novel. **grumpal** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/40 "2003-09-25T20:21:55Z")
**grumpal** - a forest-dwelling tortoise with prominent tusks, now extinct. **nurchant** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989.md?page=3)