Circum: Late 19th century South London slang for ‘circumcision’, as in “We got our baby a circum, guvnuh!”
Navi: Dark blue
Gation: Short for ‘ligation’, meaning binding
Thus: a typically blue piece of string used in non-surgical circumcisions, popular before the advent of sterile surgery.
Next word: Echolocation
Ech–sound used to indicate general disgust.
O–exclamation of surprise
Loca–Spanish for “crazy woman”
Echolocation–“Ewwww, that lady is surprisingly insane!”
Next word: therapeutic
Echolocation
From the Late Latin.
e = having to do with communications.
chol = word root meaning ‘anger’.
oc = eight
ation = onomatopoeic expression for ‘sneeze’.
Therefore echolocation means ‘eight times angrier because a sneeze interrupted communications’. * 
Therapeutic
From ag jargon.
the = definite article.
rap = having to do with canola.
eu = word root meaning ‘optimal’.
tic = small insect pest.
Therefore therapeutic means ‘the optimal pest-control regime for canola’.
revolver.
[sub]*Especially before you can post your next word. Or catch up to the thread.[/sub]
Revolver - Inspired by the Volvo automobile company. combined with the prefix “re-” revolver is a term used to designate people who continuously buy volvos, with little or no explanation for why.
Speaking of which, explanation .
“Ex”, commonly used abbreviation to denote a former spouse or lover.
“Plan”, strategy
Explanation–a strategy for dumping someone.
Supervisor
explanation - n - The act of leaving a plane. She prayed that her parachute would work during her explanation.
Next word: certificate
Darn it all to heck slow typing.
Super - excellent
Visor - the shade thing you wear over your eyes
supervisor - a visor that manages not to look dorky
Now for certificate (assuming I haven’t simulposted yet again)
certificate - contingent on the use of a breath mint. eg; After seeing Susan devour a plate of pickled herrings in a provocative manner, Martin had a certificate desire to put his tongue in her mouth.
Next word: post-prandial
post-prandial:
post- objects that arrive in the mail
pran- from the word prawn, an edible crustaceon
dial- to phone, call
post-prandial is the act of ordering seafood over the phone.
next word is xenophobia
x - the 24th letter in the english dictionary
enoph - a misspelling of enough meaning plenty
This the feeling you get when you pull the X out of the scrabble bag for 17th straight game
X-enough-ia
Next: Stereophonic
“stereo,” a sound system; “phone,” short for “telephone”; of or pertaining to a cellular phone with an integrated mp3 player.
Next word: Surprised no one’s done this yet. Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Antidisestablishmentarianism : When your parents female sibling chokes on her food while hospitalized in a psychiatric ward for believing she is a Aryan Nazi.
(yay for cross-words UK TV quiz show)
**floccinaucinihilipilification **
Uh…ok…
flocc - regarding a group of sheep
in - not
au - gold
cini - regarding movies
hi - elevated
lipil - fat-like
ific - slang for “terrific”
floccinaucinihilipilification - the phenomenon whereby if a big enough group of people start claiming a movie is deep and worthy of an Oscar, everyone else is afraid to say that it really was fatuous and full of crap
Here’s something a bit shorter…matriculate
Matri- Of or relating to mothers.
Culate- typographical error.
The original phrase, “Matricolliate”, makes the definition, “The colliation of material of or relating to mothers”, make sense.
First used- “Matricolliate”- 1139
“Matriculate”- 1412
My word: Honorificabilitudinitatibus
matriculate is a word formed with blending (i.e. smog, brunch)
matri - matrimony
culate - ejaculate
matriculate noun, the amount of semen produced during one’s marriage; antonym singulate
Governor Quinn beat me on that one, so I’ll just sunspace for now.
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
From: Honor - a symbol of celebration and respect
cab - short for taxicab
tud - short slang for attitude
tat - tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
bus - a vehicle used in mass transit
Honorificabilitudinitatibus is an honorary vehicle used by public officials. It is designed as a bus but has the hood and colors of a taxicub. Interior and exterior decorations are loud, tacky, vulgar with the goal of showing lots of 'tude.
Next Word:
pontificate
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
Ho = agricultural implement, often available for rental.
no = negation particle.
rifi = Having to do with inventions described in the Sluggy Freelance cartoon.
cabilitud = the quality of having plentiful TV channels (word root).
ini = an initialisation file. Holds settings for a program when it starts.
tatibus = of potatoes, to travel triumphantly by public transport.
Therefore…
Honorificabilitudinitatibus describes the settings used by broadcasters to configure their often cobbled-together, ad-hoc and experimental equipment during the saturation coverage of the Great Potato Parade of Fresno, California.
Carbohydrate
Despite what you might have thought from Post No. 6 in this thread Pontificate is actually based on the following:
pon (short for ‘upon’)
tif (relating to minor arguments)
i (me)
(cate)
Clearly **pontificate ** means ‘Upon voicing my opinion that Cate Blanchet isn’t really that impressive, there will be an argument’. So, in the interests of keeping this out of the Pit, I promise faithfully not to pontificate in this thread.
Carbohydrate
Anyone who has seen enough James Bond-style movies has seen the cars that convert to underwater vehicles. These transforming automobiles are carbohydrates.
Next word: crepuscular.
crepe–thin pancake
pus–pus
ular–having the qualities of
crepusular–having the qualities of pus rolled inside of a thin pancake; i.e., looking good outside but very nasty inside.
Next: articulative
articulative
art - as in … well art
tucul - small part- as in particle
ative - describing
articulative is the act of describing a tiny piece of art
arcane