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Ambisinister; adj. : Literally meaning "posessing two left hands" it is used to describe one who is oafish or clumsy.
not exactly the most disturbing way to start out my project (detailed below).. but... lookit him! he's got two left hands!
..... the freak....
Blattoid; adj. : Resembeling a cockroach.
there are probably more opportunities to use this metaphorically (i'd assume.... but i'd be delighted to be proven wrong!) than literally, but it's so much mroe fun this way
Caprylic; adj. : "Smelling of rank or fetid goat" ... smelling, more or less, like rotting goat shit.... but then again, there are enough words in that book that deal with shit already...
now don't get me wrong... i'm a goat fan
Desticate; verb : To cry out like a rat
o.k. .... so it's not especially depraved or insulting... but i got to draw a screaming rat-head, so it was all worth it....
Exoplthamos; adj. : Having eyes protrudign from the skull; bug-eyed.
again... only mildly insulting, but fun to draw amuse your friends! confound your enemies!
Fissilingual; adj. : possessing a forked tounge.
... well, I thought it was cool. all you harry potter fans out there might get some use out of this....
...ssssssssssSSSSSSsssss.....
Gardyloo : Gardyloo is not so much a word, but more of an antiquated exlamation. It datesback to the days when people used to empty their chamberpots (in plain english, their shit-pots) into the streets below. It acted as a sort of a 'TIMBER!' for the innocent passerby.
i'm especially fond of this one
Hemothymia; n. : the irresistable desire to murder.
remember this the next time you're annoyed by one of those odd people that seems to be filled with the irresistable desire to blow those loose eyelashes off your face, or inform you that your shirt tag is up.... they could be much, much worse.
Illitate; v. : To overdecorate the female face.
specifially the female face. However, there was no word for overdecoration of the male face in my source.... looks like the english language has some room to grow
i acctually considered hanging christams ornamaents from the womans face, but that would've been a bit much, wouldn't it?
hmm.... i guess we'll never know.
Jugulate; v. : really, any sort of assault on the neck.. i.e. hanging, cutting... biting... you get the gist..
three cheers for vampires! those kinky old blood suckers...
Keck; v. : To attempt to vomit... unsuccessfully...
how many times have we all done that?
Lickspiggot; n. : a detestable parasite..
truely, a definition befitting the term itself...
Meldrop. n. : 'a drop of liquid suspended from the tip of the nose'.
... simply a fancy term for a snotty nose, or an adorable, gooey phenomenon? we may never know...
Natiform; adj. : shaped like buttocks
yessiree... buttocks.
Odorivector; n.: the source of a smell.
not necessarily a bad smell, but one can easily find dirty little ways to use this one
i'm not quite sure waht i was thinking with this distraught little pink worm-baby... but you've gotta admit... he looks like he envys the dead.
Polymasthus; adj. : posessing "more than the usual number of breasts or nipples"
while the image conjured is quite amusing, i was taken more with the observation that my source said "usual number"... not two, but the 'usual number'
(i can only assume that it reffers to non-human animals, but it's way more fun to think otherwise )
Quakebuttock; n. : a coward.
I dont' really have to try with this one. it just sounds funny
Ranivorous; adj. : a word describing "one who devours frogs".
once again, it probably isn't meant to relate to humans... but again, it's just funnier this way
Scombroid; adj.: resembling a mackeral
it's just fun to draw fish people...
Twee; adj. : "overly cute"
yes...... overly cute.... i love the english language
Ucalegon; n. : a neighbor who's house is on fire.
can you beleive there's a word for that??? possibly my favorite of all of these..
Viraginity; n.: "Manliness in a woman"
not to be cofused with 'virginity'... kinda boring... my options become slim tward the end of the alphabet...
Wind broach; n. : an inferior fiddler
it just makes me laugh... i was torn between this and Wood push: a bad chess player.
Xanthodont; adj. : having yellow teeth
like i said, my options get slim twards the end here...
Yeevil; n. : dungfork
what is a dungfork? i have no idea..
what is it used for? not a clue..
is it really that tiny? for the sake of comedy, i sure hope so
Zooerastia; v. : sex with an animal.
let me make it clear, i really dont approve of bestiality in any form. i will also point out, yet again, my lack of options.... this was the most... colorful... choice i had.
besides, lookit how suave that little dude is! if i were a giraffe, i'd take him home with me
but only if i were a giraffe (:\
(all source material from "Words to Offend and Amuse: Depraved and Insulting English" by Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea)
A is for ambisinister
B is for blattoid
C is for caprylic
D is for desticate
E is for exoplthalmos
F is for fissilingual
G is for gardyloo
H is for hemothymia
I is for illitate
J is for jugulate
K is for keck
L is for lickspiggot
M is for meldrop
N is for natiform
O is for odorivector
P is for polymasthus
Q is for quakebuttock
R is for ranivorous
S is for scombroid
T is for twee
U is for ucalegon
V is for viraginity
W is for windbroach
X is for xanthodont
Y is for yeevil
Z is for zooerastia