Even BETTER, it means: speaking cruel and harsh words. To wit:
You better watch out for my sevidical tongue, motherfuckers; I know how to wield my words like weapons.The Oxford English Dictionary is on a quest to keep thousands of words alive before people stop using them altogether. I love words, and I CANNOT! STOP PLAYING! ON THIS SITE! Go adopt your own word, and please share in comments!
As the Co-Chair of the Committee to Reintroduce the Extirpated Verb "to swyve" in the English Language, founded in 2006, I salute you!
ReplyDeleteAs someone who is now going to lose SEVERAL HOURS playing around on that site, I grumble good-naturedly in your general direction.
Now, instead of referring to things as 'figures of speech', I shall refer to them as icasms. Muahahaha....
ReplyDeleteI seem to have been incredibly benevolent today and adopted several words. I will refute the lies of public tortiloquy, shame snollygosters, correct those nonsensical phylarogists, respect and celebrate pregnantress, achieve and celebrate my surgation, and perhaps tonight I will go molrowing with some ladies of the evening...but probably not.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gayle! You made my day.
I just adopted the word "supellectile" - having the nature of furniture. What a wonderful site! It's especially fun with the volume turned way up. Thanks for sharing the link!
ReplyDeleteI am pleased to announce the new arrival of "stiricide" into my vocabulary. It means "the falling of icicles, as from the edge of a roof."
ReplyDeleteThis is the best day of my life.