27 Obsolete Words – Part II

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It’s Monday today and part 2 of the 27 Obsolete Words list. Did you read last Friday’s post? Check it out here!

Ok, ready for more crazy words? Let’s go!

Curglaff – The shock one feels upon first plunging into cold water.
Origin: Scots, 1800s
Example: Those outdoor swimmers must have balls of steel to cope with that kind of curglaff.

Brabble – To argue loudly about something inconsequential.
Origin: 1530s
Example: I can’t stand Question Time, it always descends into brabbling.

Twitter-light – An alternative to twilight.
Origin: Early 1600s
Example: London is at its most beautiful by twitter-light.

Lunting – Walking while smoking a pipe.
Origin: 1820s
Example: I’m off for a post-lunch lunt, anyone care to join me?

Beef-witted – Stupid, imbecilic.
Origin: 1590s
Example: The Only Way Is Essex is a TV show for the terminally beef-witted.

Monsterful – Wonderful and extraordinary.
Origin: 1810s
Example: The Breaking Bad finale was every bit as monsterful as I’d hoped.

Callipygian – Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
Origin: 1640s
Example: I admire Beyoncé for her musical talent. The fact she is highly callipygian is neither here nor there.

Fuzzle – To make drunk, intoxicate.
Origin: 1910s
Example: It’s never a good idea to operate heavy machinery while fuzzled.

Quockerwodger – A wooden puppet, controlled by strings.
Origin: 1850s
Example: The president has no real power, he is a mere quockerwodger.

Resistentialism – The seemingly malevolent behaviour displayed by inanimate objects.
Origin: 1940s
Example: That water bottle looks like it wants to kill me. It exhibits resistentialism.

Lethophobia – The fear of oblivion.
Origin: 1700s
Example: I’m terrified the world is about to end. I am lethophobic.

Slubberdegullion -A slovenly, slobbering person.
Origin: 1650s
Example: Look at that sluberdegullion, sprawled on the sofa with his tongue lolling out.

Curmuring – A low rumbling sound produced by the bowels.
Origin: 1880s
Example: Nothing worse than audibly curmuring during a job interview.

Lumming – Heavy rain.
Origin: Early 1900s
Example: Christ, it’s absolutely lumming down.