"Word/Phrase of the Day"

[myglaren]

Triboluminescence.

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[myglaren]

psithurism

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noun
(obsolete) The sound of rustling leaves.

susurrous

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adjective
characterized by soft sounds
a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines

thalassophile

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A thalassophile is someone who has a deep, often magnetic, affection for the sea and ocean.
The term originates from the Greek word "thalassa," meaning sea, and "phile" or "philos," meaning lover or fondness.

I read some posts by a couple of Icelandic twin sisters, call themselves 'elves from Iceland'. They live in the USA but appear to ravel constantly worldwide.
The writer, Elsa*, has an amazing grasp of English. All these in a single sentence.
I readily admit to having to look the words up although they are somewhat self-descriptive.

*her sister, Anna, takes the photo's.

[myglaren]

Molybdolon

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A gun was called sklopeton, touphax, or pyrophis (“fire-snake”) and a cannon as molybdobolon (“lead-thrower”).

Greek, of course, from

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Molybdenum is a chemical element; it has symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is derived from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος mólybdos, meaning lead, since its ores were sometimes confused with those of lead

[Gibbo2286]

Knackered.

That's me, a neighbour refurbing his house gave me a bedroom door to replace a damaged one, simple, identical door................but all the hinges were cut into different heights on the doorframe and the bleedn screw slots full of hardened paint, ten minute job nah! all morning.

[CitroJim]

Molybdolon

A slippery character

Isn't Greek a lovely language and such an attractive alphabet

Knackered.

That's me, a neighbour refurbing his house gave me a bedroom door to replace a damaged one, simple, identical door................but all the hinges were cut into different heights on the doorframe and the bleedn screw slots full of hardened paint, ten minute job nah! all morning.

Oh Eric! What a PITA

[myglaren]

obscurant blatherskite

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A babbling, foolish person.

From the ever wonky and snazzy Elsa K.

[CitroJim]

obscurant blatherskite

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A babbling, foolish person.

From the ever wonky and snazzy Elsa K.

I know many

[myglaren]

ubiety

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noun
The state of being in a definite place; ubeity.
Ubiquity; omnipresence.

Another one from Anna Kristien. Startling for an Icelandic elf who lives in the USA.

[CitroJim]

ubiety

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noun
The state of being in a definite place; ubeity.
Ubiquity; omnipresence.

Another one from Anna Kristien. Startling for an Icelandic elf who lives in the USA.

Never can apply to me. I'm always all over the place

[myglaren]

From the oft-quoted source:-

Perfervid nubivagant

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perfervid
/pər-fûr′vĭd/
adjective
Extremely or extravagantly eager; impassioned or zealous.

nubivagant (comparative more nubivagant, superlative most nubivagant)

(rare) Wandering in the clouds; moving through the air.

Used by the writer (Anna) as a description of her twin sister (Elsa)

[CitroJim]

Once again, I can think of many people like that Steve!

[CitroJim]

The name of this cottage, spotted in Watchet, is actually a word describing something...

To my chagrin, I did not know what it meant until it was pointed out to me by my friends in Minehead. It is very much a west-country word.

Embarrassed or what? I thought I knew the west country dialect fluently Every day's a school day

[myglaren]

Grist.
Only familiar with the term "Grist to the mill", never thought about it but presumed it was similar to "Elbow Grease"

Not too surprisingly:

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Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding. It can also refer to grain that has been coarsely ground at a gristmill. The term derives from the Old English verb grindan, meaning "to grind."

Another one from the very loquacious Elsa Kristian, Icelandic Elf.

[CitroJim]

I first knew - when I was very young - of grist as an ingredient in sausages... A filler to cut down on the actual amount of meat...

We used to regularly pass by a grist mill on the way to visit rellies in that there Bristol...

[myglaren]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language published in a popular dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust".