Nudiustertian, along with Overmorrow.

Nudiustertian:
To be very stubborn in your views, an act of stubbornness  -Kimmery
The Day before yesterday  -Mazha
A green Lettuce Salad served with Fresh fish  -Popsarooni
Morning  -Jessers

Overmorrow:
To reconcile a difference, to settle an argument between to people  -Banana-nana-fo-Kim
The Day after tomorrow  - Moooommmm
A Chocolatey dessert served after a Nudiustertian.   -Pop-corn
Nighttime  -Jessie


Goshdangit, Mom...  Why? And apparently, Dad had the same idea, but didn't want to copy mom...
Nudiustertian is a very convenient, yet incredibly difficult to pronounce, word that simply means the day before yesterday.  It comes from the Latin Phrase Nudius Tertius.  But wait! I can break those terms down!
Nudius is a combination of the roots Nunc, meaning "Now" + Dies, which is just another word for "Today", and + -Est, meaning "It is".  So Nudius literally means Today is the Day.  When this is combined with Tertius, simply meaning 3rd, Nudius Tertius is synonymous with Today, it is the Third Day.

So, there was this Puritan Minister, and his name was Nathaniel Ward. He lived from the 1570s to 1852. He is credited with writing the first constitution in the place we now call America.
Anyways, Ward wrote a book called The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America.  This "book", which was actually "a vigorously written pamphlet defending the status quo and attacking, tolerance."  -Britannica.
The reason I bring this up is because Ward was the first person, that we know of, to use the term Nudiustertian.

Now, I'd like to share with you this quote from Ward's book:
It is known more then enough, that I am neither Nigard, nor Cinick, to the due bravery of the true Gentry: if any man mislikes a bully mong drossock more then I, let him take her for his labour: I honour the woman that can honour her selfe with her attire: a good Text alwayes deserves a fair Margent: I am not much offended if I see a trimme, far trimmer than she that wears it: in a word, whatever Christianity or Civility will allow, I can afford with Londonmeasure: but when I heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what dresse the Queen is in this week: what the nudiustertian fashion of the Court; I meane the very newest: with egge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if shee were of a kickable substance, than either honour'd or humour'd.

What I have gathered from this quote is that there is a court. And there is a Queen or just a plain old woman who is dressed oddly.  After something about religion, and the day before yesterday... I don't even understand... Do people actually like to read these?

Mkay. That was the last Blog of 2013. Have a nice holiday! :D

Griffonage (Griff--Un--Nojjjjjj)

I really wish for a specific font right now. I don't know if wordpress allows different fonts, but if they do, I am very jealous. See, I need a specific font for the word Griffonage, which means none of the following:

French word referring to a particular decorating style for Christmas Trees. -Mother Mom

A charge particle effect around a statically charged ball.  Like with that crystal ball, when you touch it and your hair stands up.  -Father Dad

The extent to which a person(s) resemble Peter Griffin, either in demeanor or character-Brother Kevin

...Writing hedgehogs...  -Sister Jessie

A version of something else that has wings...  -Cousin Dan

An indentation on the side of a castle, located outside of a window. -Sister Kimmy

Well, the fact is, Griffonage is a highly messy and illegible handwriting. And now you see why I need a handwriting font on Blogger.

The word Griffonage comes from the French word grifouner, which roughly means to scribble. This is not to be confused with a Griffone, which is an incredibly adorable dog:

Grifouner originates from the French root Griffe-, which is a claw, or a scratch.  In the French language, a griffe can be used as either a claw or a manufacturing label, like a brand.  

So, in that case, translating "The cat's claw ruined my designer label" would be "La griffe du chat a ruiné ma griffe."  Anyways, back to Griffonage...

Griffonage has been mentioned in a few stories and novels. Not many, but books like To the Gold Coast for Gold, where the author talks about his trip to West Africa. He states "The rock is covered in griffonages, and some square-cut legible letters..." 

I know this isn't as sufficient as a blog post as in the past, but I guarantee that next week's will knock your knee-high socks off.

Contranym

So, I'm going to start off here with several words. See if you notice anything they all have in common:
Off                                       Fighting with someone                              Apparent
Unpacked                             Out                                                             Seed
Strike                                   Left                                                            Bolt

Give up?

All these words are contranyms.

I bet you're wondering what a contranym is.  But first...

Jessie: A synonym of an antonym (Kind of ironic. The antonym is the synonym)

Mom: An opposite name, Like Spiderman and Anti-Spiderman/Birdman.

Dad: Censored words.

Actually, Jess was the closest to the real meaning.

A contranym is a word that is the antonym of itself.  "What?! How does that even work?!" I can hear you asking through your monitor. Well, it actually does work.

For example, above:

Off means both deactivated, and activated.  "The light turned off."//"The alarm went off."

Unpacked can mean both empty, like a room after someone moves out, or filled up, like a room after someone moved in.

Strike, in baseball, is a miss of the ball, but also when somebody strikes the ball, hitting it.

If you are fighting with someone, are you fighting on their team, or against them?

So, the XBox One is finally out, but I bet if you go to BestBuy, it'll be all out.

So, I went to BestBuy toget the XBox One, and there was 1 left. Lines were short because everyone left.

She bolted the dog house to the ground so her dog couldn't bolt off.

It is apparent that apparent means both obvious and slightly seeming as if...

Yolanda seeded her garden so she would have plants in a few months. But as she went to seed the apples off her tree, they were all rotten!*

The word contranym was coined by some guy named Jack Herring, in 1962, but when he made it, it was spelled contronym.  Fun fact.

Okay. Next week, I will really try to get a word with more historical references to it.

This is just one of those words that is an interesting word, that just has no history to it.

Here, if you want some fun reading...

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/75-contronyms-words-with-contradictory-meanings/

I think my word for next week will be Griffonage, which is not a mythological figure.

I did some research. This one does have some historical references to it.

*I'm not too sure about these last two. I saw them on multiple websites, but I have never heard seed or apparent in their second forms...

Kummerspeck, Crapulous, Also Shemomechama (Maybe Pelinti, too)

Dude. Lucky you. You get three words in one this week. Go to the bathroom now, because this may take a while...
Kummerspeck: (German Origin)
You know, I really wish that there was a direct English translation for this word, because this could be the greatest word for the Freshman 15, or 50, ever. Kummerspeck literally translates to Grief Bacon. Yes. Grief Bacon. This is because Kummerspeck is a German word for emotional overeating due to pressure and, well, grief. So, why do we not have this word? Still not sure... But the Freshman 15 is commonly referred to when students know German and decide to impress their friends.

Crapulous: (Latin origin)

So, Crapulous, from the Latin crapula-, meaning intoxication, is the term given for feeling sick from eating or drinking so much. I think this is an appropriate word for Thanksgiving time, because... Well, do I even need to explain myself? No? Good.   So when you are with family this next week, bring up the word crapulous a few times. That would be good.

Shemomechama: (Georgian word)

Unfortunately for Americans, this does not translate to any word in English.  Shemomechama comes from the country of Georgia (Not the state, like I thought), and literally translates to... Ready?

"I accidentally ate the whole thing"

Yeah. I know you were not expecting that.  So Shemomechama is really a word for eating too much of something, even though you are completely stuffed, because it tastes so awesome.

Do you now realize why I am doing all these words?  And this should not be confused with the Georgian phrase Shemomakvda, which means "I accidentally killed her/him." This only works is you are messing around, or intentionally hurting them, without wanting to kill them. Like in Ender's Game.  Ender, of course, does not mean to kill Stilson or Bonzo, but because of Shemomakvda, he does.

Finally, the word I can find no information on, Pelinti is a word in the Buli language, spoken in Ghana.  And this is another one of those words that should become an English word, because millions of Americans suffer every day from Pelinti. It is when the food, or drink, in your mouth is much too hot and burns your tongue. Just thought I'd share that

Ooh. I don't quite know what word I will use in 2 weeks. I'll have to think about this... OR you can just wait and be surprised. Yeah. That sounds good.

Hobbledehoy (one of the least Hobbit-y words out there...)

So, I know you are literally dying to hear what this word means. Lucky you. I rolled a 20, so I shall tell you right away.
As its finest, the word Hobbledehoy means an incredibly awkward and clumsy youth. (See: All High School Students)

But what did other people in my family say?
Hop-on-Pop: A style of Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza with prunes on it.
My Momma, the Llama:  The sound a Jewish Turkey makes (GobbledeOyVey)
Messy Jessie: A style of Mongolian Architecture
Jess's Friend Emma Dilemma: A thorny bush*

The word Hobbledehoy (feel free to call any student that) comes from... Well, it's actually unknown where this spelling came from.  One of its first appearances was in 1540, in a few writings, but it kinda became obsolete and unused. That is, until the 1941 movie Cheers for Miss Bishop came out, which used the word once or twice. I can't find any source of script, so I can't tell you the actual line.
The word hobbledehoy was also used by H.G. Wells in his story The Invisible Man. "The bandages and false hair flew across the passage into the bar, making a hobbledehoy jump to avoid them." (Wells)
Earlier, I said that it was unknown where this current spelling originated, and I wasn't lying. At all.  I have seen some sources on the interwebs that spell it Hobbldehoy, hobbledhoi, hobbeldhoy, and I think those are correct.
Many word-critic-y believe that the word Hobbledehoy comes from Hob-, meaning Devil, or even hobidy-booby**, which was ye olde speake for a Scarecrow. Hobbididance is another possibility of the word's origin, meaning a malicious spirit or sprite.
So there you have it. Be sure to call students a hobbledehoy from here on out.
So, my words for next week, in the spirit of the last blog before Thanksgiving, I believe I shall do 2 food-related words that shall be very appropriate for the time of year these words shall be posted on. The words are Kummerspeck and Crapulous. Have fun waiting. 

*Jess and Emma need to step up their game. Really? How boring are those answers
**If you call someone a hobidy-booby in my English class one day, I will buy you a Pop-Tart.

Quincunx

So, there's this pretty cool word called a quincunx. I'll tell you what it means, but first...

Dad said it was the sound an 8-ball made when sinking into a pocket.
Mom said 5 nesting eggs, like those Russian Dolls

Jessie was under the impression it was a type of coral with 5 limbs.

Jess's friend said it means a plant that lives for 5 years.

And my grandma thought it was a group of 5 quintuplets.

So, actually, a quincunx is a set of five dots, circles, or anything, arranged into a

cross-shape.  All playing dice have the 5 side as a quincunx. Quincunx literally means "five-twelfths", because the Romans actually had a coin, called a Quincunx, that was worth
5/12 of an asurias, or as.  It took 32 asses to get an average haircut. Back in the

day. That means ~77 quincunxes.

Another form of the word quincunx is that of a planting formation. Sometimes, when you pass by an orchard, you will see the trees in a pattern that resembles a criss-cross, and that is actually called the quincunx formation. It is the suggested pattern, as it gives each tree the maximum amount of space, while still allowing for many trees.  The stars on the American Flag also follow the quincunx pattern. Just so you know.

The quincunx planting pattern.
Also, a great game of pachinko.

"But the quincunx of heaven runs low, and 'tis time to close the five ports of knowledge"

-Thomas Browne, Sr., "The Garden of Cyrus"

Fun fact: The quincunx pattern is also commonly used as a tattoo, inked on the hand between the thumb and index finger.  The meaning varies between cultures, though it is most commonly used to mean fertility or a close group of friends.

Fun Fact 2: Thomas Edison, slight inventor of the tattooing machine, had a quincunx tattooed on his hand. In Europe, quincunx  tattoos were given to prisoners.

Third and final Fun Fact: It can also be a symbol for Vietnamese Gang members, meaning love, money, prison, crime, revenge.*

Oh, you're going to like next week's word:

Hobbledehoy

(And, no, it does not have anything to do with Hobbits.)

*Don't quote me on this.  It's Wikipedia.

Zugzwang! Totally Creepy!!!!! (^ w ^) <-Pumpkin

(^ W ^)   << That Jack 'o Lantern... Mmhmmmmm

As Promised, I chose a veeeerrrrryyyyy scary word for this week, called a Zugzwang.  And, hold on to your knickers, because your socks are about to be scared off.  Put some gel and hair dye in that hair, because it's about to stand up straight and turn white! Gather your candles, because I'm gonna scare the daylights out of you. Sin quickly, because the living Hell is about to be scared out of you! Have your starch at hand, because you will get scared stiff!  I'm glad you look like a clown because you're about to be scared silly! Is your grave ready? You'll be scared to death!

So, instead of asking the usual people, today I, with permission, interrupted the Odyssey of the Mind class. This is what they said for ZUGZWANG:
Mom: An African Parrot with a Black Head...
Gianni: The sound a rubber-band makes.
Nick: A dumb-ass.
Owen: Like a Sham-wow, a Towel.
Jared: Honestly, I forget what he said...
Megan: A German word for Penis.
Eli: A place in Africa.
Oh, and Allison was here too: A furry animal that eats small creatures.

They got distracted. Not doing that again...

Anyways, they were pretty... Not close at all.

So, anyways, a Zugzwang is a German Originated word that describes a move in chess or checkers in which the move will always end with a death of some sort.  The word originated in Germany, as previously stated, in the 19th century, in an 1858 German Magazine. But it was pretty unofficial then. Almost 50 years later, Zugzwang first appeared in English in a 1905 issue of  Lasker's Chess Magazine. 

The word Zugzwang comes from the German Roots Zug-, meaning pull or move, Zuc- and Ziohan-, which also mean to move, and -Zwang, a suffix meaning Compulsion.  Therefore, Zugzwang literally means a Compulsion to Move.  And it can mean mor--

*I've been pronouncing it wrong. I pronounced it the way it looks, but is really pronounced Tsoog-Tsvang*

--e than just a move in chess.  The term can be used in real-life situations in which everything possible will end badly. How unfortunate. For example...

Say there is a guy. Let's name him Fernando. He hooks up with a girl, let's call her Hope Eath, and Fernando is Christian, and Hope's dad is a terrible guy who believes that only his religion, whatever it is, is so much better than all others and wants the best for his only daughter Hope, a guy who is this same religion. So, when Fernando meets Hope's father, now named Dwight, he can tell that he [Dwight] disapproves. He now wants to break it off with Hope, because he doesn't want to die by toothpicks. (Dwight is a very cruel man.) But, Hope really loves Fernando, and he can't just end it with her. But he is in trouble with the government, so he can't just leave the country.  Also, he can't fly under his own power. So, you could say that Fernando is in some real Zugzwang.  Also, he can't just abandon all Hope. He also can't face D. Eath.  And since he doesn't know of shovels, he can't even dig his own grave...

My word for next week will be Quincunx.

Also, I will briefly explain to you the Googlegänger, but only because I can't explain it in a whole post.

Wamble?!

Wamble

I know. You are just dying to know what Wamble means.  You are? Great. I get to keep you waiting for even longer!

So how was your day?

Awesome!

My day? Oh, it was fine. I ate cereal.  I can't wait for Halloween. Ooh! That reminds me! I have to have something spooooooooky for next week's word............

I don't know how I'll do that...

Okay. You've waited long enough.

Wamble is both a verb and a noun.  The verb portion of it means "An unsettling, weaving, and rolling motion (of a stomach), to feel nausea." So, whenever your stomach is rumbling, it is not. It is wambleing.  The noun is the counterpart to that.  A wamble(n.) is a stomach rumble.  But I like my family's responses more...

Jessie: "A type of walk, like a waddle. But a wamble. Penguins."

Mom: "A pumpkin that looks like Robert Plant."

Pop-sicle: "The process of stalling when you don't know the answer to a question your son asks you."

The only conclusion that I have drawn from those answers is that my family is astronomically insane.
The origin of the word wamble is unknown, but it has been around since at least 1887.  In Thomas Hardy's The Woodlanders (1887), it is said "She may Shail, but she'll never wamble".  In this case, Hardy uses the word to mean to wobble or totter, to walk with an unsteady gait. (Merriam Webster Dictionary)  As the word has no recorded usage before that, it is rumored that Hardy himself invented the word.  Nowadays, the word is hardly used, and used mainly for things like Blogs run by... Me...
Wamble's origin is actually unknown, though it is thought to have come from the Latin word vomere and the Norwegian Vamia. I understand where people are coming from when they say this.  But very vaguely. I mean, Vamia kind of sounds like wamble.  
I really wish I could continue, but there is hardly any information...
                             By the way, my next word will be... Zugzwang...

A truly frightening word, indeed.

Grawlix

Grawlix (And some other related words)

I bet you're really wondering what a grawlix is, right?

First, what my family thought:

Mom: A Combination of a Colon and Semicolon

Jessie: A mixture of Red, Brown, and White

Papa: A tool used for punching holes in a canvas cloth

Well, they were wrong.

A Grawlix is actually the symbols in a comic that replace a cursing word. For example, some four-lettered word beginning with an F that I prefer not to say would become $@#%.

Grawlix. I could see this happening.

The term Grawlix came around in 1980, and the book, The Lexicon of Comicana. This short book was written by Mort Walker, creator of the Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois.  Walker defines words that he made up and made popular, like solrads, lines that emanate from light sources.  Many of the words he created even appear in dictionaries, but not doozex. 

(Don't look that one up.  Just... don't...)

Dites, Hites, and Vites. They all sound similar, and they are all somewhat related. By the way, they were also created by Mort Walker.

Dites: Diagonal Lines across a reflective surface

Hites: Lines used very commonly in comics, showing a line of motion, as if after a fist punching someone, or just someone running.

Vites: Nevermind. Vites and Dites are the same thing.

See, so Mort Walker was actually a pretty influential comic-writer, at least for people who do blog posts on weird words...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana

Next Week's word/phrase: Semantic Satiation

I bet you really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really can't wait for this one...

Natiforms!

Yay! Who wants to learn about Natiforms?

Simply put, a Natiform is something that resembles a butt.

Yeah. You didn't expect that.

What my family said:

"Someone who follows the ideas of Ralph Nader?" -Mom

"A Chemical Compund, like Chloroform?"  -Dad

"A Natural Structure"  -Jess

Yeah. They were wrong.

Anyways, the word Natiform comes from the Latin Nati- meaning buttocks and -form.  Meaning exactly that. Resembling the shape of a buttocks.  So yeah. Not as much information as I originally desired...
Natiform was originally a medical term, used mainly for a tumor/cyst that made that shape.
Ammon Shia used the word Natiform in his book "Reading the Oxford English Dictionary". He then learned that the word had never been used as an insult. So what did he do? He used Natiform to insult people. What else?

"The Natiform on the baby's skull actually was a mango taped on."

Grawlix. Next week's word is Grawlix.

Dysania, the newest outbreak of disease. But not really.

DYSANIA

Do you suffer from Dysania? You probably do. As do I. And basically everyone else on Earth suffers from Dysania! (In a loose sense of the term...)

Simply put, Dysania is the unofficial term for "Not wanting to get out of bed in the morning."  Right?! Literally 99% of people DON'T LIKE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING! But, hey, can you really blame them? I mean, does anybody really like getting up at... Whatever time? No. At least I don't.

Actually, the word Dysania is a more common word for the actual term, Clinomania.  And, apparently, it's an actually serious affliction!  I guess there are people out there that completely have problems getting out of bed. And, no. It's not that they just hit the Snooze button a couple of extra times. They can suffer from headaches to migraines, from extreme tiredness to depression.  So, I guess we don't actually all have it. We just like our beds. :)

Clinomania (Which is nowhere near as awesome-sounding as Dysania) comes from the Greek roots Clino- , meaning bed, and -Mania, meaning addiction.  So really, it's like having a drug addiction in a sense. You just love it so much that you always need more.  Although, in this case, it just means more than you already had, not more each time.  Okay. So it isn't like that at all. Sue me.

How could you use this in a sentence? Wow... Uh... How about like this:
The red Dragon, afflicted by dysania, often had trouble waking up, so he rigged a bucket of hot ashes to fall on him every morning.
That works, right?

Yeah. I didn't really have much to go on this week. But next week (Or rather in 2 weeks), I will make up for it completely with the word Natiform. And, again, please don't look it up ahead of time. This will be your last warning.

ALSO! I had a question.  I've heard (From Wikipedia) that you can use the sentence Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. This would technically mean "The Bison from Buffalo, NY, that are bothered by the Bison from NY, bother the Bison from NY." So, in the Buffalo Buffalo... etc, would you need a the and a that in there, as in:
The Buffalo buffalo (that Buffalo buffalo buffalo) buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Right?

Petrichor

Finally! The moment you have "all" been waiting for.....

*Insert Drum-Roll Sound here*

PETRICHOR

Okay. Okay. I know you've been waiting all week for this, so...

Petrichor is the actual word for the smell of rain on dry ground! Who knew that actually had a name? I did. Only because I looked it up. Anyways, the word Petrichor is derived from the Greek roots Petri-, meaning stone, and -ichor, which is the fluid that flows in the veins of the Gods.  So, really, when you smell that first rain, you are technically smelling the "blood" from Poseidon's and Zeus's veins being thrust upon the stones of the ground.                                                     HOW METAL IS THAT!?!?!*

The term Petrichor was coined by two Australian research scientists.  I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas described the smell in a 1964 article in Nature, an Australian Journal. They described a smell of "The oils exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks." Bear and Thomas, 1964.

Also, not really related, but the word Petrichor was used in 2 episodes of Doctor Who.  In one episode, it appeared as a smell of perfume!

Be on the lookout** for next week's word, Dysania!   "Who will contract it next?!"

*The combination of an exclamation mark and Question mark is called an Interrobang.  ( ‽ ) THE MORE YOU KNOW!

*But again. Please don't look it up ahead of time.

Akimbo!

Hmm... Normally, I would do a little sentence to "break the ice", if you will. Well, it's a bit late for that...

First, I would like to tell you that this is my blog. It is about the weirdest of words, and some words for things you didn't know had names, like Akimbo.

AKIMBO

Akimbo is just the technical term for  --  you guessed it--  Having your hands on your hips.  Most commonly used as "Arms Akimbo", it is the real word for something we all do every day!

History of the phrase:  Akimbo was first used in the c. 1400 story, "The Tales of Beryn."  "The Hoost... Set his hond in kenebow..."     "In Kenebow" is thought to have originated from the Icelandic term in keng boggin, meaning "bent into a crook," basically meaning Bent.  And, as you can tell, your arms are definitely bent when you have them Akimbo.  So, how it turned from In Keng Boggin to Akimbo, I have no idea.

Another possibility of the word's origin is from the language of the Kongo.  "Bakimbo" is the Bakongan  word for Akimbo.  It is believed that the Bakongan guards stood their posts with their arms on their hips. These guards were called the "Bakhinga"  So, yes, that does mean that the "Bakongan Bakhinga stood Bakimbo."

Oh, and there's also a band called AKIMBO. They have a song called the RockNess Monster. Please don't make me review it. Please.


Next Week's Word: Petrichor
Please don't look it up before hand. You can wait 7 days.