World Wide Words

Dean S.
These words are from the website "World Wide Words" http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm
Each of these words links to an article on that website.

In November 2006, Visual Thesaurus did an interview with the creator of the website (Michael Quinion) - Words, Words, Words http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/419/.
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  1. addiction
    being dependent on something habit-forming
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-add1.htm
  2. ambient
    completely enveloping
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-amb1.htm
  3. aposiopesis
    breaking off in the middle of a sentence
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-apo2.htm
  4. bloviate
    speak verbosely and windily
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-blo1.htm
  5. bodacious
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bod2.htm
  6. brainstorming
    a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-bra3.htm
  7. burgoo
    thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bur1.htm
  8. chatoyant
    varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cha2.htm
  9. decimate
    kill in large numbers
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-dec1.htm
  10. gazebo
    a small roofed building affording shade and rest
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-gaz2.htm
  11. gobbledygook
    incomprehensible and wordy jargon
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-gob1.htm
  12. jingoism
    fanatical patriotism
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-jin1.htm
  13. lynch
    kill without legal sanction
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-lyn1.htm
  14. mesmerise
    attract strongly, as if with a magnet
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mes1.htm
  15. shenanigan
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-she1.htm
  16. skedaddle
    run away, as if in a panic
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ske1.htm
  17. stagflation
    slow economic growth with high prices and unemployment
    http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-sta2.htm
Created on Sun Dec 28 08:51:50 EST 2008 (updated Sun Dec 28 09:31:57 EST 2008)

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