Posted by
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam,
Managing Director, Editorial,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.
Rastaquouere (noun): A social climber.
Rastaquouere(noun): A social climber. One who insinuates himself into high society by using affectations and manners purely for the purpose of gaining social prominence. "Rastaquoueres will gain nothing by hanging around publishing events as publishing people are not particularly high society but rather loutish introverts with poor social graces."
Zoilist
Zoilist
(noun):
A person who thoroughly enjoys finding fault with others or in things around him or her.Say the word out loud to yourself now that you know the meaning and see how many people...
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Jumentous
Jumentous: Pronounced
/d Š’u ‹ ‹Ë†m ‰-nt ‰â„¢s/: Smelling distinctly like horse urine.
Why someone saw fit to create a word that specifically identified horse urine when even humans don't...
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Blesiloquent
Blesiloquent: To speak with a stutter or a lispWas it just a cruel twist of fate that this word would be a challenge to pronounce for those who have a lisp or a stutter?
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Bever
Bever (noun): A snack between meals."The problem with bevers is that they end up containing more calories than meals."
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Jiffle
Jiffle (verb): To fidget or shuffle restlesslyAn easy word to remember because it sounds like a combination of the words "fidget" and shuffle."
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