Game: Define the word

[austinarg]

So I thought we could play a little game, while we wait for the world to end. Someone writes a word, and you have to define it. No Google, no Wikipedia, no anything, you have to use your own words. If you don't know what that word is, then write whatever you suppose it means.

Word: "awkward"

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Very unusual in context of the situation?

Salty

[austinarg]

Tastes like salt. Yuck.


Here comes my favourite word ever: "shenanigan"

[vsrinivasa]

Tastes like salt. Yuck.


Here comes my favourite word ever: "shenanigan"

A devious trick, usually used for questionable or underhand motives.

My favourite word as of today: guetapens

[p2u_]

My favourite word as of today: guetapens

Penitentiaries for a certain gigantic ape-like species (gueta) from the planet Reach.

Agastopia is a nice word I came across recently.

Paul

[vsrinivasa]

Penitentiaries for a certain gigantic ape-like species (gueta) from the planet Reach.

Agastopia is a nice word I came across recently.

Paul

By the way, guetapens means an ambush or trap.

Agastopia: admiration of a person's body part

Omphaloskepsis is an interesting word.

[chopin2015]

Contemplation of one's navel for meditation purposes.

Word: ferromagnetism

[vsrinivasa]

Contemplation of one's navel for meditation purposes.

Word: ferromagnetism

The mechanism by which certain metals, including iron, are attracted to magnets or form permanent magnets.

Word: ergatogyne

[perprocrastinate]

A very intelligent and knowledgeable woman. (After looking the word up, it turns out I wasn't even close!)

Word: quadriplegia

[vsrinivasa]

Word: quadriplegia

A form of paralysis which causes all four limbs to become immobile.

Word: phoresy

[austinarg]

A form of paralysis which causes all four limbs to become immobile.

Word: phoresy

Has the characteristics of a phone?

swag

[vsrinivasa]

swag

An Australian bedroll, a verb meaning the same thing as "to swagger", or a slang word for a style generally considered "hip" or "cool".

Word: schoenabatist

[ajspiano]

Word: schoenabatist

A tight rope walker (I think)

word: "strine"

[vsrinivasa]

word: "strine"

The form of the English language and accent of Australia.

Word: epilegomenon

[j_menz]

Word: epilegomenon

The libretto of "Hair". 

Word: Frankelmoigne

[chopin2015]

Answer to things?
Word chirality

[vsrinivasa]

Word chirality

The property of a figure that is not identical to its mirror image; that is, one cannot superimpose the object onto its mirror image in such a way that all the features coincide.

Word: sovkhoz

[chopin2015]

The property of a figure that is not identical to its mirror image; that is, one cannot superimpose the object onto its mirror image in such a way that all the features coincide.

Word: sovkhoz

Russian farm
Word. Galvanometer

[vsrinivasa]

Russian farm
Word. Galvanometer

An instrument used to detect, measure, and calculate the direction of small electric currents.

Word: grimthorpe

[chopin2015]

An instrument used to detect, measure, and calculate the direction of small electric currents.

Word: grimthorpe

Interesting! I got something about remodeling without preserving the history of a building

Word translocation lol. In musical terms

[vsrinivasa]

Interesting! I got something about remodeling without preserving the history of a building

Word translocation lol. In musical terms

Not quite sure in musical terms, but I do know that it means the act or instance of changing position, such as the transfer of part of a chromosome to a different location.

Word: pyopoiesis

[chopin2015]

Formation of pus / purulence ewww

Word pointillism

[vsrinivasa]

Formation of pus / purulence ewww

Word pointillism

Artistic practice of applying small strokes onto a surface so that they appear to blend from a distance.

Word: psammon

[chopin2015]

Biota burried in sediments

Word  hemianopsia

[vsrinivasa]

Biota burried in sediments

Word  hemianopsia

Loss of vision in half the visual field of one/both eyes.

Word: loxophthalmus

[chopin2015]

Loss of vision in half the visual field of one/both eyes.

Word: loxophthalmus

A type of squinting condition

Word xenomorph lol

[vsrinivasa]

A type of squinting condition

Word xenomorph lol

Either a mineral that cannot form its crystal form due to crystallization between earlier crystals or a creature from the Alien films.

Word: lymacatexis

[j_menz]

No Google, no Wikipedia, no anything

Ahem!

[chopin2015]

Ahem!

No dictionary? I cannot go on. 

[chopin2015]

Either a mineral that cannot form its crystal form due to crystallization between earlier crystals or a creature from the Alien films.

Word: lymacatexis

Hahahh

[vsrinivasa]

Ahem!

I actually know the definitions of every word I defined. I have a pretty huge vocabulary.

[vsrinivasa]

Hahahh

Can someone define lymacatexis?

[chopin2015]

I actually know the definitions of every word I defined. I have a pretty huge vocabulary.

I know the definitions of the words i provided plus anything russian. 

[vsrinivasa]

I know the definitions of the words i provided plus anything russian. 

I know the definitions of pretty much all the words in this thread. Now, will someone define lymacatexis?

[chopin2015]

I know the definitions of pretty much all the words in this thread. Now, will someone define lymacatexis?

Fascination with dirt

[vsrinivasa]

Fascination with dirt

Excellent!  Now, another word for me to define?

[j_menz]

Excellent!  Now, another word for me to define?

Scutage

[vsrinivasa]

Scutage

In feudalism, a tax paid by a vassal in lieu of offering military service.

Word: xenodocheionology (I'll be really surprised if anyone gets this right)

[chopin2015]

study of specific monastery buildings

word is decibel

[vsrinivasa]

study of specific monastery buildings

word is decibel

A logarithmic unit of intensity/loudness of a sound relating it to a specific reference level.

Word: zeigarnik