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Ye olde word of the day - Slubberdegullion

What characters have you read that match this?

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Ye olde word of the day - Lubberwort

I think I know a few who have dined on a lubberwort or two 😂

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Ye olde word of the day - Pickthank

How many pickthanks do you know? 🤔🫣

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Ye olde word of the day - Moonraker

What’s the best use of moonraker as an insult you can come up with?

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Ye olde word of the day - Chork

I have this urge to tell people to chork quieter in their wellies. 🤷‍♂️😂

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After Versipel and Lamia, I thought I’d do a separate, specific theme.

Ye olde demon of the day - Incubus and Succubus

Do you know of any more old demons and mythical creatures?

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Ye olde word of the day - Lamia

Does anyone else also think that they had better words and demons in the past?

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Ye olde word of the day - Versipel

There’s quite a few writers that have versipels in their books.

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Ye olde word of the day - Fissilingual

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Ye olde word of the day - Ructabunde

I’ve known a few belchers, but a lot more windbags, especially political ones 😂

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Ye olde word of the day - Dorbel

Two insults in one with this 😂

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Ye olde word of the day - Pediculous

Does anyone else feel like this could equally have been a Harry Potter spell? 😂

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Ye olde word of the day - Welkin

When did you last look up into the welkin in wonder?

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Ye olde word of the day - Flagitious

Have you met any flagitious people? A few politicians spring to mind.

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Ye olde word of the day - Caitiff

I know I’ve met a few caitiffs in my time, have you?

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Ye olde word of the day - Fopdoodle

Who would you call a modern fopdoodle?

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Ye olde word of the day - Bagatelle

“The whole quarrel was merely a bagatelle — not worth losing a friendship over.”

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Ye olde word of the day - Snowbroth

I think it sounds so much more evocative than slush, don’t you?

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Ye olde word of the day - Perendinate

The ultimate past time for procrastinators everywhere. 🫣

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Ye olde word of the day - Peradventure

Peraventure you might use it some time?

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Ye olde word of the day - Grubstreet

Would you accept grubstreet work?

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Ye olde word of the day - Booby

E.g. “Don’t be a booby, they don't even believe it themselves.”

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Ye olde word of the day - Pococurante

E.g. “The politician’s pococurante tone toward the voter’s earnest concerns was almost comical in its detachment.”

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Ye olde word of the day - Gorgonise

E.g. “The stranger’s gaze gorgonised the entire room; no one dared move or speak.”

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Ye olde word of the day - Farrago

I feel like my book outlining style is being outed here 🫣

In Roman times, farrago literally meant mixed grain or fodder fed to animals—cheap, assorted, and unrefined.

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Ye olde word of the day - Derf

E.g. The derf tyrant laughed at the pleas of the innocent.

Do you know any derf people?

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Ye olde word of the day - Facinorous

Do you know any facinorous people?

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Ye olde word of the day - Acedia

E.g. “The acedia overwhelmed him, obscuring any hope of a future.”

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Ye olde word of the day - Coxcomb

E.g. He’s such a coxcomb.

Does this work with some reality show contestants?

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Ye olde word of the day - Dunderhead

E.g. “You’re the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses!” Mark Twain 1883.

Do you know dunderhead or are any of your characters one?

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