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Bookblind

/bʊkblʌɪnd/

a person that chooses not to read.
I don't ever read for pleasure. I'm bookblind.
by Matt Windle poet March 1, 2021
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Caliwid

/ˈkalɪˈwɪd/

a person that is in a serious relationship with or married to someone that works away or has been absent for an extended period of time.
"Her husband is always working away. The poor girl is nothing but a caliwid."
by Matt Windle poet February 23, 2021
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Ventence

/ˈvɛnt(ə)ns/

the overlapping of words within a sentence to form an expression with both the words that precede it and the words that follow.
"There is no chance of golden repairs from the land of the RISING SUN, SETS instead on the horizon of false hopes."

You can have a rising sun and a sunset. 'Land of the rising sunset' is a ventence.

Someone may be a sorry sight or a sight for sore eyes but a 'sorry sight for sore eyes' is a ventence.
by Matt Windle poet February 27, 2021
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Lish

/lɪʃ/

delicious.

highly pleasant to the taste.

delightful.
"That garlic bread looks lish!"
by Matt Windle poet March 14, 2021
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Confibulise

/kənˈfibjʊ'lʌɪz/

When both parties of a conversation are lying to one another - and everyone involved in the conversation knows it - yet they politely continue with the conversation all the same.

When somebody pays you a compliment pretending to be sincere but you know they are lying.
Employee 1 to employee 2: "I hope that you get the promotion, good luck!"
Employee 2 to employee 1: "No, I hope that YOU get the promotion. You deserve it."

The employees would confibulise. They acted as though they wanted their opposition to do well but everyone knew that really they hoped they would fail.
by Matt Windle poet October 10, 2020
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Bibliodium

/ˈbɪblɪəʊdɪəm/

is the general dislike or widespread hatred of reading books.
"They must have bibliodium because I can never persuade them to read a book."
by Matt Windle poet March 2, 2021
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Rexpert

/ˈrɛkspə t/

A boxing fan that has never boxed a day in their life and believe that they are far more knowledgeable about the sport than what they actually are. They consistently use the boxing database 'BoxRec' in order to sound more informed about particular fighters when discussing boxing with their peers.
"He would have you believe that he's a specialist on the sport but really he's nothing but a rexpert."
by Matt Windle poet October 13, 2020
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