realpolitik

See also: the novel "Mating" by Norman Rush. There is a scene where the ambiguity of the definition, and its proper pronunciation, are used to great effect.

See above example--literary.

by ekf March 27, 2005

Shuckadoff

A word that has no definition so when you call someone a shuckadoff no one gets hurt

Bob: i farted
You: Quit being such a shuckadoff Bob

by EKF December 30, 2014

nonplussed

Often misused as meaning unfazed, but actually means bewildered.

English majors are nonplussed about how "nonplussed" has, over time, become so misused.

by ekf March 27, 2005