Amerindia

that part of the Americas where the American Indians live; homeland of the American Indians.

Maine is the Abnaki's Amerindia. So are Quebec, New England and the Canadian Maritimes.

by uttam maharjan June 19, 2010

wordnik

a person who in highly interested in knowing the meanings of new words and in using new and highfalutin words.

The write-up is full of new and bombastic words. The writer must be a wordnik.

by uttam maharjan September 22, 2010

visual literacy

the ability to cognise the sequence of events in a film; the capacity for keeping abreast with and tracking the events in a film as they proceed.

The flick is of no use to those who do not have adequate visual literacy.

by uttam maharjan March 19, 2010

whosie-whatsit

a person or thing that you know but have forgotten his or its name.

I met a whosie-whatsit yesterday. I cannot recapture his name right now.

by uttam maharjan December 07, 2011

hypersthenia

great strength; being strong to an extreme extent.

The government showed hypersthenia in tackling the burning problems facing the nation.

by uttam maharjan March 11, 2010

quiritant

in the habit of crying for no apparent reason.

The child is very quiritant.

by uttam maharjan October 25, 2010

anti-birther

a contraceptive pill.

She takes anti-birthers on a regular basis.

by uttam maharjan November 16, 2011