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

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

mockument

a document that is produced as evidence in a law court but that actually turns out to be forged.

The court document proved to be a mockument.

by uttam maharjan August 25, 2011

demythify

to show the truth of something by removing all falsities; to debunk; demythologize. Derivatives: demythification, demythifier.

The story was highly fabricated and so it behoved them to demythify it.

by uttam maharjan November 14, 2011

stick-in-the-craw

something that is not acceptable.

Your marriage proposal is a stick-in-the-craw.

by uttam maharjan October 08, 2011

wendy child

a child in a play group (pre-nursery).

There are ten wendy children in the school.

by uttam maharjan August 11, 2010

arithmomancy

divination by looking at numbers.

The palmist has good knowledge of arithmomancy.

by uttam maharjan August 29, 2010