Peripherate

To depart from the nucleus (or primary theme) of a discussion, essay or dialogue, and focus on peripheral concepts.

Rater than to nucleate in his thesis (i.e., to focus on the central idea), he began to peripherate.

by Chummali October 24, 2015

Purripheral vision

When everywhere you look there are cats.

When he walked into the cat lady's house, there were contented cats lying about on every surface. He felt like he had purripheral vision.

by Shamaniac August 15, 2019

Peripheriyams

Yams seen in your peripheral vision.

“
Hey bro, you seen those peripheriyams?”

by BlackHammer115 June 19, 2020

periberal

The term for when a word is made-up.

"Periberal is a periberal made by Adam Khan"

by MelkShek May 1, 2022

periphrastic

It is an indirect or roundabout way of writing about something

I'm not even going to pause to point and laugh at the absurd periphrastic present in the last line of the first verse.

The distinction between inflected and periphrastic forms is usually illustrated across distinct languages.

by Emotionalfreak June 20, 2022

peripherophile

someone who is obsessed with peripherals, like audiophile but for peripherals.

basically like techtok accounts

"hey guys today were gonna be reviewing the cabled rat x2 mouse, it has 12g 16k polling rate, insanely good base skates, and its only 400$" <--- this is a peripherophile

by lvl100pelqer November 23, 2024

periphrasis

the use of indirect speech or writing and using many words when fewer would do

Are negotiations being slowed by the ambassador's tendency towards periphrasis?

by Undyingsword646 June 11, 2024