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A wordist is someone who believes that words have absolute meaning. This is another term for word fundamentalism. When people love certain words, the sound of the word, or the imagined meaning, they are often willing to kill or die for the belief in that word or idea it represents to them. Words all define each other, around in an endless circle, and no word has any absolute meaning. Wordists fail to realize this and should read the undictionary to help get the world out of the present fundamentalist wars.
"Eddy" was such a wordist that he believed in being proud to serve the country he loved. He went to war to kill people, (or get killed himself), who were also wordists in the country that they loved. They both absolutely believed in many words and concepts as if these words were actual things that had meaning, instead of words, just being hints to really communicate and get us where we need to go.
wordist by fred ressler September 23, 2008
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German slang word for vodka.
“Where is the Woddi? Bonez makes a story!”
- Beste Leben (Bonez MC & RAF Camora)
woddi by Papa_Dank November 16, 2019
The art of deriving words from seemingly nowhere, by utilising the full extent of the English language.
I used wordism to create my own post modern impressionist dictionary of existentialisistic terms.
wordism by Arthur September 16, 2003
Woodism is the belief that the entire universe is made up of entire wood.
Woodism is
When you look at the night sky it's not what you think it is, it's actually just wood and the stars in it are spots of the wood that have been burnt to a certain extant that it became white, just like the stars at night.
Woodism by Woodism Pope July 17, 2015
Yiddish slang for something having to do with the testes; something testicular.
Strangely enough, the tuna salad smelled rather waddish.
waddish by Corneilius August 6, 2006
An adjective and/or noun used for a person who discriminates against words
if you think the two words kidnapping and babysitting are different in meaning, then you’re a wordist.
Wordist by SoupEggs June 29, 2023
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