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wordodex 

n. The part of the human brain responsible for storage and, more importantly, retrieval of the words learned over the course of a lifetime.

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Wordodex failures, in which the correct or perfect word (le mot juste ou parfait), which may have spent years collecting dust in the less-travelled areas of a surgeon's cerebral cortex, is badly routed and ends up dangling uselessly at the tip of his tongue, can be both annihilatory and devastative.
wordodex by gnostic3 November 23, 2022
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Wordorexia 

(noun)
1. An appetite for words

2. A strong desire to write.
(adjective) -wordorexic
"I have wordorexia right now."
"I have a wordorexic friend."
Wordorexia by Jake07 May 25, 2019
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wordadex 

n. Source of synonyms; a book, computer file, smartphone app or knowledgeable pleonastic person. Similar to a thesaurus or synofile.

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Can you think of another word for rhetorical?

I'm not a wordadex. Look in the thesaurus.
wordadex by gnostic1 September 21, 2011

liquid lunch 

A lunchbreak comprised entirely of alcoholic beverages, and no food.
"With all the lay-offs that morning, it was rough. I hit the bar around the corner for a liquid lunch mid-day."
liquid lunch by Alexandra July 27, 2004
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Dunzo, a slang word for done/finshed. Made famous by the Laguna Beach cast.
This car is so dunzo. (Kristin's car breaks down.)
dunzo by Joey Pellet December 8, 2004
Word of the Day on June 20, 2026

ankle biter

Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle biter may be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
"Dang ankle biter took off my whole leg!!"
ankle biter by the sane maniac February 2, 2004
Word of the Day on June 19, 2026

Male Pattern Blindness 

When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"
Male Pattern Blindness by diablo581 February 10, 2008
Word of the Day on June 18, 2026