<link href="9781936976935.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:8f935415-e6be-4269-a133-efc3e8c83483" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <div class="booksection"> <h2 class="chaptitle"><a id="page_26"/><a id="ch7"/>OBSOLETE WORDS THAT ARE RIPE FOR A COMEBACK</h2> <div class="poem"> <p class="poem"><b>Bezonter</b></p> <p class="poem">Expletive expressing surprise or consternation</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Bouffage</b></p> <p class="poem">A satisfying meal</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Cockalorum</b></p> <p class="poem">Someone who has a high opinion of himself despite being very short</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Condiddle</b></p> <p class="poem">To make away (with something) secretly</p> </div> <div class="box"> <p class="image"><img alt="Images" src="images/p26-01.jpg"/></p> <p class="bcenter"><b>Curglaff</b> The shock felt when one first plunges into cold water</p> </div> <div class="poem"> <p class="poem"><b>Flippercanorious</b></p> <p class="poem">Elegant</p> <p class="poem"><b>Illecebrous</b></p> <p class="poem">Alluring, enticing, attractive</p> <p class="poem"><a id="page_27"/><b>Irrisory</b></p> <p class="poem">Addicted to laughing or sneezing</p> </div> <div class="box"> <p class="bcenter"><b>Lunting</b> Walking and smoking a pipe</p> <p class="image"><img alt="Images" src="images/p27-01.jpg"/></p> </div> <div class="poem"> <p class="poem"><b>Purfled</b></p> <p class="poem">Short-winded, especially in consequence of being too lusty</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Scurryfunge</b></p> <p class="poem">A hasty cleaning of the house between the time you see a neighbor and the time she knocks on the door</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Snudge</b></p> <p class="poem">To stride around as though you’re terribly busy, when in fact you’re doing absolutely nothing</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Squizzle</b></p> <p class="poem">To fire a gun</p> <p class="poem">•</p> <p class="poem"><b>Wagpastie</b></p> <p class="poem">A rogue</p> </div> </div> </body> </html>