Logophilia

(Adj.) Expressing a wish, but not creating an obligation

Interesting thing happening with "cornhole," in which a non-vulgar use of the word is overtaking the vulgar use of the word. Seems like the vulgar use might not be quite popular enough to make the word off-limits for general use.

lake on the border with Connecticut in south central Massachusetts

OK, maybe a proper noun doesn't quite fit this community. But it's one of the trending searches on Merriam Webster's site right now for some reason, and it's funny. :)

1. A market situation in which there is only one buyer for a product.
2. A buyer with disproportionate power.

Basically the reverse of a monopoly, a market controlled by a single or dominant seller.

Lacking money.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps and riff.

Noun

corpus (plural corpora or corpuses or corpusses or (proscribed) corpi)

A collection of written or spoken texts.

This is a word that only exists in a language I made up for a story. But, I find it interesting. And, in this world, there's no direct translation in English (or, the book's stand-in for English).

Basically, the word means "one who fictionalizes their own enemies, in order to justify their violence." Imagine, say, a warlord who organizes a squadron to put on masks and uniforms of an enemy, and then raids a village - so that they can then publically condemn this enemy, and have support from that village for taxing them and gathering up their own troops to retaliate.

I could see the community deciding fictional words shouldn't count, but even should this be the case, it evokes the need for such a word in language.

Adjective

Rhadamanthine (comparative more Rhadamanthine, superlative most Rhadamanthine)

• Strictly and uncompromisingly just.
• Inflexibly rigorous or severe.

1. a group of seven
2. a period of seven days

Noun: The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

Such as in the Bible or Ernest Hemingway using “and” to extend sentences and individually emphasize each element.

Adjective

Pertaining to a siege

from the Greek, "depth", and more directly from the name of a literary character of satire

noun: a sudden switch of subject or tone from the profound to the banal, especially if employed satirically

perverb (plural perverbs)

A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs.

Examples

• A rolling stone catches the worm. The early bird gathers no moss.
• Make hay while the cat's away.

Noun

logophilia (uncountable)

The love of words and word games.