i am howling so loudly my suitemates must think i'm mad. i am howling because of this brilliant list of definitions i found on h2so4, including:

• solipsisterhood. n. the theory that a woman's reality is the only reality.

• simulachresis. n. a trope in which the word "like" is employed as a spacing mechanism or affect.

• subvertiginous. adj. vertigo or dizziness brought on by exertions toward over-throwing or undermining tradition.

• intercursive. adj. tending to deal with matters of coitus via text.

• synechdote. n. a short account of a humorous or interesting incident with global significance to one's life.

• nihologism. n. a word that has made nothing into something.

• peter-panoptic. adj. making everything visible appear younger than it is, or you are.

• chatachresis. n. misapplication of a casual form of discourse.

  and my favourite:

• albatrocity. n. an atrocious action, condition or object, hanging around one's neck.