{"id":3873,"date":"2010-08-06T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2010-08-06T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:30:27","slug":"words-rejected-by-the-oxford-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/words-rejected-by-the-oxford-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Words rejected by the Oxford dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accordionated \u2013 being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time<\/p>\n<p>Blogish \u2013 a variety of English that uses a large number of initialisms, frequently used on blogs<\/p>\n<p>Dunandunate \u2013 the overuse of a word or phrase that has recently been added to your own vocabulary<\/p>\n<p>Earworm \u2013 a catchy tune that frequently gets stuck in your head<\/p>\n<p>Freegan \u2013 someone who rejects consumerism, usually by eating discarded food<\/p>\n<p>Fumb \u2013 your large toe<\/p>\n<p>Furgle \u2013 to feel in a pocket or bag for a small object such as a coin or key<\/p>\n<p>Griefer \u2013 someone who spends their online time harassing others<\/p>\n<p>Headset jockey \u2013 a telephone call centre worker<\/p>\n<p>Museum head \u2013 feeling mentally exhausted and no longer able to take in information; Usually following a trip to a museum<\/p>\n<p>Nonversation \u2013 a worthless conversation, wherein nothing is explained or otherwise Elaborated upon<\/p>\n<p>Optotoxical \u2013 a look that could kill, normally from a parent or spouse<\/p>\n<p>Peppier \u2013 a waiter whose sole job is to offer diners ground pepper, usually from a large pepper mill<\/p>\n<p>Percuperate \u2013 to prepare for the possibility of being ill<\/p>\n<p>Polkadodge \u2013 the dance that occurs when two people attempt to pass each other but move in the same direction<\/p>\n<p>Pregreening \u2013 to creep forwards while waiting for a red light to change<\/p>\n<p>Smushables \u2013 items that must be pack at the top of a bag to avoid being squashed<\/p>\n<p>Stealth-geek \u2013 someone who hides their nerdy interests while maintaining a normal outward appearance<\/p>\n<p>Vidiot \u2013 someone who is inept at the act of programming video recording equipment<\/p>\n<p>Whinese \u2013 a term for the language spoken by children on lengthy trips<\/p>\n<p>Wibble \u2013 the trembling of the lower lip just shy of actually crying<\/p>\n<p>Wikism \u2013 a piece of information that claims to be true but is wildly inaccurate<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accordionated \u2013 being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time Blogish \u2013 a variety of English that uses a large number of initialisms, frequently used on blogs Dunandunate \u2013 the overuse of a word or phrase that has recently been added to your own vocabulary Earworm \u2013 a catchy tune&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/words-rejected-by-the-oxford-dictionary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Words rejected by the Oxford dictionary&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-linked-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-10t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3874,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions\/3874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}