Words and their funny meanings 2

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Abibliophobia - The fear of running out of reading material.

Absquatulate - To leave or abscond with something.

Allegator - Some who alleges.

Anencephalous - Lacking a brain.

Argle-bargle - A loud row or quarrel.

Batrachomyomachy - Making a mountain out of a molehill.

Billingsgate - Loud, raucous profanity.

Bloviate - To speak pompously or brag.

Blunderbuss - A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.

Borborygm - A rumbling of the stomach.

Boustrophedon - A back and forth pattern.

Bowyang - A strap that holds the pants legs in place.

Brouhaha - An uproar.

Bumbershoot - An umbrella.

Callipygian - Having an attractive rear end or nice buns.

Canoodle - To hug and kiss.

Doozy - Something really great.

Dudgeon - A bad mood, a huff.

Ecdysiast - An exotic dancer, a stripper.

Eructation - A burp, belch.

Fard - Face-paint, makeup.

Fartlek - An athletic training regime.

Fatuous - Unconsciously foolish.

Filibuster - Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.

Firkin - A quarter barrel or small cask.

Flibbertigibbet - Nonsense, balderdash.

Flummox - To exasperate.

Folderol - Nonsense.

Formication - The sense of ants crawling on your skin.

Fuddy-duddy - An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.

Furbelow - A fringe or ruffle.

Furphy - A portable water-container.

Gaberlunzie - A wandering beggar.

Gardyloo! - A warning shouted before throwing water from above.

Gastromancy - Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach.

Gazump - To buy something already promised to someone else.

Gobbledygook - Nonsense, balderdash.

Gobemouche - A highly gullible person.

Godwottery - Nonsense, balderdash.

Gongoozle - To stare at, kibitz.

Gonzo - Far-out journalism.

Goombah - An older friend who protects you.

Hemidemisemiquaver - A musical timing of 1/64.

Hobbledehoy - An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.

Hocus-pocus - Deceitful sleight of hand.

Hoosegow - A jail or prison.

Hootenanny - A country or folk music get-together.

Jackanapes - A rapscallion, hooligan.

Kerfuffle - Nonsense, balderdash.

Klutz - An awkward, stupid person.

La-di-da - An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.

Lagopodous - Like a rabbit's foot.

Lickety-split - As fast as possible.

Lickspittle - A servile person, a toady.

Logorrhea - Loquaciousness, talkativeness.

Lollygag - To move slowly, fall behind.

Malarkey - Nonsense, balderdash.

Maverick - A loner, someone outside the box.

Mollycoddle - To treat too leniently.

Mugwump - An independent politician who does not follow any party.

Mumpsimus - An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue.

Namby-pamby - Weak, with no backbone.

Nincompoop - A foolish person.

Oocephalus - An egghead.

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