Jul 8, 2012

Visual Interpretations Of Unusual Words

Obscure and endangered words in Project Twins’ visual interpretations of unusual words, originally exhibited at the MadArt Gallery Dublin during DesignWeek 2011.

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Biblioclasm
The practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media.

Dactylion
An anatomical landmark located at the tip of the middle finger.

Fanfaronade
Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.

Gorgonize
To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on: Stupefy or petrify

Ktenology
The science of putting people to death.

Noegenesis
Production of knowledge.

Pogonotrophy
The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.

Quockerwodger
A rare nineteenth-century word for a wooden toy which briefly became a political insult.

Scripturient
Possessing a violent desire to write.

Tarantism
A disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to dance.

Ultracrepidarian
A person who gives opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge.

Vernalagnia
A romantic mood brought on by Spring.

Welter
A confused mass; a jumble; turmoil or confusion.

Yonderly
Mentally or emotionally distant; absent-minded.

Zugzwang
A position in which any decision or move will result in problems.

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