Re: They Have a Word for It!

From: "andrew" <hobbit@...>
> Am 08/03 00:50  Yoon Ha Lee yscrifef:
>
> > On that note, I seem to remember some "dictionary" of words that ought
> > to exist, snatches of which were read to us in 3rd grade.  I can't for
> > the life of me remember the author or title, but one word I remember
> > vividly was "airdo," or "the little rubber-dust fragments that come from
> > an eraser when you use it" (or somesuch).  This ring a bell with anyone?
> >
> Was it Sniglets, the dictionary of necessary words, or some title close
> to that?  I know Sniglets is right, I remember finding it in a library.
I remember my elementary school library had a couple of them.

The only two words I remember from it right now were:

Aquadextrous, being able to operate the bathtub faucet with your feet
Ecnalubma, an ambulance only visible in the rear-view mirror.


    *Muke!