July Good Word Selections

[Dr. Goodword]

This is a note of thanks for everyone who suggested words for the Good Word series in April and May. Those we are currently considering for July are in the list below. Making this list means that we will be researching them; some may still not make production in July but certainly most will. Also, special words take priority on special days. This list includes submissions by those who subscribe to the series but email suggestions rather than use the Agora as a vehicle for that service. Finally, I get a few ideas myself that often take precedence.

If we don't already have it, we will need the actual names of the contributors for the credits.

abrogate (RobertsJJ)
anathema (en4sir)
aposiopesis (Bailey)
blackguard (Stargzer)
bricolage
caucus (Bailey)
deign
fictile (Bailey)
gingerly
glabella (Bailey)
gormless (Bailey)
imbriferous (Braziliandude)
minister (scw1217)
moot (marty1499)
moue [moo) (Peggy Nielsen)
oblong (Lee)
omnifarious (Susan Hays)
onycophagia (Braziliandude)
perfervid (Grogie)
plangent (Katy)
polyphagous (Bailey)
poobah (KatyBr)
posh (MontereyGirl)
regalia (uncronopio)
ribald (Bailey)
ruction (bnjtokyo)
trek (Bailey)
twain (Stargzer)
zounds! (Stargzer)

It will probably be August before we can look more closely at these but they are on the list:
proscribe (KatyBr)
eddy (magi)
baksheesh (magi)

[Slava]

I'd like to re-suggest at least 3 of these words for the GW Dictionary:

Polyphagous - excessive desire to eat; eating many different foods.

Onychophagia - nail-biting.

Aposiopesis - stopping in the middle of a sentence, leaving things unsaid.