Favourite words found

[Boulevardiere]

I truly thought TRICORDERS was a long shot, but I guess Trekkies are everywhere, including in the dictionary.

[DrPlacebo]

SENIORITIS is a very common affliction.

[BoggleOtaku]

SENIORITIS is a very common affliction.

Interesting usage trend: rare 1900-1920; fastest increase ~2000, with local maxima ~1980.

[Boulevardiere]

HAMARTIOLOGIES (theological study of sin). With two seconds left, after trying every possible "-ologies" I could imagine, I saw the start of "hamartia" and chucked it as a hail mary. I guess if you see something, try something.

[DrPlacebo]

Got points for GOLIARD. I was never sure whether it was a proper noun. In any case, having played Orff's Carmina Burana helped with this one.

[crazykate]

I finally found PETRICHOR in a game. Not that I was specifically looking for it, but petrichor has been one of my favourite words since I first learned it, and I don't think I've had it come up in a game before.

[Boulevardiere]

I finally found PETRICHOR in a game. Not that I was specifically looking for it, but petrichor has been one of my favourite words since I first learned it, and I don't think I've had it come up in a game before.

"For the girl who's tired of waiting." (I'm assuming we're all giant nerds here and learned this word the same way. )

[crazykate]

"For the girl who's tired of waiting." (I'm assuming we're all giant nerds here and learned this word the same way. )

I don't actually know that reference. Could you explain?

[JJBeanie]

I don't actually know that reference. Could you explain?

It's from a Dr Who episode showing an advertisement for a perfume, "Petrichor" that has the slogan, "For the girl who's tired of waiting".

[crazykate]

It's from a Dr Who episode showing an advertisement for a perfume, "Petrichor" that has the slogan, "For the girl who's tired of waiting".

Ah, thanks! I've watched a few episodes of Dr Who, but it's a very niche thing in my country, not like in the UK where it's part of the culture

[Boulevardiere]

Ah, thanks! I've watched a few episodes of Dr Who, but it's a very niche thing in my country, not like in the UK where it's part of the culture

I stand corrected! That's the only place I've ever seen/heard the word, and it became quite a thing for a while, so I assumed. Never mind, carry on!

[DrPlacebo]

CONTANGO always strikes me as an oddball word when I see it in business news, not least because no one seems to have much of an idea about the etymology.

(Also got points for the plural forms CONTANGOS and CONTANGOES.)