sitzmark
n. an impression made in snow by a skier falling backward onto his or her backside
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jouisance
n. use or enjoyment
Barmecidal
adj. giving only the illusion of plenty
cacœconomy
n. bad management
furibund
adj. irate
The residents of the parking-challenged Hampshire town of Farnborough were delighted in 2016 to learn that a fully equipped car park had been lying unused for five years. The bad news: It could be reached only on foot. It resides on a roof above a gym complex.
Under the plan, motorists would reach the facility via a bridge from an adjoining property. But that site was still under development.
“We have a massive problem with car parking in Farnborough,” councillor Gareth Lyon told the Independent. “To have had this huge car park lying empty defies belief. It is ridiculous.”
(Thanks, Charlie.)
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fidicinal
adj. of or pertaining to a player on stringed instruments
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cimicine
adj. smelling of insects
hircinous
adj. smelling like a goat
suaveolent
adj. smelling sweet
alliaceous
adj. smelling like garlic or onions
puant
adj. stinking
macrosmatic
adj. having a well-developed sense of smell
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hippomachy
n. a fight on horseback
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hyetal
adj. of or belonging to rain
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belute
v. to cover with mud or dirt
lutose
adj. covered with mud
squage
v. to dirty with handling
Every regulation major league baseball, roughly 240,000 per season, is rubbed with “magic mud” from a single source, a tributary of the Delaware River. It’s harvested by a single man, 62-year-old Jim Bintliff, who keeps the precise location secret even from Major League Baseball.
“I know the mud,” he told Sports Illustrated. “I’m the only one on the planet who does.”
(Thanks, Peter.)
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canicular
adj. pertaining to the dog days
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philargyry
n. love of money
pismirism
n. hoarding of money; miserliness
ingordigious
adj. greedy, avaricious
pleonectic
adj. excessively covetous, avaricious, or greedy
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porculation
n. the feeding or fattening of pigs
(Thanks, Rob.)