http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/ a journal of metaplastic words en-us 2006-09-22T09:26:26-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000222.html palliable  [pal-lahy-uh-buhl] –adjective 1. acceptable or agreeable to the mind because of its flexibility. 2. acceptable or agreeable because of... Tim 2006-09-22T09:26:26-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000212.html Coined by Fr. Rob Johansen, snarkasm combines snark and sarcasm to describe the use of snide remarks in an especially... Tim 2006-06-02T11:39:54-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000204.html Originating as a brain stutter this metaplastic word seems to be a combination of anonymous and ominous. A possible definition... Tim 2005-09-14T21:58:25-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000202.html Submitted by Susan Piver Browne this word, a combination of obsequious and acquiesce, began life during a conversation about apologizing... Tim 2005-09-13T21:35:30-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000203.html Inspired by schadenfreude – a malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others – schadenfreund is the only metaplastic word the... Tim 2004-09-21T09:50:33-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000200.html A combination of disingenuous and generous, this metaplastic word describes one's actions when dining out with friends at a posh... Tim 2004-09-02T14:44:32-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000155.html This word was heard on NPR during an interview with a violinist who is known for taking liberties with the... Tim 2004-08-13T00:31:18-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000189.html Beginning its life as a typo, this new word can be used to refer to a person who won a... Tim 2004-07-08T16:56:30-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000173.html Heard as a mispronounciation of skirmish. Possible definitions: 1) A minor battle fought between small gangs of worms. 2) Relating... Tim 2004-05-01T22:36:14-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000158.html Heard on NPR by an interviewee, this metaplastic contraction appears to be a severe shortening of "it has been my... Tim 2004-05-01T10:17:33-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000154.html Glocal is another metaplastic word submitted by prolific contributor Clint McInnes. Clint says, "I saw this one in a trade... Tim 2004-02-04T12:25:11-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000153.html Clint McInnes contributed this metaplastic word which cropped up in a reader's comment on Anu Garg's excellent A.Word.A.Day Compendium of... Tim 2004-02-04T12:24:35-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000165.html Found as a misspelling of "massacre" in a school project on the "Massacre of the Infants" referred to in the... Tim 2004-01-20T12:57:25-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000123.html Submitted by Mike Driscoll, "supurban" is a metaplastic word useful for describing something "superb" that's located in a "suburban" part... Tim 2004-01-13T21:08:56-05:00 http://www.gigocorp.com/metaplasm/archives/000126.html Synthesized and submitted by Maryellen Read, hostiltality is the antonym of hospitality and can describe the reception received when visiting... Tim 2004-01-07T15:28:13-05:00