…we’re pretty smart and darned funny. :)

The winners of yesterday’s 8th-grade vocabulary contest are:

Most words correctly defined

Our beloved Luke with 8 of 10 correct! Congratulations!

Funniest faux definitions

EYG: deasil – clearasil for the gods. (dee-a-sil…get it?)

Peter L: comparative form of “osy”, which means awesome, as in “My car is osier than yours.”

Ken: hebdomadal – a Jewish camel

Grossest faux definitions

Luke faux-defined “kepi” as “”the glandular sweet meats of a squad, quail, or other small poultry.” (gag)

Ken faux-defined “baobab” as “bat meat skewered and sauteed.” (gag)

Funniest random observation:

Night Train: “I’ve never seen any of those words before. But if you pronounce the list out loud real fast, it sounds like something you might hear at a charismatic prayer meeting.”

Click “More” below to pronounce the word list out loud real fast…oh, and to see the correct definitions.

abreact: discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization

baobab: African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd

deasil: A clockwise motion is one that proceeds ‘like the clock’s hands’

fribble: to waste time (verb); trivial, a trifle (noun)

kepi: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor

osier: any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture

stygian: a word meaning Hell or the Underworld

nimiety: excess: a quantity much larger than is needed

hebdomadal: appearing or occurring every seven days

massasauga: A ground rattler: small pygmy rattlesnake