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Ambiguously Big Words

by JM

big-word-game.jpgNow the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

No, not the next Harry Potter release. (That’s soon, isn’t it? I think I read somewhere it’s soon…)

Last week your ambiguously big word was ptochocracy.

Elisa thought…

A world ruled by a pteradactyl?

Jean thought…

ptochocracy- the ability to rule without a subject

What’s the answer?

Ptochracy - noun - the rule of beggars or paupers, wholesale pauperization.

Personally, I was going to the pterodactyl.

Your word for this week: Lobscouse

Have fun. :)


Posted in Writing Games on July 18th, 2007

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8 Responses to “Ambiguously Big Words”

  1. Elisa Says:
    July 18th, 2007 at 2:37 am

    A badly thrown Boy Scout.

  2. Mr Scribe Says:
    July 18th, 2007 at 5:34 am

    A crustacean from that place in England where the Beatles come from. Related to the Paddycray and the Taffycrab.

  3. Joel Says:
    July 18th, 2007 at 10:32 am

    A cross-breed of a lobster and a mouse. It was made by scientists in an attempt to make the most disgusting living thing ever.

  4. JM Says:
    July 18th, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    They just keep getting better and better. :)

  5. DaveP Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Lobscouse - The art of throwing a Scouser (person from Liverpool) off the edge of a cliff.

  6. JM Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

    Ha! How perfect. I never would have imagined there was a term like Scouser out there.

  7. Neel Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 4:19 am

    Lobscouse- a lobster dish

  8. JM Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 6:38 am

    See I would have gone with something like that. :)

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