2016 Wordplay is now complete!
The winners for 2016 are listed first. Congratulations to Howard Brody for his oh-so-useful first place winner. Congratulations to all the top 10!
Most recent words are at the top.
| Word | Definition | Name |
| Spinister | A very evil, very old, unmarried woman | Howard Brody |
| Momeries | The warm and fuzzy feeling a mother gets looking back at her kids early years | Katharine Lang |
| Posthumorus | Dead funny | Doug Langmead |
| Asshaole | An obnoxious tourist in Hawaii | Ron Joyal |
| Baroquen | Damaged 17th century antiques | Caroline Zobac |
| Abracus | An instrument used to calculate the size of a woman’s breasts | Anne DelCampo |
| Mediochre | Yellow pigment that just isn’t trying hard enough | Matthew B. Winkel |
| Omnimpotent | Unable to do anything whatsoever | Michale Rofkar |
| Vociferrous | Knife-edge strident | Vali Jamal |
| Satisfiction | Belief in the myth that that candy bar you are eating will satisy your nutritional needs until your next meal. | Todd Bricker |
| Honorable Mention – more than one letter (oops!) | ||
| Fauxliage | Cell phone mast that is disguised to look like a tree | Gareth McGonnel |
| Sinopsis | A brief recounting of a person’s wrongdoings | Anne delCampo |
| Vociferrous | Knife-edge strident | Vali Jamal |
| Ostemptation | Showy supply of goods intended to attact buyers | Pablo Dominguez |
| Curtroom | Where the sentences are short | Joe Olha |
| Crapplication | Rolled out, untested, to your PC | Lorien |
| Mantonym | Woman | Doug Langmead |
| Rebuttal | Rear-end sculpting of sagging derrieres by high-end plastic surgeons | Susanna von Canon |
| Cafe d’lait | The long minutes spent waiting in line in a coffeeshop behind someone who cannot decide what size, what flavorring and what kind of sprinkles they want on their yet undecided expresson | H R White |
| Omnimpotent | Unable to do anything whatsoever | Michale Rofkar |
| Abracus | An instrument used to calculate the size of a women’s breasts | Anne DelCampo |
| Peerogative | The right to tinkle | Joe Olha |
| Jockularity | Locker room humor | Anne DelCampo |
| Thumble | Awkwardly leaf through the pages of a book | Doug Langmead |
| Statological | The deliberate use of crappy data in trying to skew a statistical study | H R White |
| Asspiration | An idea that really BACKfires | Holly Gilster |
| Pizzazz | A pizza that is delivered by family that still has all the topping on it as ordered | Lous Gagnon |
| Dimbecile | An incredibly simple-minded person | Anee DelCampo |
| Tripidation | The fear of taking hallucinatory drugs | H R White |
| Confidunce | A self-assured idiot | Susanna von Canon |
| Feetures | The useful bits of software–non-standard and chargeable | Lorien |
| Pillogical | Confounding medication | Joe Olha |
| Doctranal | Following orthodoxy to an almost pedantic degree | Josh Cleary |
| Historionic | A history account full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, to attract attention | Vali Jamal |
| Fleased | To have been dishonestly convinced that leasing one’s automobile was a better option than purchasing it | H R White |
| Insexticide | The ultimate passion killer | Glen V. Thompson |
| Omelit | Eggs on fire | Joe Olha |
| Gobbledybook | A voracious reader | Doug Langmead |
| Crankquillizer | Medication, usually prescribed by daughters, for older men stuck in traffic caused by idiots… | David Bishop |
| Ineffable | Not just sacred, f*g sacred | Michael O’Connell |
| Paradice | Delightful place for Eskimos to live in | Pablo Dominquez |
| Glumorous | Pretty but sad | Joe Olha |
| Collabordating | Co-workers who are supposed to be working together on a project but instead spend more time interested in each other | Name Withheld |
| Lassietude | Canine apathy | Ruth Krause |
| Mortivation | The relentless downward pull that begins in middle age. | Charles Gardiner |
| Incensitive | The inability to smell strong, smoky odors | Mike |
| Indefratigable | Tirelessly friendly | Joe Olha |
| Manarchy | The process by which hereditary succession to the throne is managed in banana kingdoms | Name Withheld |
| Texticle | A courageous text message | Patrick O’Shea |
| Anteloper | Someone who jumps in and raises the stakes in a poker game without having a seat at the table | Doug Langmead |
| Exy | Referring to a person who was ex | Jasbir Singh |
| Undune | Adverse affect of a coastal storm | Joe Olha |
| Cairopractor | Pharaoh’s personal masseur | Joe Olha |
| Oiligarchy | Small group of powerful oil producers who control supply and fix prices | Pablo Dominguez |
| Idiotpathic | Stupidity of unknown origin | Robert Mavrogordato |
| Vicissidude | A man who keeps changing relationships and jobs. | Sandy Atkins |
| Phoner | When your phone sits sideways in your pocket | Brian Foshee |
| Momories | The warm and fuzzy feeling a mother gets looking ack on her kids’ early years | Katharine Lang |
| Diplomate | A tactful spouse | David Spharler |
| Hippocriticize | Criticizing someone for doing something you do. | Kim Beaty |
| Face Time Continuum | When Face Time freezes, it is defined as an interruption in the face/time continuum | Lori Shumard |
| Otherwise | The other way in which you are not wise | Mia Debidin |
| Undiplomathic | Rude arithimatic | David Spharler |
| Confishcate | Seize by authority a boat loaded with fish caught illegally | Pablo Dominguez |
| Solipessimism | Doubting your existential singularity | Doug Landmead |
| Asshaole | An obnoxious tourist in Hawaii | Ron Joyal |
| Remembrr | To recall memories of colder weather | Mia Debidin |
| Piggyjacked | When you walk past the couch and your kid jumps on your back without warning | Brian Foshee |
| Perkatory | When your 2-year old daughter wakes you up in the middle of the night because she is not tired and would like you to go for a bike ride – you are about to enter Perkatory | Rob Ossian |
| Embhellish | Make (something) more attractive by the addition of devilish details or features | Mia Debidin |
| Mother Load | The first time a woman with her first baby discovers a real diaper-bursting excretion | Don Chatfield |
| Jobligation | A task or assignment specifically related to one’s work; views with distain as it typically interferes with or prevents otherwise enjoyable activities in life. | Jonathan Honey |
| Snaugahyde | Fake dragonskin used for covering furniture in the Shire | Bob Kriz |
| Posthumorus | Dead funny | Doug Langmead |
| Dopplerganger | The weatherman at the local station who friends tell you looks just like you | Jennifer Bryan |
| Embryol | Draw into a pre-natal patenity suit. | Doug Langmead |
| Mystopia | The future society resulting from the attitudes and values of the ‘youth of today” (from a senior citizen perspective) | Kelsey Ishimoto |
| Acnedote | A spotty memory for telling jokes in your anecdotage | Doug Langmead |
| Strandby | At the airport, getting bumped from one wait list to the next, hoping to get on a flight | Christopher Erck |
| Seafari | Expedition to observe dolphins, whales and other large mammals | Pablo Dominguez |
| Hormonalsidal | A cross between being homicidal and suicidal due to uncontrollable hormones | Colleen Smith |
| Ernormous | BIG mistake! | Rik De Decker |
| Werewithal | When they lost the wherewithal to do something , all they were left with was the werewithal | Vali Jamal |
| Minimom | Small-sized mother | Pablo Dominguz |
| Comcasterated | To have your mind sucked out by television | Bruce Gill |
| Misteak pie | Underfilled steak pie | Rik De Decker |
| Constriction | A traffic delay caused by road work | Christopher Erck |
| Apostophy | A degenerative condition, now widespread, where the sufferer loses the ability to place the apostrophe appropriately (ed. note: in it’s correct place?) | Greg Hayes |
| Delayover | A longer than expected time between flights | Christopher Erck & Debbie Berger Lehr |
| Blander | Blonder than blonde. Some men find this very attractive, hence blanderlust. | Doug Langmead |
| Hagnant | Toiled and troubled to perfection | Doug Langmead |
| Ombusman | Person appointed by a bus company to investigate passenger complaints | Pablo Dominguez |
| Feetures | Characteristics of the movable parts of the body at the end of the lower limbs | Pablo Dominguez |
| Spinister | A very evil, very old unmarried woman | Howard Brody |
| Message-Parlour | Where you hone each word in a message to iron out joint-word pains | Vali Jamal |
| Fangst | Nervousness or anxiety brought on by close proximity to snakes | Name Withheld |
| Freckless | (n) A temporary condition enjoyed by blonds who sunbathe without sunscreen or (adv) behavior leading to same | Doug Langmead |
| Gratiturde | The feeling of immense relief and joy when you finally have a B.M. | Katharine Lang |
| memebership | belonging to a group that connects via humorous images on the internet | Bar Lowenberg |
| Buyceps | Enhanced arm muscles forms by constant carrying of excessive shopping | Name withheld |
| Hierephant | An interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles who never forgets | Doug Langmead |
| tittivate | to make small adjustments enhancing breast display as an officer is approaching during a traffic stop | Wayne Price |
| 5-http | the natural supplement taken to help reduce social media anxiety and digital depression | Jason Kyle |
| miscombobulate | unable to think clearly when presented with numerous and varied ideas | H.R.White |
| contradoctory | When the second doctor’s opinion contradicts the opinion of the first doctor | Name withheld |
| bronoun | A noun, used in replacement of a proper noun, by that category of people known as ‘bros’. Includes “dude”, “buddy”, “bro” and “chief”, among others. | Jesse McMeekin |
| exitgency | A claustrophobic contingency | Ruth Krause & D Langmead |
| flagulance | the gaseous patriotic statements made by politicians as they seek refuge from their scoundrellyl acts | H.R.White |
| cutiful | (pronounced cute-i-full) A person or an object with extreme cuteness. e.g. The giant pink teddy at the store was so cutiful! | Name withheld |
| Tactuary | Someone who assesses all risk of manners | Doug Langmead |
| Dufferin | An analgesic for bad golfers | Richard Rohrdanz |
| Bromcom | A genre of movies based round the relationship between two male characters | Jesse McMeekin |
| tomborrow | A grave matter that can wait for a day | Doug Langmead |
| snotalgia | nostalgia with the sound-effects and visuals; or dyslexic sentimentality | Robert-Ian Caldwell |
| Probiscous | Having a cold and sneezing all over the place | Doug Langmead |
| Pastword | Not the way into your email anymore | Name Withheld |
| Momarchy | Your child’s school Parents’ Association | Crystal Sheperd |
| Fauxliage | Cell phone mast that is disguised to look like a tree | Gareth McGonnel |
| Accilent | When you do something excellent by accident | Jake Dunn and Scott Donn |
| Cogito Sergo Vest | I think, therefore I must be wearing a cardigan | Doug Langmead and Andy Wright |
| iNnoying | The irritation or annoyance caused by a person paying attention to their iPhone or smartphone and not their surroundings, therefore bumping into people or almost causing accidents | Shane Kavanagh |
| Mundaze | When you spend your entire, boring career daydreaming about retirement | Jill Stanley |
| Trivulations | Frustrating but trivial hurdles to accomplishing a task–as in “trials and trivulations” | Robert Lackie |
| Egoceleration | When a driver traveling below the speed limit suddenly accelerates when you try to overtake them | Carolyn Shea |
| Poogle | Dog with short curly hair and a fetish for finding things | Paul Armstrong |
| Pettiflogging | Vending of worthless items | Ryan Mottershaw |
| Vinitiate | Open a bottle of wine to get the party started | Michael Somerville |
| Yorgasm | Fond remembrance of things you can’t remember | Doug Langmead |
| Theonogian | A person who claims a close friendship with God | Ryan Mottershaw |
| Crescento | The fortnight before a full moon | Doug Langmead |
| Dentale | Lying through your teeth about how the car got damaged | Bob Kriz |
| Popsicle | An elderly gentleman’s bicycle | James Tadion |
| Transgander | A visual inspection before directing someone to the appropriate restroom | Bob Kriz |
| Ennuit | Bored Eskimos | Doug Langmead |
| Dydtopia | A future governed by predictive text | Doug Langmead |
| Cuticle | A very adorable testicle | Rob Mouldey |
| Singesation | The feeling you experience when a part of your body has a brief encounter with a flame | Vivian Stockman |
| Noderator | The person who asks softball questions at a debate and fails to challenge political balderdash | Charles Gardiner |
| Deingrater | A tool that not only slices carrots, it makes the pieces feel small | Molly Westmoreland |
| Breadful | The impending send of doom someone with Celiac disease feels upon seeing a loaf of bread | Colleen R. |
| Taxi of Knievel | High-powered motorbikes with pillion passengers cutting in and out of traffic at high-speed | Doug Langmead |
| Vanal | That ridiculously venal person we all know who’s simultaneously a real waste orifice | Mark Hanson |
| Deadicate | Work yourself to death | Bob Trowbridge |
| Panodium | Loathing or contempt for everything | Brent Pappas |
| Blight Entertainment | Jokes that are a bit off | Doug Langmead |
| Catastrophy | Award given to the most destructive cat | Bob Trowbridge |
| Briticism | The act of criticising something in an overly polite, self-effacing manner | James Howard |
| Bromates | Two men that are having a bromance | Carolyn Rauch |
| Crapture | The feeling produced by satisfying defecation | George Wharton |
| Impressario | Someone who can put on a concert in the absence of funding | Doug Langmead |
| Soulicitation | The Devil’s job | Bob Trowbridge |
| Transparent | A mother or father who has undergone gender reassignment surgery | Jerry Cooley |
| Pithagoras | Vigorous discussions involving 3 Greeks | Doug Langmead |
| Kingdum | The mythical land where we dream of banishing the stupid person we are dealing with | Crystal Sheperd |
| Amayonizing | Mayonaise that taste so exceptionally good that it deserves accolade | Petek |
| iPhoney | What you call someone when they try to seel you fake Apple products | Crystal Sheperd |
| Iniquisitor | An ultimate hypocrite | Leslie De’Ath |
| Potentate | Idaho’s new king | Geoff Wilson |
| Timbucktoo | Tim Buckley’s ill-fated second albu inspired by West African rhythms | Liz King |
| Invasian | When your favorite burger joint is replaced by a Chinese restaurant | Crystal Sheperd |
| E-maul | An e-mail that attacks the reader or is offensive | Name Withheld |
| Petithe | A small tip | Doug Langmead |
| Cooleague | That guy at work who never does everything, but everyone knows their name and likes them. | Tristan O’Donnell |
| Overbaring | Shedding too much clothing in public | Sheila Guinn |
| Manel | Yet another conference panel full of men. | Meg Greene |
| Indentification | A depression on an object that helps to identify it. | Alexander |
| Disemvowel | Space-saving method used by texters | Sheila Guinn |
| Faton | A futon adorned in fabric that has horizontal stripes | Megan Greene |
| Altaration | INcremental change in theology when religion is forced to adapt to modern society | Johnny Townsend |
| Afflunenza | Entitles and overly indulged with whatever money can buy | Joan H Sullivan |
| Endolphin | Happy hormone released when swimming with mammals | Alec Finney |
| Edifeces | Poorly designed buildings | Gerald Stansfield |
| Multimatum | Insisting on an end many times (e.g. “if you don’t stop that I’m taking your toys. I mean it. Stop it. I’ll take your toys. Now. Absolutely stop it or I’m taking your toys…) | Lorien |
| Tantamound | A hill of Might-have-beens | Doug Landmead |
| Sinceriously | Seriously sincere | Peter Runyon (on behalf of Dietmar B) |
| Arcande | Esoteric mind candy | David Spharler |
| Incurance | Chronic illness caused by the health care system | Pete Glarborg |
| Stragedy | A dramatic genre of strategies, causing great suffering (e.g. we plan to implement this stragedy in the next financial year) | Lorien |
| Sopportunity | Soaking up the moment | Doug Langmead |
| Velosophy | Contemplating the meaing of existence while sky diving | Todd Bricker |
| Effluent | Someone who is really good at pronouncing the letter “F” | Lee Swindell |
| Fictionality | To erroneously claim functionality – e.g. ‘we have full business system fictionality” | Lorien |
| Satisfiction | Belief in the myth that that candy bar you are eating will satisy your nutritional needs until your next meal. | Todd Bricker |
| Pinot Moir | A re-constipated whine | Bob Kriz |
| Digitarian | Someone who does not purchase consumer content on physical media (only direct digital downloads) | Andrew Bednarz |
| Titerature | Banned classic novels published by Olympia Press | Leejay Rudenjak |
| Endolphin | Happy hormone released when swimming with mammals | Alec Finney |
| Vindigestion | The result of eating too much spicy Vindaloo | John Peterson |
| Buy Accident | What you tell your spouse after you made a low “impulse” bid during an auction (live or online) because you’ll CERTAINLY be outbid and then… | Kelsey Ishimoto |
| AIChing | Painfullly prescient intelligent | Doug Langmead |
| Renigmatic | Mysterious again | David Spharler |
| Ostsensible | Supposedly sane | David Spharler |
| Repenance | Being perpetually sorry for something, and visibly beating yourself up for it | Brian Soh |
| Whorrify | The frightening (and sad) process by which child entertainers try to shed their youthful image as they enter adulthood by transforming their behavior and appearance into something more closely resembling sluts and man hoes. | Lisa Matheson |
| Psychsic | A clairverbatim | Doug Langmead |
| Baroquen | Damaged 17th century antiques | Caroline Zobac |
| Home | A place to stash stuff while you go out and buy more stuff | David Emmerson |
| Pregmatic | The pragmatism that comes from a missed period | James Jackson |
| Permaflost | A piece of cotton between the teeth that can’t be dislodged | Doug Langmead |
| Grape Idea | An idea inspried while intoxicated with wine | Lary Graves |
| Hangry | A hungary AND angry person | Iryna |
| Annoncement | An impromptu declaration, made off the top of one’s head | Doug Langmead |
| zbombie | How you really end the zombie apocalypse | Shaena Allen |
| Bozones | Areas where clowns gather | Ruth Band |
| Clipstream | Youtube | Doug Langmead |
| eddress | Email address | Gilliana Shiskin |
| Count Krapula | If count Krapula (Finnish for ‘hangover”) has visited you, you had quite a few drinks the night before | Iryna |
| Naplomb | Self-combusture | Doug Langmead |
| Beleaguered | Sent down to the minors | Paul Moser |
| Abdicat | To sit on the floor, rather than risk evicting the tabby from your chair | David Emmerson |
| Residude | Hipster | Name Withheld |
| Desperanto | The language of last resort | Doug Langmead |
| Corroberation | A robbery committed by two or more people | Paul Moser |
| Metrognome | A short metrosexual | John Proudfoot |
| Kleptomanic | The condition of being intoxicated with the joy of stealing | Claude Cuff |
| Edupuncture | A hole in a basket of European currencies | Doug Langmead |
| Wearhouse | A synonym for a turtle | Anusha Hariharan |
| Picturisque | Where art meets pornography | David Emmerson |
| Hippersnapper | opposite of whippersnapper | Matthew B. Winkel |
| Hamnesia | A situation where someone forgets they’re kosher | Jamie Hanuka |
| Banal Compulsive | A behavioral pathology that causes groups of teenagers to loudly engage in mindless banter when in public | Kelsey Ishimoto |
| Astrocomical | An erroneous social media post which asserts that a ‘supermoon’ will appear to be five times larger than average. | David Emmerson |
| Blyss | That warm fuzzy feeling you get when perfect strangers like your online post or comment | Jeff Cooper |
| Sarchasm | Sarcasm that is also deeply profound | Zach Sposato |
| Puriosity | Pure Curiosity | Matthew B. Winkel |
| Manguage | Speech entirely devoid of ambiguity, but nonetheless open to willful misinterpretation | David Emmerson |
| Squality | Of squalid quality | Matthew B. Winkel |
| Kissmet | A destined lip caress | Sara Craddock |
| Kakaesque | Weird s*** | David Emmerson |
| Huemanity | kindness to people of all colors | South Coast Probus |
| Mediochre | Yellow pigment that just isn’t trying hard enough | Matthew B. Winkel |
| Pandiculation | the process of insulting your cookware | Jess |
| Rudite | Impolite Ore | Matthew B Winkel |
| Vagilantes | Gangs of women that beat up misogynists | Gary Glick |
| Relactant | A woman who has a second baby but isn’t quite ready to nurse again | Matthew B Winkel |
| Therapost | A couch doctor who leaves empathetic comments on social media | Sara Craddock |
| Veteranarian | A doctor for old soldiers | Name Withheld |
| Scentipede | A faint smell of urine | Doug Langmead |
| Dumaste | when you want to bow and pretend to honor a dumb ass, mumble this | Marla McCune |
| Slobriety | A lazy and slovenly tea totaller | Sara Craddock |
| Snarchasm | A sarcastic snarky comment | Zach Sposato |
| Misadentures | Old farts’ teething problems | South Coast Probus |
| Congagation | Thos who go on to attend midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, after the bars close | David Emmerson |
| Agregious | Strongly agree | Justin Pines |
| Claustrotobic | when your compression socks are too tight | Marla McCune |
| Kudose | A good measure of glory. | Sara Craddock |
| Innuendose | What the doctor writes on your prescription, to tell the pharmacist the strength and size of the medication he’s going to insert in your anal orifice. | Ken McClean |
| Incredable | Having the ability and skill to believe the impossible | Sara Craddock |
| Hallowteenmas | The period between Oct 31 and Dec 25 when some people display Christmas decorations while others still have their pumpkins and corn stalks out | Verna Caruso |
| mobscure | An unknown Gang | Sara Craddock |
| Pupills | Anxiety and stress reduction medication, used by classroom teachers everywhere, to get them through the school day | Ken McClean |
| Penvy | The wicked instinct to steal that coves over one when borrowing an excellent writing utensil | Muriel Ballard |
| Startvation | The beginning of a long hunger | Sara Craddock |
| Peography | A course for seniors on the location of public washrooms | South Coast Probus |
| Shtick Shift | The process used by a comedian to gear his material to the audience | Gary Glick |
| Alesheimers | A cognitive disease that prevents one from remembering how many beers you’ve consumed | Heather McDaniel |
| Cantemplate | Thinking negatively | Joel Olson |
| Horrorscope | A colonoscopy | South Coast Probus |
| Practicat | A sensible feline | Sara Craddock |
| Toppleganger | Something that looks like it fell over before | Name Withheld |
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