word of the day

arseclown.

1. Someone who is both an arsehole and carries on like a clown.
2. One who, while exhibiting the outward affectations of substance, worldliness & sophistication, is in fact a rank amateur with a fondness for plagiarism & convincing surfaces.
3. i thought i bloody well invented arse-clown, but i guess not. an arse-clown is someone who tools around and is a bit weak instead of getting the job done. As in: “that bloke there with the side burns and the john lennon glasses, talking about how much he earns in the IT industry, my best guess is he’s been an arseclown from the get-go.”

i love urban dictionary.

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cacophony.

[kuh-kof-uh-nee] –noun, plural -nies.

1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

Origin:
1650–60; < NL cacophonia < Gk kakophōnía. See caco-, -phony

Related forms:
cac⋅o⋅phon⋅ic  /ˌkækəˈfɒnɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kak-uh-fon-ik] Show IPA , adjective

(Dictionary.com Unabridged)

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Mellifluous.

[muh-lif-loo-uhs] –adjective

1. sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
2. flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL mellifluus, equiv. to L melli- (s. of mel) honey + -flu(ere) to flow + -us adj. suffix (see -ous )

Related forms:
mel⋅lif⋅lu⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
mel⋅lif⋅lu⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. melodious, musical, dulcet, harmonious.
(Dictionary.com Unabridged)

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perspicacious.

per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious
   /ˌpɜrspɪˈkeɪʃəs/ [pur-spi-key-shuhs] –adjective

1. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
2. Archaic. having keen vision.

Origin:
1610–20; perspicaci(ty) + -ous
[From Latin perspicāx, perspicāc-, from perspicere, to look through; see perspective.]
per’spi·ca’cious·ly adv., per’spi·ca’cious·ness n.

Related forms:
per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. perceptive, acute, shrewd, penetrating.

Antonyms:
1. dull, stupid.

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Risible.

ris⋅i⋅ble
   /ˈrɪzəbəl/ [riz-uh-buhl] – adjective

1. causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
2. having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh.
3. pertaining to or connected with laughing.

Origin:
1550–60; < LL rīsibilis that can laugh, equiv. to L rīs(us) (ptp. of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis -ible

Synonyms:
1. funny, humorous, comical.
(Dictionary.com Unabridged)

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Pique.

(btw, dictionary.com doesn’t seem to think it exists.)

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Impromptu.

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malarkey.

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popped straight out of the brain and into the ‘yep, that’s the one’ file.

Finagle.

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after taste-testing plop, poop and flubber, the consensus is that the word of the day is:

Dollop.