ferroequinology

 

ferroequinology (uncountable)

(humorous, nonstandard) The study of railways in general, but especially locomotives. The study of iron horses.

skinflint

 

skinflint

Noun

• a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

stopgap

 

stopgap

Noun

• something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

okapi

 

okapi

Noun

• similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

liegeman

 

liegeman

a loyal follower

batik

 

batik

Noun

• a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted

Verb

• dye with wax

Monoceros

 

Monoceros

• proper noun: Monoceros (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.

pigging

 

pigging

Verb

• live like a pig, in squalor
• eat greedily
• give birth to piglets

lemme

 

lemme

Lemme is an abbreviation of "let me". Although used mostly in text, this vocal verbatim is a key component of the language of modern youths. Since the pronunciation of "let me" requires too many syllables, lemme has become an accepted form of expressing this action.

amble

 

amble (plural ambles)

1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

 

Siping

 

Siping is a process of cutting thin slits across a rubber surface to improve traction in wet or icy conditions.

Siping was invented and patented in 1923 under the name of John F. Sipe. The story told on various websites is that, in the 1920s, Sipe worked in a slaughterhouse and grew tired of slipping on the wet floors. He found that cutting slits in the tread on the bottoms of his shoes provided better traction than the uncut tread. Another story is that he was a deckhand and wanted to avoid slipping on a wet deck. 

 

 A tire with ziggy-zag sipes.

Pedipalps

 Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and anterior to the first pair of walking legs.