Love omelettes? You must be an Eggomaniac!
The english language keeps changing. For instance, after the current Liberal Democrat leader’s rapid drop in popularity, the compilers of Collins Dictionaries decided to drop the word ‘Cleggmania’.
On the other hand, they have introduced various other new words, including ‘ adorkable’, meaning someone who is endearingly geeky, and ‘bromance’, meaning a platonic friendship between two men.
here is a further selection of useful new words ripe for inclusion in the next Collins dictionary: EAGRRR: Keen but furious. EARRUNGS: Ladder- shaped piece of jewellery worn in the ear. EARFOOL: Prolonged angry speech from a particularly stupid person, eg: ‘ Gordon Ramsay gave all his chefs an earfool this morning.’ EAU-DE-NEIL: Aftershave favoured by presenter of BBC’s Daily Politics. EEKOLOGY: Alarmist branch of science intent on finding peril everywhere, eg: ‘ The Professor of eekology at Oxbridge University warned today that Greater Manchester will be underwater by the end of next year.’ EDUCKATE: To teach a bird to swim. EDELVI C E : Racy Alpine plant. EEEEELOOOOOOOOOON-GAAAAAAAAATE : To prolong to an absurd extent. EFFOGEY: Sculpture or statue of old man dressed in tweed, smoking pipe and reading The Spectator. EFFEET: Precious and affected parts of the body situated below the ankles. EFFICIANT: Tiny little insect that always reaches the pillarbox in time for the last post. EGGOMANIAC: One addicted to omelettes or boiled eggs. EGGUMENICAL: Coming together of enthusiasts for different types of egg — poached, fried, scrambled, etc — for shared worship. EISTEDDFOOD: Congress of Welsh bards in a restaurant. ELBORADO: Imaginary country in which BBC Question Time is screened on all televisions 24 hours a day. EL BOW: Joint between forearm and upper arm of a Spaniard. ELERUMERCUTION: The art of speaking hesitantly. ELEGGY: Song of lament for the loss of Pan’s People. ELITISTIST: Believer in the most elite elite. ELOOSIVE: An object lost in a public convenience. ELOP: When the last letter in a given word runs off to Gretna Green (see also Antelope: when one insect runs off with another). ELSWEAR: A distant place known for its bad language. EMBARRISTER: Prosecutor adept at making defendants blush. EMBERK: To board a ship wearing a paper hat, making funny faces and walking in a silly way. EMBIRO: Unborn ballpoint. EMBUTTERED: Spread with angry yellow creamy substance. EMBUZZLEMENT: When one bee steals honey from another. EMFATIC: Forcibly expressive use of words by the fuller figured, eg: ‘I thought eric Pickles was unduly emfatic today.’ EMINENCE GREASE: A slippery individual who exercises backstage influence, so: ‘I hear Lord Mandelson will be joining us this evening.’
EMPLAYEE: Worker intent on spending most of his or her time computer gaming.
ERM: Brief hesitation during negotiations over the exchange rate. EMERGENTCY: Alarm bells at a Pal l Mall club.
EMMYGRE: British actor who moves to hollywood in hope of garnering awards.
EMPHASISTER: Forcible female sibling.
ENCUCUMBER: To burden a person or persons with long green fleshy fruits.
ENOBBLE: To end the career of an MP by promoting him to the house of Lords, thus: ‘I see Malcolm Rifkind is to be enobbled shortly.’ ENPSYCHOPAEDIA: Guidebook to deranged individuals, arranged alphabetically. EPIG: Long poem about snorting farm animal. ESCARGO: Boatful of snails. ESPADRILL: To conduct military training in beach shoes. ESPERANT: Tirade in an artificial language. ESPINACH: The practice of spying on green vegetables. ESPRESSO-SO: Not particularly nice cup of coffee. ESTABISHMENT: elite group prone to exercising power clumsily. EUROW: Bitter argument over the rights and wrongs of a shared currency. EVIDENTURE: Prominent false tooth. EXSTINGT: Dead bee.