The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : shenanery
a cross between "shenanigan" and "chicanery" that is used when you have absolutely no clue what is going on
ex. chappy walks in to see his pet monkey swinging from the chandelier, whistling "dixie" and says, "what in the world is all this shenanery!?"
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : sobriquet
Sobriquet \So`bri`quet"\ (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), n.[F.
sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the
chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf.
It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]
An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a
nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written {soubriquet}.]
web1913
sobriquet
n : a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's
given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and
always called him Joseph" [syn: {nickname}, {moniker}, {cognomen},
{soubriquet}]
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