English is a complex language. Meanings of words are constantly changing and new definitions arise all the time. See if you can spot some new meanings in the alphabetic list below.
Accordion [Noun.]
The subjective truth of someone else.
Aggregate [Noun.]
Farming scandal.
Arson [Verb.]
To sit.
Buggery [Noun.]
The study of insect.
Carmelite [Noun.]
A half-hearted Buddhist.
Climate [Noun.]
First instruction at mountaineering school.
Crackerjack [Noun.]
A device for raising biscuits.
Damnation [Noun.]
Holland.
Definite [Adj.]
London slang: “I can’t hear man.”
Deixis [Noun.]
Plural form of lesbian.
Dentist [Noun.]
Someone who repairs car-bodywork.
Domino [Noun.]
Preacher in Italy.
Fallacy [Noun.]
Amusingly shaped.
Feckless [Adj.]
Celibate in Ireland.
Fundamentalist [Noun.]
People who give money to a spiritual healer.
Goblet [Noun.]
A small mouth.
Iconoclastic [Noun.]
A rubber band for securing religious paintings.
Piecrust [Noun.]
What you get if you don’t polish your pike.
Placenta [Noun.]
Japanese television-show host.
Problematic [Noun.]
A disastrous loft conversion.
Prolapsed [Noun.]
In favour of having your diner in front of the television.
Psychological [Noun.]
Something that makes sense on a bike.
Pubescent [Noun.]
Intimate deodorant.
Rambling [Noun.]
Jewellery for sheep.
Ransom [Verb.]
A half-hearted jog.
Shag-pile [Noun.]
An experience both painful and pleasurable.
Shamrock [Noun.]
Polystyrene pebble.
Sorcerer [Adj.]
Comparative form of Saucer.
Specimen [Noun.]
Italian astronauts.
Stifle [Noun.]
No room at the pig’s home.
Surcharge [Noun.]
A fee for purchased honours.
Titillate [Noun.]
Delayed puberty.
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