• Week of Mar 12, 2005
• PUSILLANIMOUS
• Lacking courage; cowardly

• Week of Mar 05, 2005
• TERMAGANT
• A quarrelsome, scolding woman; a shrew.

• Week of Feb 27, 2005
• PAEAN
• A song of joyful praise or exultation

• Week of Feb 20, 2005
• HEGEMONY
• the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others

• Week of Feb 13, 2005
• ZARF
• an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup

• Week of Feb 06, 2005
• TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
• An abnormal fear of the number 13

• Week of Jan 30, 2005
• DIPLASIASMUS
• The incorrect doubling of a letter when spelling a word

• Week of Jan 23, 2005
• DOOCED
• Losing your job for something you wrote in your online blog, journal, website, etc.

• Week of Jan 16, 2005
• BILDUNGSROMAN
• A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character.

• Week of Jan 09, 2005
• CACHINNATION
• To laugh hard, loudly, or convulsively; guffaw

• Week of Jan 02, 2005
• ANTIPODES
• Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth

• Week of Dec 26, 2004
• PETULANT
• Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish

• Week of Dec 19, 2004
• MONDEGREEN
• A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric

• Week of Dec 12, 2004
• ECCEDENTESIAST
• A person who fakes a smile, such as on television

• Week of Dec 05, 2004
• PETRICHOR
• The smell of rain on dry ground

• Week of Nov 28, 2004
• ANATHEMA:
• A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication

• Week of Nov 21, 2004
• ARMSAYE:
• the armhole in clothing

• Week of Nov 14, 2004
• EXSIBILATION:
• The collective hisses of a disapproving audience

• Week of Nov 07, 2004
• SGIOMLAIREACHED:
• The habit of dropping in at mealtimes

• Week of Oct 31, 2004
• DIABLERIE (dee-OB-luh-ree):
• Sorcery; witchcraft

• Week of Oct 24, 2004
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET:
• A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person

• Week of Oct 17, 2004
• PLETHORA:
• A superabundance; an excess

• Week of Oct 10, 2004
• HALLUX:
• The big toe

• Week of Oct 03, 2004
• MASTICATE:
• To chew

• Week of Sep 26, 2004
• SPHALLOLALIA:
• flirtatious talk that leads nowhere

• Week of Sep 19, 2004
• WITZELSUCHT (vit’sel-zookt):
• a feeble attempt at humor

• Week of Sep 12, 2004
• TRAGUS (TRAY-guhs):
• a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear

• Week of Sep 05, 2004
• PHILOMATH (FIL-uh-math):
• A lover of learning

• Week of Aug 29, 2004
• THENAR (THEE-nahr):
• The fleshy mass on the palm of the hand at the base of the thumb

• Week of Aug 22, 2004
• TARANTISM:
• A disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to dance

• Week of Aug 15, 2004
• PARASKEVIDEKATRIAPHOBIA:
• irrational fear of Friday the 13th

• Week of Aug 08, 2004
• RHINOTILLEXOMANIA:
• compulsive nose picking

• Week of Aug 01, 2004
• BORBORYGMUS:
• stomach rumble

• Week of Jul 25, 2004
• DEFENESTRATE:
• To throw out of a window

• Week of Jul 18, 2004
• DISCOMBOBULATE:
• To throw into a state of confusion

• Week of Jul 11, 2004
• ONOMATOPOEIA:
• using words that imitate the sound they denote

• Week of Jul 04, 2004
• QUALTAGH:
• The first person you see after leaving your house

• Week of Jun 27, 2004
• GOUND (GOWND):
• The gunk that collects in the corners of your eyes when you sleep

• Week of Jun 20, 2004
• PRESTIDIGITATION (\pres-tuh-dij-uh-TAY-shuhn):
• Skill in or performance of tricks; sleight of hand

• Week of Jun 13, 2004
• NICTITATE (NICK-tih-tayt):
• To wink

• Week of Jun 06, 2004
• PSITHURISM (SITH-err-iz-um):
• A low whispering sound, such as the rustle of leaves

• Week of May 30, 2004
• PHILTRUM:
• The vertical groove in the upper lip

• Week of May 23, 2004
• PANDICULATION:
• yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)

• Week of May 16, 2004
• DIGERATI:
• persons well versed in computer use and technology