Jerk (n.)
1935, "tedious and ineffectual person," Amer.Eng. carnival slang, perhaps from jerkwater town (1878), where a steam locomotive crew had to take on boiler water from a trough or a creek because there was no water tank. This led 1890s to an adj. use of jerk as "inferior, insignificant."
Kench: To laugh very loudly.
Leggadrious: Elegant. (although it sounds like it would mean a tall person...)
Monkey's Wedding: (South Africa) A wedding day with both rain and sunshine.
Noceur: Someone who stays up late.
Oredelf: The right to dig ore.
Paddereen: An old irish word for rosary bead, apparently. I never heard this myself before...
Quagswag: To shake back and forth.
Retardataire: Behind the times
Sandapile: Coffin.
Telmatology: The study of peat bogs. A common hobby amongst alcoholic culchies.
Ubiquarian: Someone who goes everywhere. :)
Vease: Running before you leap.
Woofits: A feeling of general malaise, particularly a headache (I have the woofits...)
Xylopyrography: Burning designs into wood.
Yestreen: Yesterday evening.
Zoilist: A person who rejoices in finding fault (everyone knows one..).
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