A-Z of Unusual Words

By dcmediadesign • Art, Awesome, Creativity, Education, Fashion, Freelance, Painting, Photoshop, Portfolios, Style • 11 Jul 2012

Project based on an alphabet of unusual words by The Project Twins.  These unusual word graphic prints are pretty entertaining interpretations of the unique words themselves.

Bold graphics and visual wit are used to interpret and represent a collection of strange, unusual and lost words. The full collection was exhibited at the MadArt Gallery Dublin during DesignWeek 2011. It consisted of 26 50cm X 70cm Giclee Prints on Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Rag (each in a limited edition of 10).

Prints are available in their online shop.

biblioclasm

Biblioclasm:
The practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media.

 

Cacodemonomania

Cacodemonomania:
The pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit.

 

dactylion

Dactylion:
An anatomical landmark located at the tip of the middle finger.

 

Enantiodromia

Enantiodromia:
The changing of something into its opposite.

 

Jettatura

Jettatura:
The casting of an evil eye.

 

ktenology

Ktenology:
The science of putting people to death.

 

Leptosome

Leptosome:
A person with a slender, thin, or frail body.

 

Montivagant

Montivagant:
Wandering over hills and mountains.

 

Fanfaronade

Fanfaronade:
Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.

 

noegenesis

Noegenesis:
Production of knowledge.

 

Gorgonize

Gorgonize:
To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on: Stupefy or Petrify

 

Ostentiferous

Ostentiferous:
Bringing omens or unnatural or supernatural manifestations.

 

Hamartia

Hamartia:
The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.

 

Pogonotrophy

Pogonotrophy:
The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.

 

Infandous

Infandous:
Unspeakable or too odious to be expressed or mentioned.

 

Quockerwodger

Quockerwodger:
A rare nineteenth-century word for a wooden toy which briefly became a political insult.

 

Ultracrepidarian

Ultracrepidarian:
A person who gives opinions and advice on matters outside of one’s knowledge.

 

Xenization

Xenization:
The act of traveling as a stranger.

 

Recumbentibus

Recumbentibus:
A knockout punch, either verbal or physical.

 

Scripturient

Scripturient:
Possessing a violent desire to write.

 

Vernalagnia

Vernalagnia:
A romantic mood brought on by Spring.

 

Tarantism

Tarantism:
A disorder characterised by an uncontrollable urge to dance.

 

Welter

Welter:
A confused mass; a jumble; turmoil or confusion.

 

Yonderly

Yonderly:
Mentally or emotionally distant; absent-minded.

 

Zugzwang

Zugzwang:
A position in which any decision or move will result in problems.

 

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