Saturday, September 11, 2010

Menchewrian

Meaning: Cannibal.
Pronunciation: Men-choo-ri-yan.
Usage: Gopi went to interview a menchewrian and ended up as Gopi Manchurian.
Root: Obvious.

Pyrobiblic

Meaning: Book burner.
Pronunciation: Py-row-bib-lick.
Usage: It doesn't take much to be world famous. Terry Jones learned this by threatening to become a pyrobiblic.
Root: Pyro (Greek for fire) + Biblio (book) + -ic (suffix for pertaining to).