Caution: Reading the definitions of these obscure words may lead to sophomania.
Castrophenia:
The belief that one’s thoughts are being stolen by enemies.
Eugonic:
Rapid and luxuriant growth, such as bacteria bred in labs (and teenagers).
Rhytiscopia:
A neurotic preoccupation with wrinkles.
Nyctalopia:
An inability to see at night.
Gyrovagues:
Medieval Christian monks who wandered from monastery to monastery, or traveling salesmen and others who go door to door.
Tegestologist:
A collector of beer coasters.
Limophoitos:
Insanity caused by lack of food.
Ventoseness:
A tendency to fart.
Necromimesis:
A morbid state in which the sufferer believes himself to be dead.
Cumberworld:
One so idle as to be a burden on his friends.
Ozostomia:
Evil-smelling breath.
Maulifuff:
A woman who makes a fuss about everything but does little or nothing.
Frugivore:
An animal that eats fruit, such as the orangutan, whose diet is 65% fruit.
Collywobbles:
Intestinal cramps, such as colic, or a feeling of apprehension.
Quodlibetarian:
One who argues about anything.
Chiliarch:
In ancient Greece, the commander of 1,000 men (chilioi, a thousand; archos, leader).
Booboisie:
Coined in the 1920s by social critic H.L. Mencken to describe the gullible masses. A parody of the French word bourgeoisie.
Orchiectomy:
From the Greek word orkhis (testicles), the surgical removal of one, or both.
Flyspecked:
Marked with tiny stains from the excrement of flies.
Sophomania:
A delusional state in which the sufferer believes he or she is of exceptional intelligence.