gorget: a grooved steel instrument used to direct instruments into the bladder during lithotomy (literally cutting for a stone) when removing or destroying bladder stones.
Legerdemain Noun Sleight of hand ... displays legerdemain with cards or coins (conjuring, hocus-pocus, magic, prestidigitation) Skill or Adroitness ... a remarkable piece of diplomatic legerdemain
Tranche noun A portion of something, especially money. (I get the impression this is mostly used for securities and such, especially when they're related in some way, such as a group of bonds that have the same rate of return or maturity date.)
pharyngeal [ fuh-rin-jee-uhl, -juhl, far-in-jee-uhl ] adjective of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx. I learned this word because of this meme:
evidences Not a new word exactly, but I always thought "evidences" was incorrect. Apparently, it's used in academia, as in "evidences for the existence of Troy".
I have a friend, for whom English is a third language, who often uses "evidences" as a plural noun. I have always thought that this is incorrect. In the noun form, "evidence" is a collective noun (i.e. "... a preponderance of evidence"). "Evidences" is a verb form, meaning "displays," or "demonstrates." I never knew there were exceptions. https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-plural-of/evidence.html https://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/topic/evidence-in-plural-form I'm going to continue to use "evidence" as a collective noun and call it a day.
LOL, reminds me of things I see all over the internet where people say "I have some advices for you." I usually assume they're using English as a second language, but it's possible they're just not well educated on these matters. Functional illiteracy is on a massive upswing these days. ^ THIS
adorcism: a kind of possession or contact with the supernatural that is desired by a human practitioner.
spuddle To work tirelessly without achieving anything of worth. To put in a great deal of effort and achieve only very little.
