Tyromancy

ty-ro-man-cy (tie-row-man-see)

noun
1. An old form of divination based on interpretations from cheese. Unfortunately, the method does not appear to have been recorded.

Tyromancy always reassures us that the future is gouda. 

Synonyms: beware of munsters, harzer days ahead, palmita reading, havarti dreams come true. 

Teratoid

ter-a-toid (ˈtɛrətɔɪd)

adjective
1. severely malformed.

Though often seen as corrupted, teratoid creatures, like the two-headed baby, are also interpreted as prophetic symbols. For instance, dreaming of having a two-headed baby means that you have created a problem and see two options for getting out of it; it also means you dreamt of having a two-headed baby.

2. having the character, quality, or appearance of a monster.

The teratoid shadows in our pathway alarmed and terrified us.

Synonyms: abnormal, egregious, malformed, monstrous.

*The image below is a National Geographic Contest Winner.

Theurgy

theur-gy (thûr-j)

noun
1. Divine or supernatural intervention in human affairs.
We usually only believe in unsolicited theurgy if things are going exceptionally well. Thanking God in these situations sometimes seems healthy, like the person really appreciates their good luck. However, blaming theurgy for unwanted turns of events always looks like crazy talk. People haunted by demons are locked up in institutions or thrown out on the street.
2. Performing magic or miracles with supernatural help.
If God and Jesus aren't the same dude, Jesus's miracles were performed with theurgy, parting sea and walking on water, because God wanted it to be so.
3. The act of conjuring or invoking supernatural beings or spirits.
Seances are cruel theurgy. The dead are gone. Let them rest. If they had anything important to tell you, they'd haunt you.
4. The technique of persuading a God.
As a Christian, turning prayer into theurgy seems to me the sin of pride. God has a plan. What makes you think you have a better plan?

Synonyms: abracadabra, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuration, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, divine intervention, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, imploring prayer, legerdemain, magic, magnetism, mysticism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry.

* Dance Theurgy Dance.

Transmogrify

trans-mog-ri-fy (trænzˈmɒgrɪˌfaɪ)

verb
1. To change completely the nature and/or appearance of.
Laughter can transmorgify the most unbearable sadness into something beautiful, even hopeful.

Synonyms: alter, change, convert, denature, make over, metamorphose, mutate, reconstruct, remodel, revamp, revolutionize, switch, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose.

* Do you have one really funky sequined space suit, Bowie, or do you have many ch-ch-changes?
** I was going to post the David Bowie song, but everyone knows that one...

Taction

tac-tion (tkshn)

noun
1. The act of touching.
Love's taction makes poets out of all of us.
2. The sense of touch.
Though it often brings pain, life is taction and reaction.

Synonyms: abut, adjoin, contact, border, butt, caress, converge, dab, examine, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, graze, grope, handle, hit, impinge upon, join, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, massage, meet, osculate, palm, palpate, pat, paw, percuss, pet, probe, push, rub, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, touch, toy, verge.

Thingamajigger

thing-a-ma-jig-ger (thngmjgr)

noun/slang
1. Any thing, object, piece, part, idea that you cannot remember the name of.
Hoe het it? The thingamajiggers all in a row? Do you mean DNA? Ya!

Synonyms: doohickey, dohingy, thingamabobber, thingamadoo, thingamajig, whatchamacallit.

* This one was inspired by my grandma, who for her frequent lack of a word, often reminds me of the best words I know.

Trichophilia

trichophilia (trk-fl-)

noun
1. An uncommon or excessive love of hair, often to the point of sexual arousal.
After getting a lot of attention for his beard, Zac began his slow descent into narcissistic trichophilia. He loved his own beard too much.

Synonyms: bat-shit craziness.

Trending Topic

tren-ding to-pic (trndng tpk)

noun
1. Something, like a phrase or a word, that is tweeted multiple times on the on the social networking and microblogging web site Twitter. For some reason, these words or phrases are usually preceded by a number sign.
One of today's top trending topics is break-up texts and one of my personal favorites is: #BreakUpTexts guess who's single?? YOU ARE! :)

Synonyms: ridiculousness, stupidity of epidemic proportions, wide-spread stupidity.