zir-a-leet (ˈzɪrəliːt)
noun
1. a cry of joy.*
He fantasized about it, carefully planned it out, executed it with precision, and could not hear his girlfriend's ziraleet through the overwhelming satisfaction of his perfect vegan cupcake.
Synonyms: cheer, cry of joy, expletive, hail, hurrah, hurray, oh my God... YES!!!, whoop, yay, yippee.
*Though I found this word in the Oxford English Dictionary, it originated in the Arabic for an expression of joy by a group of women in Aleppo, consisting of the words "Lillé, lillé, lillé" repeated as often as possible in one breath.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Zoophagous
zoo-pha-gous (zō-ŏfˈə-gəs)
adjective
1. Feeding on animal matter.
Can it be that his instinct is satisfied as to the vampire's ultimate triumph? Stay. He is himself zoophagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of 'master'.* - Dracula
Synonyms: cannibal, carnivorous, flesh-eating, predatory, rapacious.
* A description of Renfield.
** We gotta have animal fat.

adjective
1. Feeding on animal matter.
Can it be that his instinct is satisfied as to the vampire's ultimate triumph? Stay. He is himself zoophagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of 'master'.* - Dracula
Synonyms: cannibal, carnivorous, flesh-eating, predatory, rapacious.
* A description of Renfield.
** We gotta have animal fat.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Zonk out
zonk out*

verb
1. To suddenly fall into a deep sleep, as the result of some trauma or over-tiredness.
This cold causes so much sinus pain that, about twenty minutes after I took some medicine, I zonked out for the rest of the day.
Synonyms: black out, faint, go out like a light, keel over, pass out, sleep.
*This term is pronounced exactly as it is spelled and I like it that way.

verb
1. To suddenly fall into a deep sleep, as the result of some trauma or over-tiredness.
This cold causes so much sinus pain that, about twenty minutes after I took some medicine, I zonked out for the rest of the day.
Synonyms: black out, faint, go out like a light, keel over, pass out, sleep.
*This term is pronounced exactly as it is spelled and I like it that way.
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