Kakistocracy

kak-ist-oc-rac-y (kækɪˈstɒkrəsɪ)

noun

1. government by the worst people.

The American poet James Russell Lowell wrote in a letter in 1876: "Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people, or a kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?"* (Source.)

Synonyms: democracy, government.

*Though this may seem like a veiled attempt to express my opinion on the outcome of the last presidential election, it is nothing of the sort. My view of this term is rather neutral, as the idea of who the worst people are is a subjective one. In 1876, the worst people were crazy, minorities, and women, later sexual "deviants" were included in the mix. Real change in a society usually doesn't happen by following the standard and tested models. Consequently, if you find yourself living in a society that needs a little change, it might be time for a kakistocracy.  

Sesquipedalian

ses-quip-e-dal-i-an (sɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən)

adjective/noun

1. a word with lots of syllables.

Sesquipedalian is really the opposite of monosyllabic, but far more appropriate!

Synonyms: really long word, verbose.

Barbicide

barb-i-cide (bär-bə-ˌsīd)

noun
1. an incredibly deadly disinfectant for combs razors and scissors that is capable of killing germs, the AIDS virus, and various forms of hepatitis.*
Every barber shop has a big blue container labelled: barbicide.

Synonyms: germicide, incredibly-deadly blue stuff.

*If this sounds like the term one would use for the crime of killing barbers (or worse, Barbie dolls), that's because it kind of is. In 1947, the product was invented by Maurice King, a man who hated barbers and was aware of the solution's incredibly deadly properties. He called it "Barbicide" as a secret joke because "barbicide" literally meant "to kill a barber."

Interrobang

In-ter-ro-bang (in-TAIR-uh-bang)

noun
1. a punctuation mark designed for use at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question.
Isn't this cute‽ I can even type it on my computer's keyboard. I put it italics too!

Synonyms: combined question mark and exclamation point.

Adumbrate

a-dum-brate (ˈædəmˌbreɪt)

transitive verb
1. to foreshadow or symbolize.
The metaphorical gun on the wall adumbrates violence later in the story.
2. to outline, sketch out, or simply describe.
Anton Chekhov adumbrated medicine as his lawful wife and literature as his mistress.
3. (rare) to conceal or disguise.
Hot chicks like dressing up as zombies to vainly demonstrate that their beauty cannot be entirely adumbrated by the look of rotting flesh and a desire to eat your brain.

Synonyms: augur, bode, cloud, darken foretell, indicate, intimate, mist, obfuscate, obscure, outline, portend, sketch, suggest.

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.

Jackalope

jack-a-lope ((jklōp)

noun
1. a mythic North American animal (or "fearsome critter"), described as a rabbit with antlers, often recreated by taxidermists.
The supercilious jackalope caused a wild hullabaloo, by claiming to be related to the pygmy deer and infamous killer rabbits.* 

Synonyms: blutschink, dahu, dilldapp, ellwetritsch, hanghuhn, horned rabbit, rasselbock, wolpertinger.

*It feels wrong to reference killer rabbits without mentioning the Rabbit of Caerbannog and Monty Python.
**Douglas, Wyoming was named "the Home of the Jackalope" because the fearsome critters were first discovered there in 1829. To celebrate their jackalope heritage, the town has erected a jackalope statue and celebrates Jackalope Days in early June.
***Ronald Reagan had a jackalope head mounted in his home, and as a joke in the 1980s, claimed to have hunted and caught the creature himself. The senator of South Dakota, James Abdnor, also gave Reagan and taxidermy jackalope head as a gag gift.