sinapistic
adj. consisting of mustard

spatchcock
v. to insert into a text too hurriedly

The top 10 most offensive British profanities, according to a 2000 study:

1. cunt
2. motherfucker
3. fuck
4. wanker
5. nigger
6. bastard
7. prick
8. bollocks
9. arsehole
10. Paki

Only 10 percent regarded crap as “very severe”; 32 percent said it was “not swearing.”

isangelous
equal to the angels

seeksorrow
n. one who contrives to give himself vexation

quercivorous
adj. feeding on oak trees

siagonology

n. the study of jawbones

The world’s most popular languages, by number of native speakers:

1. Chinese, 937 million
2. English, 335 million
3. Spanish, 332 million
4. Hindi/Urdu, 291 million
5. Arabic, 193 million
6. Bengali, 189 million
7. Malay/Indonesian, 176 million
8. Portuguese, 170 million
9. Russian, 165 million
10. Japanese, 125 million

“The great thing about human language,” wrote Lewis Thomas, “is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.”

ichthyarchy
n. the domain or rule of fishes