Compiled by Jason Finley

Agog

 

Akimbo

 

Amok

 

Among

 

Apothecary

 

Avuncular

 

Babble

 

Backbite

 

Bailiwick

 

Ballyhoo

 

Bamboozle

 

Bandied

 

Barmy

 

Barnacle

 

Bedazzled

 

Bedraggled

 

Beelzebub

 

Befuddled

 

Behoove

 

Bejesus

An alteration of the oath by Jesus. Also as n. in phr. to beat the bejesus out of, to give a good hiding to. (OED)

Besmirch

 

Bewildered

 

Bivouac

 

Blabber

 

Blunderbuss

 

Bluster

 
Bobbin  

Bombastic

 

Boolean

 

Boondoggle

 

Bootleg

 

Bowdlerize

 

Bric-a-Brac

 

Bromide

 

Brouhaha

 

Buffoon

 

Bugbear

 

Bulwark

 

Bumble

 

Bumfuzzle

 

Bumptious

 

Bumrush

 

Bungalow

 

Buoyant

 

Buttock

 

Cacophony

 

Calliope

 

Callipygous

Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.

Canoodling

 

Cantankerous

 

Carbuncle

 

Carousing

 

Carpetbagger

 

Caterwaul

The cry of the cat at rutting time. Also transf. Any similar sound. (OED)

Cattywompus

 

Cavalcade

 

Cavorting

 

Chortle

 

Chug

 

Claptrap

 

Clobbered

 

Clout

 

Codswallop

 

Concoction

 

Cornpone

 

Coxcomb

 

Crapulous

 

Curmudgeon

 

Derring-Do

 

Dervish

 

Didjeridu

A musical instrument of the Australian Aborigines, consisting of a long tube made from bamboo or a hollow sapling which is blown into to produce a resonant sound. (OED)

Dillydally

 

Dingus

 

Dipthong

 

Discombobulated

 

Dogpile

 

Doppleganger

 

Dumbfounded

 

Dunderhead

 

Embouchure

 

Farcical

 

Festooned

 

Filibuster

 

Fishmonger

 

Flabbergast

 

Flagrant

 

Flapdoodle

 

Floozy

 

Flummox

 

Fluster

 

Fracas

 

Freebooter

 

Fricassee

 

Fumble

 

Fusillade

A simultaneous discharge of fire-arms; a wholesale execution by this means. (OED)

Fussbudget

 

Gadzooks

 

Gallimaufry

 

Gallivanting

 

Galoot

 

Gargantuan

 

Gargle

 

Gazump

 

Gazunder

 

Gerrymander

 

Gibberish

 

Gibbon

 

Gladhanding

 

Globule

 

Glower

 

Gobbledegook

 

Gobsmacked

 

Grandstanding

 

Grommit

 

Guff

 

Guffawing

 

Gulag

 

Guzzle

 

Haberdashery

 

Hackmatack

tree

Hamfisted

 

Hankering

 

Haphazard

 

Hapless

 

Heebie Jeebies

 

Highfalutin

 
Hippopotamus  

Hobnob

 

Hobnob

 

Hogwash

 

Hoity Toity

 

Hokum

 

Holler

 

Hoodwink

 

Hooligan

 

Hoosegow

 

Hootenanny

 

Hornswoggle

To get the better of; to cheat or swindle; to hoodwink, humbug, bamboozle. (OED)

Hotdogging

 

Hotentot

 

Hullabaloo

 

Humbug

 

Infarction

 

Jackanape

Applied to a person compared to an ape. (OED)

Jackdaw

 

Jackass

 

Jacuzzi

 

Jape

 

Jostle

 

Junket

 

Kerfuffle

 

Kibbles

 

Knickknack

 

Know-How

 

Lackadaisical

 

Lackwit

 

Lambaste

 

Lampoon

 

Layabout

 

Lollygagging

 

Mealy-Mouthed

 

Menagerie

 

Milliner

 

Mollycoddle

 

Mondegreen

Misheard lyric

Mooch

 

Muddle

 

Mukluk

 

Musket

 

Nabob

 

Naif

 

Narwhal

 

Newfangled

 

Nimrod

 

Nonesuch

 

Oaf

 

Ocelot

 

Ogle

 

Oodles

 

Oology

The study of, or a description of, birds' eggs; that department of ornithology which treats of the eggs of birds, esp. in regard to their external appearance. (OED)

Ooze

 

Palimpsest

 
Panniculus  

Pennyroyal

 

Perambulator

 

Persnickety

 

Petard

 

Pickaninny

 

Pillory

 

Pipedream

 

Pizzazz

 

Poltroon

 

Popinjay

 

Poppycock

 

Porcupine

 

Portmanteau

 

Pratfall

 

Preposterous

 

Rabblerouser

 

Racket

 

Ragtag

 

Rambunctious

 

Ramshackle

 

Ransack

 

Rapscallion

 

Rhubarb

 

Rigmarole

 

Roughshod

 

Rouser

 

Roustabout

 

Rubbernecking

 

Rube

 

Rubicon

 

Rubric

 

Ruckus

 

Rumbullion

 

Rummage

 

Rumpus

 

Salmagundi

 

Salvo

 

Scalawag

 

Scatterbrained

 

Scofflaw

 

Scrimshaw

 

Scupper

 

Scuttle

 

Scuttlebutt

 

Sheister

 

Shenanigans

 

Shibboleth

 

Shindig

 

Showboating

 

Skullduggery

 

Slapdash

 

Slipshod

 

Slobber

 

Sloop

 

Slubberdegullion

A slobbering or dirty fellow; a worthless sloven. (OED)

Smidgin

 

Snafu

 

Sniglets

 

Snollygoster!!!?

A shrewd, unprincipled person, esp. a politician. (OED)

Snooperscope

A device which converts infra-red radiation to a visible image; esp. a pair of such devices fitted together and worn on the head to provide binocular vision in the dark. (OED)

Snootful

As much (alcohol, etc.) as one can take; a quantity of alcohol, esp. one sufficient to induce drunkenness. (OED)

Snooze

 

Snuggle

 

Spangle

 

Spank

 

Spinnakers

 

Succotash

 

Supercilious

Haughtily contemptuous in character or demeanour; having or marked by an air of contemptuous superiority or disdain. (OED)

Swoon

 

Tabernacle

 

Tarnation

 

Tchotchkes

 

Teetotaler

 

Tetradecagon

14-sided object

Tiddlywink

 

Tipple

 

Toboggan

 

Topsy-Turvy

 

Tribology

 

Tripe

 
Troglodyte  

Trope

 

Trounce

 

Tuckus

 

Tuft

 

Tukus

 

Tumble

 

Twiddle

 

Twitter

 

Tycoon

 

Vagabond

 

Varmints

 

Verily

 

Waft

 

Walloping

 

Weeroo

Australian slang for a cockatiel

Wend

 

Wheedling

 

Wherewithal

 

Whippersnapper

 

Whipsaw

 

Whirligig

 

Wigwam

 

Yammer

 

Zamboni

 

Zeugma

A figure by which a single word is made to refer to two or more words in the sentence (OED)

Zinger

 

Zipper

 

Zoom

 

Zounds

 

Zwitterion