For those who wondered:
Abliguration is not a word and never was.
According to the full-sized Oxford English Dictionary, abligurition (alternatively ‘abligurie’) means ‘extravagant spending on food and drink’.
However, good luck finding that listed anywhere else.
much obliged.
Comment by lawschooldrunk — December 1, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
Gee, I was wondering. In fact, I was up at 4:56 am last night wondering about that very same word!! What a shock!
Comment by Something Different — December 1, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
Your timing (or mine) is excellent! I just looked up a word in the dictionary and was slightly miffed I couldn’t remember “abliganything” to look it up. Next I return to reading my favorite sites and you are first, and there’s my word! Or not a word.
Karma. It’s a good thing.
Jenny
Comment by Jenny — December 1, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
Well- if it is listed in the OED- doesn’t that make it a word?
Comment by nmf #7 — December 2, 2009 @ 4:45 am
Technically, it’s a word. But a very arcane, antiquated word. And since it’s not in a single other dictionary under the sun, it’s not a very useful word. What good is a word if your readers have no way of finding out what it means?
Comment by bad4shidduchim — December 2, 2009 @ 8:55 am
Abligurition
Ab*lig`u*ri”tion\, n. [L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick.] Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] –Bailey
If its on the internet i guess its not as archaic as we think…
Comment by Ahuva — December 2, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
No, there’s loads of things on the net that don’t exist. I wouldn’t trust something if it only appears online.
Comment by bad4shidduchim — December 2, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
Your blog only appears online.
Comment by eyekanspel — December 2, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
How much qualifies as extravagant?
Is it relative with ones salary? Say 50% salary spent on food equals abligrition.
Are there exceptions, such as when taking a maidel out for dinner? or does that still count as abligrition.
Perhaps it is based on halachic bench marks such as a half lug of wine and a tartamour of meat? Anything less than that is not abligrition?
If this is not in common usage, which it is not in my circles anyway, then I think it needs more definitive parameters to define when it should and should not be dropped into conversation. Does anyone concur?
Comment by anonymous — December 3, 2009 @ 6:42 am
Yep. Don’t believe any of it.
Comment by bad4shidduchim — December 3, 2009 @ 8:26 am
Damn it. And here I thought I was getting good (and free) dating advice from a woman’s perspective. I’ve been duped.
Comment by eyekanspel — December 4, 2009 @ 4:05 am
Horribly. Actually, I’m a yeshiva guy who gets a kick out of pretending to be an aidel maidel. I usually write my posts after listening to my sisters kvetch. And you fell for it! [points and laughs]
Comment by bad4shidduchim — December 4, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
And I’m actually an aidel maidel in my mid-20s pretending to be a 20 year old yeshiva guy. And you fell for it! [points and ducks for cover]
Comment by eyekanspel — December 6, 2009 @ 10:12 pm
I recommend sesquipedalian, it describes a tendency to use long words, see http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sesquipedalian.
Comment by Yosele — December 15, 2009 @ 5:59 pm