Weird Words for Namby-Pamby Nincompoops

Posted on August 5, 2008

Just for fun, here’s a vocabulary builder to chew upon. Weird Words from Michael Quinion’s fantastic World Wide Words. Today’s letter: ‘N’.

Namby-pamby; Nepenthes; Nescient; Nihilartikel; Nincompoop; Ninnyhammer; Nipperkin; Nostoc; Nubbing-cheat; Nugiperous; Nut-crack night; Nychthemeron.


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