A student in Britain just won 1,500,000 dollars for knowing what an "arctophile" is -- someone who collects teddy bears. I think she deserves it -- I had no idea there was such word. There is also a recent film, Spellbound (fun film, by the way), which had a word "terrine" (or was it "terrene"?) I had never heard of, and I pride myself (well into flaming arrogance) on knowing all kinds of words that are actually in use, but out of the ordinary. A friend of mine, upon hearing about spelling bees, said they were "nugatory", which turns out to mean "worthless".

Anyone know of any words that you have actually run across recently, in use, that might be worth storing away?

yours,

Peter T.