Today's New Vocabulary Word

[cjsmith]

Thanks to joedecker.

medorthophobia: fear of erect penises

Somehow I'm not surprised that Merriam-Webster Online has never heard of this.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That definitely makes sense.

Something like the collegiate could be less helpful than smaller ones

The one I was searching purported to be the Collegiate.

I want a copy of the OED some day. I'm a word slut.

[joedecker.livejournal.com]

The one I was searching purported to be the Collegiate.

I guess it is:

Main Entry: in?cus ()

Pronunciation: 'i[ng]-k&s

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural in?cu?des () /i[ng]-'kyü-(")dEz, 'i[ng]-ky&-"dEz/

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, anvil, from incudere

Date: 1669

: the middle bone of a chain of three small bones in the ear of a mammal -- called also anvil; see (dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ear+)illustration