week 12: ogg
so here’s the full story: pregnant turtles. other than that, i should be back in boston next week and making internet posts on a daily basis. in the meantime, here’re a few of the 600+ ogg words in the oed that are interesting on some level.
boggledy botch · a complete bungle
coggledy · shaky, unstable, rickety
dogging · the practice of watching or engaging in exhibitionist sexual activity in a public place, typically at car parks
floggee · one who is flogged
foggish · somewhat bloated or fat
harpy pettifogger · a legal practitioner that preys upon others
oggannition · snarling, growling, grumbling
oggin · the sea
smogger · the road-sign language of vagabonds
squoggy · wet and miry

