| low-five, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: low-five, n. A gesture of celebration or greeting in which two people slap each other's hands with arms extended at or below waist level
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| morra, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: morra, n. An Italian game in which one player guesses the number of fingers held up simultaneously by another player
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| contemptus mundi, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: contemptus mundi, n. Disregard of or disdain for worldly or temporal concerns
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| Roberdsmen, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: Roberdsmen, n. In 14th-cent. England: marauding vagrants or outlaws
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| batfish, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: batfish, n. Any of various anglerfishes of the family Ogcocephalidae of tropical and temperate seas, which use their large arm-like pectoral and smaller pelvic fins for walking on the sea floor
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| Fagin, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: Fagin, n. A criminal likened to the character Fagin in Dickens's novel Oliver Twist, esp. in being a trainer or leader of a gang of young thieves or pickpockets
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| interpause, v.
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| OED Word of the Day: interpause, v. To pause in the midst of something
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| Foley, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: Foley, n. In film, television, etc.: sound effects created to mimic ambient noises, typically using a variety of objects and practical methods; (also) the process of creating such effects
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| gramadoelas, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: gramadoelas, n. In South Africa: a remote rural region; the backwoods, the 'sticks'
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| gym bunny, n.
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| OED Word of the Day: gym bunny, n. A person who spends a lot of time exercising at a gym, esp. to improve his or her appearance rather than for reasons of health or fitness
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