wonderclout

[prettygoodword]

wonderclout - n., a thing that is showy but useless.


Or so says the OED, which is about the only place (outside of lists of unusual words from the OED) you'll find this. Though oddly enough, I did find a column in a racing magazine that used it (after defining it) -- possibly the writer met it through Ammon Shea's book. More's the pity, because, dude, that's a wonderful word.

---L.

Comments

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

Yay, another example of an autological word!

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Heh. So it is.

---L.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

I imagine it would be particularly useful for product reviewers - there are a buttload of wonderclouts out there. For example: many SUVs.