googlewacking
My coworker told me about the new game for people with too much time on their hands. It's googlewacking, looking for a two word search on google that results in only one hit. I found my first one, although by mentioning it here, it will be destroyed. (Now two websites will contain that two word combination.)

Whitsuntide rumbustiousness


I got only one hit on goole when I searched those words. It must be a class vocabulary list.

Here's the definitions from Dictionary.com:


3 entries found for whitsuntide.
Whit·sun·tide also Whit·sun Tide ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hwtsn-td, wt-)
n.
The week beginning on Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.

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whitsuntide

\Whit"sun*tide`\, n. [Whitsunday + tide.] The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost. --R. of Gloucester.


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whitsuntide

n : Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days) [syn: Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University



rum·bus·tious ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rm-bschs)
adj.
Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: “Common to both his illustrations and his independent paintings... and lurking below their rumbustious surface, is a sympathy for the vulnerability of the ordinary human being” (Christopher Andreae).


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[Probably alteration of robustious(influenced by rambunctious).]
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rum·bustious·ly adv.
rum·bustious·ness n.
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