Herpetoglossia
by Marie Marshall
I just made that word up. The neologisms just keep on coming…
(On reading the comments below, probably herpetolalia is just as good…)
Marie Marshall
Author. Poet. Editor.
I just made that word up. The neologisms just keep on coming…
(On reading the comments below, probably herpetolalia is just as good…)
Marie Marshall 
Googlestruck. What does herpetoglossia mean?
A good honest word. 🙂
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
WHY NOT? 🙂 –Jonathan
Nail polish for turtles. I guess that would be shell polish. Or the act of decorating a turtle’s shell with nail lacquer. Ot the hobby of it. Yes, yes, the hobby — I think that would be it.
The ability to converse with serpents.
Ah, marvelous. Had you told me the definition first, I would have leapt to “Parseltongue.”
This one has the benefit of etymology. 🙂
I would give it a meaning of shiny cold sores.
LOL, I like colonialist’s definition best.
Me too.
And here I thought it was something to do with snakes speaking mystic languages. But your definition is logical. 🙂 Please note, that in my un-technologically-advanced way, I have nominated you for a VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD (!). See my blog for details.