Country Dictionary

doorifice

any aperture on a door, such as a keyhole, mail slot, pet door, observation port, etc.

The mailman slipped the letter through the doorifice.

fakery

A shop that sells fake desserts.

I bought a dozen sugar-free cookies and a mock apple pie at the fakery.

fanslaughter

Death, by unnatural causes, of a spectator at a sports event.

Shannon Stone was a victim of fanslaughter. A fight over a 50-yard line seat led to an incident of fanslaughter.

galleon

Old wooden sailing ship.

Christopher Columbus got ten thousand miles to the galleon.

civil war

A war fought in an amiable, courteous manner.

My brother was killed in a civil war. He was a victim of friendly fire.