(From Mark Peters’ article on “nonce” words in Good magazine. Anything I add to this would not be an improvement.)
podicate, 1853
This sounds like an advanced interstellar civilization’s trusty method of soul-scooping, guaranteed to leave zombified pod people with nary a scratch or stain, but it really means “To slide or move along on one’s buttocks.” I’ve seen a shih-tzu named Jed podicate along the pavement post-poop, in what I can only guess is a glimpse into our evolutionary past, to a time before cavepeople invented toilet paper and had to podicate their tushies clean.
