"After the young boy ran up to me at recess to tell me that Max called Melissa a 'jollux', Max yelled back at the boy 'you titvil!' "

'scopperil [skop-uh-ril] - "a hyperactive child, or a squirrel."'

Ohhhh, I like that word. I love squirrels with their ticcy little tails. I have hours of video of squirrels that were taken when in D.C..

I like the word selcouth too, but had no idea what it meant, apart from knowing the "couth" part as in "uncouth".

jollux and titvil, hey? Sounds French. Rhymes with bollocks? lol
The titvil sounds like a bird, but I guess in the context it's not going to be a bird. Are they real words, or are they words that children have mispronounced which mean something totally different. My daughter used to say Ambliance... for ambulance e.g. sooo cute she was.

Just another thought... Does titvil mean like a tattletale???

In context ""After the young boy ran up to me at recess to tell me that Max called Melissa a 'jollux', Max yelled back at the boy 'you titvil!' "... was max calling melissa a boy and max called the boy a girl? LOL just guessing. I haven't a CLUE.

Nope, no idea on those two.

First, these are all real words ... taken from a book called 'Totally Weird and Wonderful Words' - edited by Erin McKean, Oxford University Press, 2006.

Lara, you were onto something to start with ... (if you read to the end of this definition

titivil [tit-uh-vul] - a name for a devil said to collect words mumbled, dropped, or omitted in the recitation of divine service, and to carry them to hell where they would be held against the offender. By extension, a tattletale.

jollux [joll-uks] - an obsolete slang term meaning 'a fat person'.

"Don't you dare spanghew that poor, diminutive amphibian!" she hollered as she carefully stepped through the slek on the soccer field.

LOL! I wouldn't want to spanghew anybody or anything! Have no idea what it means, though.

I thought slek meant a dummy or an idiot, but that can't be right. Not in the context of that sentence...

spanghew [spang-hyoo] - to cause a frog or toad to fly into the air. (Usually violently, from the end of a stick, although it seems as though it wouldn't ever feel gentle to the poor toad or frog!)

sleck [slek] - soft mud, ooze.

"I was glad there was a strong breastsummer as I walked into the ancient castle."