In the dictionary:
Gaffle – I like the slang usage of this word, as in to steal.
Bugbear – n. This is a new actual word to me. My only previous acquaintance with it has been as an adorable monster in Kingdom of Loathing, and I didn’t realize it was a real word until I read it in Moby Dick. “…he was nothing but a humbug, trying to be a bugbear.”
Also in words this week, a bit of Twitter magic: