: upset, confuse — dis·com·bob·u·la·tion noun Examples of DISCOMBOBULATE
<our grandmother seems a bit discombobulated by all of this birthday fuss>
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Post by: smokester on September 16, 2012, 09:39:04 AM
Ebullience:
The sensation I get when beer enters the room.
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Post by: dweez on September 16, 2012, 11:56:11 AM
Ah, nice word smokes!
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Post by: xtopave on September 16, 2012, 03:21:33 PM
I like this word (I use it in my mother language too)
Inconspicuous
Not noticeable or prominent, unobtrusive
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Post by: Beatrix on September 17, 2012, 11:34:43 AM
relinquish 1. to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
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Post by: smokester on September 17, 2012, 11:57:42 AM
Petrichor
Which is that delightful smell you get after rain.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 17, 2012, 01:54:11 PM
Diapason - a full, rich out pouring of melodious sound.
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Post by: 6pairsofshoes on September 17, 2012, 08:37:12 PM
hecatompedon
Hundred foot temple.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 17, 2012, 11:53:37 PM
incumbent the existing holder of a political office
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Post by: 6pairsofshoes on September 22, 2012, 04:42:01 PM
grace
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a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification b : a virtue coming from God c : a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace 2 a : approval, favor <stayed in his good graces> b archaic : mercy, pardon c : a special favor : privilege <each in his place, by right, not grace, shall rule his heritage — Rudyard Kipling> d : disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e : a temporary exemption : reprieve 3 a : a charming or attractive trait or characteristic b : a pleasing appearance or effect : charm <all the grace of youth — John Buchan> c : ease and suppleness of movement or bearing 4 —used as a title of address or reference for a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop 5 : a short prayer at a meal asking a blessing or giving thanks 6 plural capitalized : three sister goddesses in Greek mythology who are the givers of charm and beauty 7 : a musical trill, turn, or appoggiatura 8 a : sense of propriety or right <had the grace not to run for elective office — Calvin Trillin> b : the quality or state of being considerate or thoughtful
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Post by: smokester on September 22, 2012, 06:15:46 PM
Mellifluous
Flowing with sweetness or honey.
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Post by: dweez on September 28, 2012, 05:42:36 PM
loquacious
lo·qua·cious adjective \lō-ˈkwā-shəs\ Definition of LOQUACIOUS
1 : full of excessive talk : wordy 2 : given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous — lo·qua·cious·ly adverb — lo·qua·cious·ness noun See loquacious defined for English-language learners » See loquacious defined for kids » Examples of LOQUACIOUS
a loquacious and glib politician the loquacious host of a radio talk show … long-cultivated dislikes and resentments, combined with a general expectation of coming apocalypse. He talked about these topics in a manner that managed to be tight-lipped and loquacious at the same time. —Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 22 & 29 Dec. 2003
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Origin of LOQUACIOUS
Latin loquac-, loquax, from loqui to speak First Known Use: 1663 Related to LOQUACIOUS
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Post by: bubu on October 08, 2012, 06:08:51 AM
Pulchritude Comeliness Beauty
Find this word in many romances and like it a lot, the Urban Dictionary shows another meaning but I'll pass it...
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 12, 2012, 09:07:46 AM
Zeugma is a figure of speech in which two or more parts of a sentence are joined with a single common verb or noun.
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Post by: dweez on October 12, 2012, 01:55:26 PM
contiguous
I just like the way it sounds...also, any word with "uou" in it is a fave.
con·tig·u·ous adjective \kən-ˈti-gyə-wəs, -gyü-əs\ Definition of CONTIGUOUS
1 : being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point 2 of angles : adjacent 2 3 : next or near in time or sequence 4 : touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence <contiguous row houses> — con·tig·u·ous·ly adverb — con·tig·u·ous·ness noun See contiguous defined for English-language learners » See contiguous defined for kids » Examples of CONTIGUOUS
<Connecticut and Massachusetts are contiguous states.> And in the west, contiguous to Lebanon, was the mountain stronghold of Latakia … —Robert D. Kaplan, Atlantic, February 1993
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Origin of CONTIGUOUS
Latin contiguus, from contingere to have contact with — more at contingent First Known Use: circa 1609 Related to CONTIGUOUS
See Synonym Discussion at adjacent Rhymes with CONTIGUOUS
ambiguous, exiguous con·tig·u·ous adjective \kən-ˈtig-yə-wəs\ (Medical Dictionary) Medical Definition of CONTIGUOUS
: being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point —con·ti·gu·ity noun, plural con·ti·gu·it·ies —con·tig·u·ous·ly adverb
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Post by: Beatrix on November 12, 2012, 09:25:35 PM
Immaculate -0.0- 1.free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen. 2.free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled. 3.free from fault or flaw; free from errors: an immaculate text. 4.Biology . having no spots or colored marks; unicolor.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immaculātus unspotted.
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Post by: xtopave on January 17, 2013, 05:33:13 PM
Aghast
(That's bc of the pic but, hey, it's a good word too).
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Post by: tarascon on January 17, 2013, 06:27:12 PM
Upon waking next morning about daylight, I found Queequeg's arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife. The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable Cretan labyrinth of a figure, no two parts of which were of one precise shade -- owing I suppose to his keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, his shirt sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times -- this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt. Indeed, partly lying on it as the arm did when I first awoke, I could hardly tell it from the quilt, they so blended their hues together; and it was only by the sense of weight and pressure that I could tell that Queequeg was hugging me.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 18, 2013, 10:28:09 AM
bi-lateral tolerance :)
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Post by: tarascon on January 18, 2013, 10:13:34 PM
Goblin is a nice little word for a not-so-nice little creature.
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Post by: Beatrix on January 22, 2013, 03:57:59 AM
diction
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Post by: tarascon on January 22, 2013, 08:10:25 AM
recondite
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Post by: Beatrix on January 22, 2013, 01:58:39 PM
rhetoric
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Post by: dweez on January 22, 2013, 06:31:49 PM
discombobulate
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Post by: tarascon on January 23, 2013, 08:01:50 AM
moss. plain, simple, pretty.
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Post by: SACPOP on January 23, 2013, 08:04:30 AM
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Post by: dweez on April 15, 2013, 07:37:26 PM
supposebly
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Post by: tarascon on April 15, 2013, 08:41:38 PM
prosaic
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 16, 2013, 12:18:02 AM
ATM Emotional = Boston :'( :'(
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Post by: Beatrix on April 16, 2013, 05:43:25 PM
^horrible, but I am not quite as surprised as the rest of the country. It happens every day.
rendition
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Post by: Beatrix on April 18, 2013, 02:40:35 PM
Alright, why am I the only person I've talked to, I've talked to one other person & said my peace here, in my way, why am I the only person who seems to believe what happened in Boston happens world wide on the daily:?
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Post by: mishca09 on April 18, 2013, 03:49:49 PM
it happens around the world daily but not in america.
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Post by: Beatrix on April 18, 2013, 04:44:38 PM
Exactly, and my problem with American culture is how we news broadcast everything into an exploitation. I have an intuition that the Americans who perpetrated this crime did it for that very reason, so that we will all talk about it. And why? Because that we as a culture don't except that it is a very distinct reality, that the lives of any other citizens, lost in far larger and more constant rates, are just as important to be spoken of every day. That balance of concern for the rest of the world is what brings on a true humanity. One not cloaked in the illusion of success and comfort.
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Post by: mishca09 on April 18, 2013, 05:01:25 PM
I also have a problem with the non profits that pop up during times of need looking for donations, when most of the donations do not go towards the people were hurt or in need. But Americans don't have to watch just one news station and most have access to a computer and the internet and could read more then one news source. I think those that are interested in the rest of world will seek out the information for themselves and those that aren't wont. the networks will only change when their revenue decreases.
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Post by: Beatrix on April 20, 2013, 01:49:27 PM
plight
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Post by: xtopave on April 20, 2013, 01:56:52 PM
Gallivant
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Post by: mishca09 on April 20, 2013, 10:01:51 PM
Eye boogers
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Post by: Beatrix on April 30, 2013, 05:23:34 PM
perturbed
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on May 01, 2013, 12:45:26 AM
perplexed
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Post by: dweez on May 01, 2013, 07:02:37 AM
nonplus
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on May 01, 2013, 10:34:48 AM
pre-emptive
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Post by: tarascon on May 02, 2013, 06:50:34 AM
abdicate
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Post by: smokester on May 03, 2013, 07:00:28 AM
pernicious
Adjective Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on May 03, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
gnostic
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Post by: Beatrix on May 03, 2013, 01:45:27 PM
bestow
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Post by: tarascon on May 08, 2013, 06:45:56 AM
plumb
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Post by: smokester on May 09, 2013, 03:00:01 PM
Autumn
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Post by: Beatrix on May 09, 2013, 08:09:41 PM
Revenant ignis fatuus
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Post by: dweez on May 09, 2013, 08:39:07 PM
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Post by: tarascon on January 22, 2014, 06:38:02 AM
lolligag
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Post by: drago6650 on January 22, 2014, 10:21:44 AM
Beer
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Post by: Beatrix on January 22, 2014, 03:32:48 PM
scotch
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Post by: tarascon on January 23, 2014, 06:22:13 AM
beanpole
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Post by: Beatrix on January 23, 2014, 10:58:30 PM
maleficent
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Post by: tarascon on January 24, 2014, 06:37:05 AM
^ exemplary
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 26, 2014, 03:33:55 AM
Succumb
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Post by: Beatrix on January 27, 2014, 06:48:20 AM
atom molecule macromolecule organelle cell tissue organ organ system individual organism population community ecosystem biome biosphere planet solar system local stellar cluster galaxy local galactic cluster universe
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Post by: tarascon on January 27, 2014, 01:09:33 PM
^ ;D "organelle" is good.
holocaust, a good word with an ugly modern denotation. The word comes from 'olocaust, meaning "burnt sacrifice" originally. In Greek, the aspirant (') provides the breathy "h" sound; most English words which stem from Greek and are spelled with an "h" have the aspirant in the original--as in hoi polloi ('οἱ πολλοί) which means "the many" and most often "the rabble" when the term trips from the tongue of an aristocrat. ;D This also reminds me that, in English, one says "an" before a word beginning with a vowel. "An house" is awkward sounding to most but is correct as opposed to "a house." You might consider this usage a hangover from the Greek aspirant.
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Post by: Beatrix on January 28, 2014, 06:21:48 PM
cohesion
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Post by: tarascon on January 28, 2014, 07:21:40 PM
moue (pronounced moo)... as in, a few people may make a moue when they see this post. ;)
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Post by: Beatrix on January 30, 2014, 06:40:38 AM
Taciturn
Tacit
Tachy
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Post by: tarascon on January 30, 2014, 06:49:46 AM
amethyst
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Post by: dweez on January 30, 2014, 11:15:12 AM
maybe
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 30, 2014, 01:22:45 PM
Poppysmic refers to the noise produced by smacking the lips together. comes from the Latin poppysma. Romans used the original for a kind of lip-smacking, clucking noise that signified satisfaction and approval, especially during lovemaking
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Post by: Beatrix on January 30, 2014, 10:49:47 PM
Tachyon
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 31, 2014, 09:20:57 AM
Coxcomb was once spelled cockscomb. The cockerel’s comb in question was the traditional jester’s cap, which which had a serrated red crest rather like the one on a rooster. A cockscomb was therefore a jester or fool, in the professional sense of that last word.
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Post by: tarascon on February 01, 2014, 05:32:48 AM
^ nice
augury
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on February 01, 2014, 06:47:42 AM
Bruxer A bruxer habitually and involuntarily grinds their teeth.
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Post by: Beatrix on February 01, 2014, 07:49:09 AM
benediction
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Post by: tarascon on February 02, 2014, 06:23:23 AM
neologism
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Post by: Maudibe on February 02, 2014, 08:17:50 AM
nefarious
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Post by: tarascon on February 02, 2014, 10:55:19 PM
jejune
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Post by: Beatrix on February 03, 2014, 01:24:05 PM
transcendence
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on February 04, 2014, 12:21:59 AM
All Sir Garnet British army slang term meaning that all is in order or everything’s OK
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Post by: Beatrix on February 04, 2014, 12:43:17 AM
Alea iacta est
"The die has been cast"
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on February 18, 2014, 12:12:33 AM
Agelastic You may use this, if you’re unafraid of employing an unusual word, to refer to a person who rarely or never laughs
Whereas the opposite Gelastic A form of epilepsy in which bursts of pathological laughter are a symptom. Somebody hypergelastic laughs a lot
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Post by: Beatrix on February 18, 2014, 06:51:20 AM
application
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Post by: tarascon on February 22, 2014, 06:49:09 PM
apoplexy
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on February 23, 2014, 02:52:31 AM
Word for Sunday Bloviate meaning to speak pompously
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Post by: tarascon on February 23, 2014, 07:52:02 AM
^ Great word. Ergo, I declare you the winner of this thread.
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Post by: Beatrix on February 23, 2014, 08:44:19 AM
dualism
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Post by: tarascon on February 23, 2014, 12:33:21 PM
purloin
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Post by: Maudibe on February 23, 2014, 12:39:45 PM
Heretic
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Post by: tarascon on February 23, 2014, 12:42:36 PM
^ Spoken like a true inquisitor
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Post by: dweez on February 23, 2014, 01:08:02 PM
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
humor/humour
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Post by: Beatrix on February 23, 2014, 08:19:24 PM
inkling
my whole life I thought this was hinkling
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on February 26, 2014, 10:07:17 AM
Today i read a new word Biblezine
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Post by: Beatrix on March 01, 2014, 02:22:01 PM
catastrophe
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Post by: tarascon on March 01, 2014, 06:48:39 PM
burgle
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Post by: Beatrix on March 01, 2014, 07:08:35 PM
Barcelona
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on March 02, 2014, 07:17:12 AM
Eyot You say it like the number eight. It’s a small island, especially in the River Thames. It’s from Old English iggath (or igeth), which is based on ieg, an island, It turns up in J R R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: “That night they camped on a small eyot close to the western bank”.
An older form that’s more obviously connected to the way that you say it is ait, a spelling retained in the names of some of the Thames islands.
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Post by: tarascon on March 02, 2014, 08:06:00 AM
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Post by: tarascon on March 08, 2014, 10:44:05 PM
incendiary
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Post by: Beatrix on March 13, 2014, 07:57:10 AM
::) Vorpal is a grrreat word :P
Hydrogen
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Post by: 6pairsofshoes on March 13, 2014, 11:05:48 PM
blooey
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Post by: smokester on March 15, 2014, 03:56:53 PM
twaddle
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Post by: Beatrix on March 16, 2014, 07:35:57 PM
benediction
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on March 25, 2014, 11:53:59 AM
Clerihew severe and stately form of free verse Sir Christopher Wren Said, “I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul’s.”
someone who creates clerihews is a clerihewer
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Post by: Beatrix on March 26, 2014, 06:14:05 PM
;D I like it.
Cerebellum
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on March 27, 2014, 10:08:16 AM
Pussyvan: A flurry, temper ;D
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Post by: dweez on March 27, 2014, 10:43:26 AM
A buddy of mine had one of those in high school.
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Post by: xtopave on March 27, 2014, 12:03:03 PM
Pettifogger - A petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer.
Shyster - A shyster is a slang word for someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, politics or business.
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Post by: Beatrix on April 02, 2014, 08:43:39 PM
effort
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Post by: mishca09 on April 03, 2014, 01:15:44 AM
trollop
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 03, 2014, 05:03:11 AM
jampher - to mock to jeer
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Post by: Beatrix on April 09, 2014, 08:02:35 PM
Fealty
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Post by: smokester on April 27, 2014, 02:32:26 PM
Bammy.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on May 09, 2014, 01:14:13 PM
causey-webs. To neglect ones work and idle in the streets
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Post by: tarascon on May 10, 2014, 04:15:18 AM
Crepuscular
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 13, 2014, 02:40:20 AM
scaramouch
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Post by: xtopave on September 13, 2014, 07:19:52 AM
Sycophant
It has different meanings in different languages.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 16, 2014, 12:40:57 AM
flapdoodle
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Post by: Beatrix on September 17, 2014, 08:00:24 AM
flamboyant
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Post by: tarascon on September 18, 2014, 05:34:39 AM
beseech
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Post by: dweez on September 18, 2014, 07:03:54 PM
Strewth!
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 19, 2014, 12:50:10 AM
quotha an archaic verb meaning "said," has been used since Middle English was spoken
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Post by: tarascon on September 19, 2014, 06:11:59 AM
lief as in I dearly love pizza or I'd rather scratch a cat's ears.
Cum, lustie symmer! with thi flowris, That I may lief in sum disport.
From Chaucer--not the same word here (lief = live) but I thought I'd throw it in for fun.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 20, 2014, 01:10:13 AM
haggersnash A spiteful person
tarascon - look for a book by Jefferey Kacirk - old English dialect/ words absolutely great to skim through
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Post by: tarascon on September 20, 2014, 06:23:19 AM
^ thanks
omphalos
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 21, 2014, 01:00:50 AM
tantrels - idle people who will not fix to employment
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Post by: brickbatz on September 21, 2014, 05:01:17 AM
cowpoo <-- Very useful...
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Post by: tarascon on September 21, 2014, 08:21:25 AM
begonia
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 24, 2014, 09:26:26 AM
cockwomble ;D ;D
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Post by: xtopave on October 03, 2014, 03:46:54 PM
Vernacular
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Post by: Beatrix on October 03, 2014, 10:46:48 PM
Haakon
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 04, 2014, 01:10:55 AM
jampher to mock / a scoffer / jeer / sneer
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Post by: Beatrix on October 05, 2014, 12:28:11 AM
baffle
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 05, 2014, 05:34:07 AM
Knutter a horse makes this sound in greeting to another horse.
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Post by: Beatrix on October 07, 2014, 09:47:41 AM
curvature
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Post by: tarascon on October 09, 2014, 05:57:27 PM
benign
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Post by: Beatrix on October 09, 2014, 06:13:38 PM
implicate
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 12, 2014, 12:59:08 AM
Maffle To stammer, stutter
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Post by: Beatrix on October 15, 2014, 06:07:38 PM
intercede
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Post by: smokester on October 16, 2014, 10:53:09 AM
Funk
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 16, 2014, 01:12:11 PM
thumbit a piece of meat eaten on bread, so called because the thumb being placed on it
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Post by: dweez on October 16, 2014, 04:07:15 PM
munchkin
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Post by: Beatrix on October 23, 2014, 05:16:01 PM
indicative
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 25, 2014, 01:53:06 PM
stangster husband with marital problems / henpecked or mistreated by wife.
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Post by: tarascon on October 25, 2014, 05:21:53 PM
imbroglio
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 26, 2014, 01:36:37 AM
Nice :)
yule hole. The last hole a person can stretch his belt to at christmas
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Post by: xtopave on October 26, 2014, 05:18:38 AM
Zeitgeist
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Post by: Beatrix on October 27, 2014, 06:59:47 AM
plausible
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 28, 2014, 12:29:16 AM
indefensible
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Post by: brickbatz on October 28, 2014, 11:16:49 AM
payday
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Post by: tarascon on October 28, 2014, 08:04:58 PM
Adoxography
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Post by: xtopave on October 29, 2014, 04:50:35 AM
So basically the opposite of what sports journalists do? :D
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Post by: smokester on November 04, 2014, 03:47:06 PM
Holiday. That word always makes me sigh.
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Post by: tarascon on November 05, 2014, 05:05:07 AM
Incriminatory
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Post by: smokester on November 05, 2014, 05:38:46 AM
Liberty.
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Post by: dweez on November 05, 2014, 07:15:35 AM
FREEEEEEEEEDDDDDOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 05, 2014, 08:31:15 AM
reasonable
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Post by: smokester on November 05, 2014, 10:59:08 AM
Booze.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 06, 2014, 12:04:39 PM
rejumble - food fermenting causing the stomach to rise
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Post by: brickbatz on November 07, 2014, 02:26:49 AM
payday
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Post by: Beatrix on November 10, 2014, 07:55:17 AM
cement
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Post by: tarascon on November 10, 2014, 07:56:47 AM
gambol
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 10, 2014, 09:31:27 AM
silk stockings in reference to 18th century American insulting reference to the well to do
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Post by: Beatrix on November 14, 2014, 10:07:14 AM
behemoth
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Post by: tarascon on November 15, 2014, 04:18:44 AM
purple
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Post by: smokester on November 16, 2014, 09:21:36 AM
I'm sure my son's favourite word is "right" as he says is 3 or 4 times a sentence, right.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 17, 2014, 10:09:22 AM
foof to howl or whine in a melancholic manner
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 30, 2014, 11:58:48 PM
Gaslighting - form of mental abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making victims doubt their own memory, perception, and sanity.Owes its origin to the play Gas Light starring Ingrid Bergman.
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 18, 2014, 11:47:10 AM
Doattee To nod the head when sleep comes on whilst sitting up.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 25, 2014, 12:12:02 AM
Thank You
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Post by: smokester on December 27, 2014, 04:16:51 PM
No, I have a bit of an issue somewhere in the cervical area of my spine. It seems to be permanent and I'll know more after an MRI.
Oh, yes, the "cervix" thread, now I remember. You need a swedish masseuse massage. Nah, really. Massages help a lot. I usually wake up 3-4 times a night with my hands completely numbed that I believe is related to cervical vertebrae issues. But I won't know for sure until I go to the doctor. And I don't go to the doctor. :D[/ot]
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 04, 2015, 01:06:17 AM
hope you find out soon. :)
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 11, 2015, 03:15:04 AM
Frippery 17 century archaism for cast off garments.
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Post by: tarascon on January 11, 2015, 04:37:36 AM
substandard
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Post by: smokester on January 13, 2015, 02:43:27 AM
Flake.
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: smokester on January 13, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Miscomprehension. It tastes like chocolate has never tasted before. Hershey's is similar in principle - it too tastes like chocolate has never tasted before (it tastes like dog poo). (... or at least like I would imagine dog poo would taste)
Not clever, advertising. Most people never really listened to the words anyway as they were too busy lusting after the wench that was lasciviously fellating - whilst wearing wet clothing - the chocolate bar.
(Either your autocorrect or mine - or maybe both - really doesn't like the word "fellating". You wouldn't believe the number of times that it autocorrected before I could get the word to actually stay!)
Thanks. Very interesting.
I believe the mucky-word principle only applies to those nearer the heavens.
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 31, 2015, 02:04:46 AM
Papelard A Flatterer, hypocrite from the Italian pappalardo
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Post by: smokester on March 02, 2015, 10:25:15 AM
Nascent.
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Post by: smokester on March 02, 2015, 03:51:05 PM
We have Strontium for that one. Unfortunately the joke only works in Italian.
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Post by: smokester on March 24, 2015, 02:31:42 AM
I rather like the word "certification". It sounds so reassuring.
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Post by: tarascon on March 24, 2015, 06:58:49 AM
hoist
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Post by: smokester on March 28, 2015, 04:24:09 PM
Summertime
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Post by: dweez on March 28, 2015, 11:15:45 PM
sleep
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Post by: smokester on March 29, 2015, 11:50:09 AM
assistant (which I now have).
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 01, 2015, 02:36:52 PM
Spurious
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 04, 2015, 04:58:31 AM
Crizzling the rustling noise that is produced in grass by petty agitations of the wind, but which the English Dialect Dictionary of a century ago defines as “to fidget restlessly;
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: brickbatz on April 04, 2015, 10:24:42 AM
Several (I never remember how many)
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: smokester on April 05, 2015, 01:01:55 PM
(I've learned that word yesterday. How come I'd never heard or read that word before?)
You obviously didn't watch American cop shows of the 70s. They were always busting someone for crossing the road, or rather, threatening to bust them unless they spilled.
Snazzy
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: Beatrix on July 23, 2016, 01:05:29 AM
sharp
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: goldshirt*9 on July 23, 2016, 01:36:41 AM
vajazzle you learn something new everyday, but why O why :-\
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Post by: xtopave on July 23, 2016, 12:21:12 PM
Quiver.
As in: my jaw quivers because the word goldie posted scares me a lot.
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Post by: Beatrix on July 25, 2016, 11:42:24 PM
rapier
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Post by: dweez on July 26, 2016, 11:50:45 AM
One of my teacher's always used to tell me that "Your rapier wit is better sheathed." Despite this, he was one of my favorite teachers.
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: Beatrix on July 27, 2016, 12:07:14 AM
One of those, know when to hold em and know when to keep em sheathed, type things. Facetious, one of the cadre at military school made me look that up. He was good lookin and I was sixteen, I tried.
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Post by: tarascon on August 04, 2016, 07:58:25 AM
^ you was smitten
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: brickbatz on August 05, 2016, 07:07:39 AM
PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: smokester on August 05, 2016, 03:54:11 PM
Luxury.
Title: Re: Favorite Words
Post by: xtopave on August 05, 2016, 05:39:33 PM