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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #255 on: February 02, 2014, 08:17:50 AM »
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #256 on: February 02, 2014, 10:55:19 PM »
jejune
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #257 on: February 03, 2014, 01:24:05 PM »
transcendence

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #258 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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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #259 on: February 04, 2014, 12:43:17 AM »
Alea iacta est

"The die has been cast"

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #260 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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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #261 on: February 18, 2014, 06:51:20 AM »
application

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #262 on: February 22, 2014, 06:49:09 PM »
apoplexy
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #263 on: February 23, 2014, 02:52:31 AM »
Word for Sunday
Bloviate
meaning to speak pompously

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #264 on: February 23, 2014, 07:52:02 AM »
^ Great word. Ergo, I declare you the winner of this thread.
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #265 on: February 23, 2014, 08:44:19 AM »
dualism

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #266 on: February 23, 2014, 12:33:21 PM »
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #267 on: February 23, 2014, 12:39:45 PM »
Heretic

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #268 on: February 23, 2014, 12:42:36 PM »
^ Spoken like a true inquisitor
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #269 on: February 23, 2014, 01:08:02 PM »
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

humor/humour
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