Favorite Obscure Words

HeidiCooksSupper

quidnunc
abecedarium
homoscedasticity (and heteroscedasticity)
plinth

rudydtd

Cromulent

jacques57

Confabulation

Rectitude

Puce (a shade of gray)

Reticulated

Legerdemain

Shropshire1959

Puce (a shade of gray)

......is a dark red or purple brown colour

sullus

Puce (a shade of gray)

......is a dark red or purple brown colour

Not to a protanope.

Joannah700

Misconstrued

LesliemarieAZ

Bullsh*ttery

cstringfellow2013

Petrichor

is the scent of rain on dry earth, or the scent of dust after rain. The word is constructed from Greek, petros, meaning ‘stone’ + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. It is defined as "the distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell".

jacques57

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Aa (pron: AH-ah), a specific form of lava with glassy sharp shards over the surface


sphygmomanometer


Calypygous - of or pertaining to the perfect buttocks


Bogosity as measured on a bogometer

Unknown

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jacques57

Bullsh*ttery

Winner!

MrsBooBear

Petrichor

is the scent of rain on dry earth, or the scent of dust after rain. The word is constructed from Greek, petros, meaning ‘stone’ + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. It is defined as "the distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell".

One of my favourite scents. I'm pleased to learn that it has a name. :flowerforyou:

DanielGray73

Embiggen. What? It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Zaftique

callipygian
defenestration
quixotic
prolix
epistemological

kingjabou

Onomatopoeia....BOOM! for the win. (what ya mean I didn't win?)

I beat you to it! :laugh:

That will teach me to read all the post and not just skim. Great minds think alike.

Gawanne

Slutherer a person who doesn't clean the house properly

grillnchill

petticoat
accoutrement
obsequious & sycophant

99clmsntgr

Qi, xi, xu, ar, sh, hm, za, et, aa, ae, ai, re, un, ka, ki

Scrabble player, eh?

mjterp

spoonerism: it's the best word and the best thing ever.

Have you met Zilch the Torystellar?
"My name is Terry Foy, although you might know me better as Zilch the Storyteller.
Er, ah, Torysteller.
The stories I tell have a bit of a twist to them.
I spalk in toonerisms. Ah, I talk in spoonerisms.
Citching one's swonsonants fack and borth
Worning your Turds around.
It's serfectly pimple.
You just have to tink thaster than you falk."

LOVE that man!!!

And Alfalfa (According to Puke and Snot it is the most sensuous word in the Englsh Language...Hmmmm, maybe too much time spent at Shakopee Ren Fest)

Other favorite words...
dihydrogen monoxide (chemists, don't yell at me...I know I know...)

phlebotomy/phlebotomist/phlebology
philanthropy
verigate
linguistically
antidisestablishmentarianism
geriatric

and another favorite quote...with some great vernacular with linguistic fortitude
"disinclined to acquiesce to your request."

Fullsterkur_woman

Petrichor

is the scent of rain on dry earth, or the scent of dust after rain. The word is constructed from Greek, petros, meaning ‘stone’ + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. It is defined as "the distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell".

One of my favourite scents. I'm pleased to learn that it has a name. :flowerforyou:

Ugh! That smell literally chokes me. I cannot stand it. I am vexed that there is a word for it. I'm terribly vexed.

My contribution for today is "concupiscent".

polyseme

linguistically

I don't see how that's obscure at all. Says the linguist.

I don't think escutcheon is obscure, but I don't say it often enough, so I'll use that as my content.

Limeycat

'Concatenate' was always one of my favourite words

LesliemarieAZ

Lickety-split

Morgan5647

Medulla oblongata

jacques57

Medulla oblongata

Excellent. And how about Gluteus Maximus? Sounds like a spell from Harry Potter....

VeganAmandaJ

Yes, I love that word and sadly only learned it a few years ago!

Doppelganger

Morgan5647

Onomatopoeia

VeganAmandaJ

Love it all! Especially that last phrase Can we use that at work some time???

spoonerism: it's the best word and the best thing ever.

Have you met Zilch the Torystellar?
"My name is Terry Foy, although you might know me better as Zilch the Storyteller.
Er, ah, Torysteller.
The stories I tell have a bit of a twist to them.
I spalk in toonerisms. Ah, I talk in spoonerisms.
Citching one's swonsonants fack and borth
Worning your Turds around.
It's serfectly pimple.
You just have to tink thaster than you falk."

LOVE that man!!!

And Alfalfa (According to Puke and Snot it is the most sensuous word in the Englsh Language...Hmmmm, maybe too much time spent at Shakopee Ren Fest)

Other favorite words...
dihydrogen monoxide (chemists, don't yell at me...I know I know...)

phlebotomy/phlebotomist/phlebology
philanthropy
verigate
linguistically
antidisestablishmentarianism
geriatric

and another favorite quote...with some great vernacular with linguistic fortitude
"disinclined to acquiesce to your request."

VeganAmandaJ

I was going to say "Facetious"! I love that word and it's sad that some of these words aren't used in everyday speech..

facetious....oh and douchecanoe

GiddyupTim

Obsequious
Undone