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Favorite Obscure Words
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quidnunc
abecedarium
homoscedasticity (and heteroscedasticity)
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Confabulation
Rectitude
Puce (a shade of gray)
Reticulated
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Puce (a shade of gray)
......is a dark red or purple brown colour0 -
......is a dark red or purple brown colour
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Bullsh*ttery0
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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".0 -
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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 bogometer0 -
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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:
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Embiggen. What? It's a perfectly cromulent word.0
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callipygian
defenestration
quixotic
prolix
epistemological0 -
That will teach me to read all the post and not just skim. Great minds think alike.0 -
Slutherer a person who doesn't clean the house properly0
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petticoat
accoutrement
obsequious & sycophant0 -
Qi, xi, xu, ar, sh, hm, za, et, aa, ae, ai, re, un, ka, ki
Scrabble player, eh?0 -
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."0 -
Ugh! That smell literally chokes me. I cannot stand it. I am vexed that there is a word for it. I'm terribly vexed.
One of my favourite scents. I'm pleased to learn that it has a name. :flowerforyou:
My contribution for today is "concupiscent".0 -
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.0 -
'Concatenate' was always one of my favourite words0
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Lickety-split0
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Medulla oblongata0
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Medulla oblongata
Excellent. And how about Gluteus Maximus? Sounds like a spell from Harry Potter....0 -
Yes, I love that word and sadly only learned it a few years ago!Doppelganger0
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Onomatopoeia0
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Love it all! Especially that last phrase
Can we use that at work some time???
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."0 -
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 douchecanoe0
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Obsequious
Undone0
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