Favorite Obscure Words
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quidnunc
abecedarium
homoscedasticity (and heteroscedasticity)
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Confabulation
Rectitude
Puce (a shade of gray)
Reticulated
Legerdemain0 -
Puce (a shade of gray)
......is a dark red or purple brown colour0 -
Puce (a shade of gray)
......is a dark red or purple brown colour
Not to a protanope.0 -
Misconstrued0
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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 -
Bullsh*ttery
Winner!0 -
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:0 -
Embiggen. What? It's a perfectly cromulent word.0
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callipygian
defenestration
quixotic
prolix
epistemological0 -
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.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 -
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:
My contribution for today is "concupiscent".0
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