What are some of your favorite words, but don't use enough?

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  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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    1. Serendipity/serendipitous
    2. Transubstantiationism
    3. Djibouti


    Djibouti! Say it all the time :)
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    Superfluous, foible, exacerbate.
  • Lsqueezy
    Lsqueezy Posts: 128
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    Onomatopoeia and Sphygmomanometer. Just cause I know what they are. Those are more than 50 cent words. They're more like $1.00 words, but try whipping those bad boys out in everyday conversation.
  • simkat
    simkat Posts: 72
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    Fave: bituminous.
    Next up: fractal (partly because it blows my mind).
  • Lsqueezy
    Lsqueezy Posts: 128
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    Oh, and penetration, but in my line of work I get to use it all the time, and smile a little every time I do. :blushing:
  • fjrandol
    fjrandol Posts: 437 Member
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    Schadenfreude

    Had the Dilbert comic posted on my wall at work for the longest time http://search.dilbert.com/search?w=schadenfreude (unsure how to link, sorry)

    My list of favorite words would definitely have to include:

    plethora
    antediluvian
    tchotchke
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
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    1. Serendipity/serendipitous
    2. Transubstantiationism
    3. Djibouti

    How could I have forgotten Djibouti? Well done.
    Thank you, sir. :-)
  • SooZ1138
    SooZ1138 Posts: 65
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    1. Moist
    2. Preclude

    Moist is my favorite word, too. Weird... =P
  • wifeygonzo
    wifeygonzo Posts: 287 Member
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    Petrichor
    Googled it, and loved it. Well done!

    nice!
  • Daysednconfused
    Daysednconfused Posts: 975 Member
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    1. dissipate
    2. perforated

    don't know why, but I have always thought they were sexy words! lol
  • k8bugz
    k8bugz Posts: 64 Member
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    snatch
  • Slove009
    Slove009 Posts: 364 Member
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    Centrifuge

    Centrifugal

    Klingon
  • catattack13
    catattack13 Posts: 117
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    effluvia

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