Uncommon Vocabulary

[rsbseb]

Anyone have any favorite words or vocabulary that they don't get to use or hear used often?

Heretofore is one of several for me. I'm curious what interesting vocabulary strikes a cord with others

[seebart]

Jabberwocky

noun, plural Jabberwockies.
1.
a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
2.
an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.
adjective
3.
consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless.
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Also, Jabberwock [jab-er-wok] (Show IPA).
Origin of Jabberwocky Expand
coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky, poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

[HAL]

Going with the Lewis Carroll theme. I like
frumious
and of course
snark as in: He snarked himself.
and
thrice as in I said it once, I said it twice, I said it thrice.

[fohat]

A good scathing insult that can be used in public is: "coprophage"

[rsbseb]

Jabberwocky

noun, plural Jabberwockies.
1.
a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
2.
an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.
adjective
3.
consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless.
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Also, Jabberwock [jab-er-wok] (Show IPA).
Origin of Jabberwocky Expand
coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky, poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

My mother used to use jabberwocky, I haven't heard that in over 20yrs.

[ohaimark]

Catachresis and posit are my favorites at the moment.

[fohat]

Gargantuan and lilliputian are good superlative size descriptors.

[kbdfr]

I still love antediluvian

Spoiler:

antediluvian

Impressed by your vocab. I'll remember that word.

On the other hand, I always have a hard time remembering the word "controller".
Probably a question of generation

[codemonkeymike]

Capricious, every once in a long while I hear someone use that word. It's one way of getting someones attention. Another one would be whenceforth, one of my favorites to slip into a conversation, very much an under used word.

[citrojohn]

I like meretricious . It's applicable to many modern keyboards - and if you're lucky the Corsair rep will confuse it with "meritorious".

[rsbseb]

I like meretricious . It's applicable to many modern keyboards - and if you're lucky the Corsair rep will confuse it with "meritorious".

That's new one for me and you're right it's very appropriate for a number of modern keyboards

[micrex22]

Monotonic? At least it's one of my favourite words and I don't hear it often. We should ask MrA500 what colour these words look like

There's also unusual ways to use common vocabulary, such as "meet": "I thought it meet to add sugar to my coffee".

[micrex22]

Gargantuan and lilliputian are good superlative size descriptors.

Lilliputian or lilliputin?

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I couldn't resist :p

[davkol]

That reminds me of something…

Spoiler:

[JP!]

Chicanery and conflagration.

[seebart]

"Bigly".

Spoiler:

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[andrewjoy]

defenestrate

[Halvar]

covfefe?

kludge

[Darkshado]

schadenfreude

gnomonic (nothing to do with the mythical garden creatures)

[Scarpia]

Hogwash. Fiddlesticks. Formidable. And many many more.

[chip chop]

Lickspittle

[Parak]

Monocoque

[Hak Foo]

Novodel.

[seebart]

Schadenfreude

That' not uncommon vocabulary?!? At least not in German. A lot of Schadenfreude is happening acorss the world. This is a world famous anti-Schadenfreude meme:

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[chip chop]

....vapid

[Zombimuncha]

Conflagration

[cookie]

Bamboozled

[Engicoder]

From an aeronautics professor talking about features that disrupt airflow:

"excrescences and protuberances"...in a heavy Norwegian accent

[chip chop]

Watched some Will Self talks/debates on Youtube yesterday, his vocabulary is omnipotent.

Here are some of my favorites....

Farinaceous - Panglossian - Quinquagenarian

[Zombimuncha]

Topresque