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
Posted: 16 Apr 2017, 18:18
by 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)
Posted: 16 Apr 2017, 18:44
by 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.
Posted: 16 Apr 2017, 23:33
by fohat
A good scathing insult that can be used in public is: "coprophage"
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.
Posted: 17 Apr 2017, 00:00
by ohaimark
Catachresis and posit are my favorites at the moment.
Posted: 17 Apr 2017, 00:10
by fohat
Gargantuan and lilliputian are good superlative size descriptors.
On the other hand, I always have a hard time remembering the word "controller".
Probably a question of generation
Posted: 17 Apr 2017, 17:58
by 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.
Posted: 18 Apr 2017, 00:33
by citrojohn
I like meretricious . It's applicable to many modern keyboards - and if you're lucky the Corsair rep will confuse it with "meritorious".
Posted: 18 Apr 2017, 04:13
by rsbseb
citrojohn wrote: ↑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
Posted: 08 May 2017, 00:16
by 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".
Posted: 08 May 2017, 00:23
by micrex22
fohat wrote: ↑Gargantuan and lilliputian are good superlative size descriptors.
Lilliputian or lilliputin?
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I couldn't resist :p
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 19:02
by davkol
That reminds me of something…
Spoiler:
Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 17:20
by JP!
Chicanery and conflagration.
Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 17:33
by seebart
"Bigly".
Spoiler:
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Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 18:26
by andrewjoy
defenestrate
Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 23:19
by Halvar
covfefe?
kludge
Posted: 19 Aug 2017, 20:08
by Darkshado
schadenfreude
gnomonic (nothing to do with the mythical garden creatures)
Posted: 19 Aug 2017, 20:38
by Scarpia
Hogwash. Fiddlesticks. Formidable. And many many more.
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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Posted: 21 Aug 2017, 16:34
by chip chop
....vapid
Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 15:52
by Zombimuncha
Conflagration
Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 16:18
by cookie
Bamboozled
Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 16:26
by Engicoder
From an aeronautics professor talking about features that disrupt airflow:
"excrescences and protuberances"...in a heavy Norwegian accent
Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 20:33
by chip chop
Watched some Will Self talks/debates on Youtube yesterday, his vocabulary is omnipotent.
