Word of the Day!

Discussion in 'General Chatter' started by Nobody's Home, Jan 9, 2019.

  1. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    Echolalia

    I have a vague memory of someone (maybe even me) already posting this one but that only proves my point lol
     
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  2. bushwah

    bushwah a known rule consequentialist

    I considered -potter-, -harmonica-, and -aggravation-, among others, but in the end I couldn't beat

    coalesce
     
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  3. Acey

    Acey hand extended, waiting for a shake

    Yesterday my dad and I were talking, and we realized that schtick is a fantastic word without much in the way of a direct English equivalent. I guess “gimmick” is close, but it’s not identical and the connotations are different! Loan words are so cool.
     
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  4. Acey

    Acey hand extended, waiting for a shake

    Also, both clumsy and klutz are excellent. They give me the mental image of someone tripping over their own two feet just from how they sound!
     
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  5. Nobody's Home

    Nobody's Home I'm a Greg Coded Tom Girl

    Spew
    its like spitting and going pew pew pew at the same time
    A big ol squelchy splooch
    Spew
     
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  6. Acey

    Acey hand extended, waiting for a shake

    Visceral!
     
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  7. Nobody's Home

    Nobody's Home I'm a Greg Coded Tom Girl

    Clandestine
     
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  8. Verily

    Verily surprised Xue Yang peddler

    The common nonstandard pronunciation of “realtor” like “realitor”. I use the standard pronunciation, but the other one just makes my brain glitch in a vaguely pleasing way.
     
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  9. Nobody's Home

    Nobody's Home I'm a Greg Coded Tom Girl

    Insurmountable
     
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  10. bushwah

    bushwah a known rule consequentialist

    kinaesthetic
     
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  11. Saro

    Saro Where is wizard hut

    cuvette
     
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  12. Camber

    Camber Active Member

    grok....

    edit: wait no! rantipole
     
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  13. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    Smarmy
     
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  14. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    This isn't a real word but "sticky-uppy" is one of my favorite description words. It's been used in our family since like, my mom was young and basically sounds like exactly what it means; mostly to describe hair of all things
     
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  15. chthonicfatigue

    chthonicfatigue Bitten by a radioactive trickster god

    Sticky-uppy is a great phrase! I feel like it's used a lot in British English and no-one bats an eyelid about it being 'real' or whatnot.

    Chunter.
     
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  16. Nobody's Home

    Nobody's Home I'm a Greg Coded Tom Girl

    words of the day!
    recalcitrance
    incongruous
    percolate
     
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  17. chthonicfatigue

    chthonicfatigue Bitten by a radioactive trickster god

    Ultracrepidarian - a person who judges, criticises, or gives advice in an area outside of their knowledge sphere. (props to Countdown's Susie Dent via Twitter for this one.)
     
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  18. Nobody's Home

    Nobody's Home I'm a Greg Coded Tom Girl

    Foment
     
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  19. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    Armageddon, Forsworn, and Lantern! Nice mouth feel, especially lantern
     
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  20. chthonicfatigue

    chthonicfatigue Bitten by a radioactive trickster god

    Exorbitant
     
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