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EternalGamer
12-09-2009, 12:41 PM
So, this thread is to talk about cool/obscure words that you like to use.
But I have a particular selfish agenda. It's been driving me crazy all morning because I've been trying to remember a particular word that means a partner in a conversation. It's not a word that is all that rare. I believe Henry James used it a lot. But trying to recall it to memory is driving me crazy.
Hawkzombie
12-09-2009, 01:04 PM
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Superman's Dead
12-09-2009, 01:10 PM
Diss. There's a guy here who says things that are really funny, and they catch on as sayings. He thinks it's because of his force of personality; in reality it's just really funny to tell people 'diss', under your breath.
A popular phrase: 'A diss on both your houses'.
Also, 'Bangarang'. I like saying 'Fan-TAStic' and 'Out-STANding'.
EternalGamer
12-09-2009, 01:11 PM
I recalled the word: interlocutor. Now to finish this essay, but I shall return with a good collection of awesome obscure words in the near future.
LongStepMantis
12-09-2009, 01:11 PM
Draconian.
Around here, people are smart enough to at least know what it means. The few times I've used it out in the real world, people just stare blankly, or ask me if I'm talking about dragons.
Khrymsyn
12-09-2009, 01:13 PM
"Mother Pussbuckets."
Blame Bill Murray.
Usually my vocabulary consists of grunts and swears...
Nameless
12-09-2009, 01:14 PM
Draconian.
Around here, people are smart enough to at least know what it means. The few times I've used it out in the real world, people just stare blankly, or ask me if I'm talking about dragons.
Hey, you're lucky. I tried to use that word once, but possibly due to too much fantasy RPGing, I accidentally said 'Draconic.' My friends still make fun of me whenever that word comes up.
Also, I really like the word 'discombobulate.'
Nerdious
12-09-2009, 01:19 PM
Also, I really like the word 'discombobulate.'
I don't know why I can't sneak that into my regular vocabulary. You'd think playing video games I would have once said "Dude, I totally discombobulated that guy" but no. Not even once.
Spelunker should be added to any good word list.
Thanasimos
12-09-2009, 01:21 PM
One of my friends produces magnificent oaths.
Cunderthunt
Cum-juggling jingo-fucker
Sick kittyfucker
etc.
roboninja
12-09-2009, 01:25 PM
perseverate
loquacious
iconoclast
heh, my Firefox dictionary does not even recognize perseverate :)
Worldcrafter
12-09-2009, 01:41 PM
Bangarang
Someone's a fan of Hook.
"Cruft" It gets used all the time in the computer world but I recently discovered it's jargon and not a real word. Still fun to use.
Vandabo
12-09-2009, 02:10 PM
I like using the word 'novelty' as a descriptor of things. For example "Minka has novelty-huge breasts."
I'm also a fan of the phrase "Fuck me running" ever since a friend said that to me years ago.
civil
12-09-2009, 02:52 PM
Pie. Ass. Cream. I love the sound of those words. Make of it what you will.
I'm serious. From what I've read a lot of you motherfuckers are boring as shit in the sack. Use those as a starting point.
Troggles
12-09-2009, 03:03 PM
Tittyfucking.
It's a word full of magic.
Vermillion
12-09-2009, 03:18 PM
Obfuscate - I obfuscate my management by using terms like obfuscating to describe their leadership style.
However my phrase "Sweet-baby-Jebus". My wife hates it.
Wasson_
12-09-2009, 03:19 PM
"Clown-Ass"
Bingley Joe
12-09-2009, 03:23 PM
Extrafalarious.
It's actually really a Spanish word (extrafalario) that means basically outrageous or zany, but it's pretty funny to drop it into English conversation and watch people pretend to know what you're talking about..
"Worthington is crackers at gin rummy, but he has a tendency toward the extrafalarious at times, wouldn't you say?"
"Oh yes! ... yes.. positively extrafalarious.. "
Troggles
12-09-2009, 03:25 PM
Fellatrix. That's another good one.
H.Bogard
12-09-2009, 03:47 PM
Elucidate : I've permanently substituted it for elaborate (verb).
Pulchritudinous : A word that sounds bad but actually means "Beautiful".
Frabjuous: Duh!
Frohike
12-09-2009, 04:02 PM
fellatio, doesn't even sound dirty to me. I could be in Italy. "Fellatio! Fellatio! That was a brilliant performance!"
also yelling, CANS!
Purple Santa
12-09-2009, 05:19 PM
Spigot.
Oh, obscure words not gamers...ooops...
zarathstra
12-09-2009, 05:23 PM
Personally, I like "comport" and "modicum" especially when used in the same sentence.
"I like to think I comport myself with a modicum of dignity no matter where I am"
Lekon
12-09-2009, 05:32 PM
Ostensibly is a favorite of mine. Especially when I can use it correctly!
Another one I heard the other day was beyond awesome. It involved a story about a mouse being injected with mountain vole DNA, which made the mouse just as loyal to its mate as the mountain vole is. The mouse was named the "Monogamouse"
Lint of Death
12-09-2009, 06:06 PM
My favorite word is "sesquipedalian". Ideally, it leads to the following conversation.
"What's a sesquipedalian?"
"A long word."
"OK, duh, but what does it mean?"
"I just told you! It's a long word! . . . Seriously, it's a noun [or an adjective] that describes a long word."
It also and adjective that identifies someone/something that exhibits a tendency toward the utterance of such multisyllabic words.
Also: "callipygian". Thanks for both (http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=257) of these (http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=101), Dinosaur Comics!
Wasson_
12-09-2009, 07:16 PM
OCKSk1-uO-A
Generation ABXY
12-09-2009, 07:47 PM
Tittyfucking.
It's a word full of magic.
The beer-guzzling, seven-legged spider speaks the truth.
Crowe
12-09-2009, 08:41 PM
Boomshakalaka
Jesus Titty Fucking Christ or just 'titties'.
Scaryfaced
12-09-2009, 08:50 PM
I love the word "stygian".
loquacious is another winner. It's a good way to discribe myself.
pomeroy
12-09-2009, 09:26 PM
Lately, I've been peppering the words "herb (as in, you're a herb)" and "chintzy" into everyday conversation.
I like the way it's going.
Generation ABXY
12-09-2009, 09:37 PM
I love the word "stygian".
Oh, nice one.
I also like decimate, just because there's so much history tied up in that word.
TurboKinny
12-09-2009, 10:46 PM
My favorite word is "sesquipedalian". Ideally, it leads to the following conversation.
"What's a sesquipedalian?"
"A long word."
"OK, duh, but what does it mean?"
"I just told you! It's a long word! . . . Seriously, it's a noun [or an adjective] that describes a long word."
It also and adjective that identifies someone/something that exhibits a tendency toward the utterance of such multisyllabic words.I love words that are what they describe. My favorite is mellifluous :)
(Edit: my second favorite is the phrase "verbing nouns")
ShivaX
12-09-2009, 11:31 PM
Oh, nice one.
I also like decimate, just because there's so much history tied up in that word.
Decimate is always used out of its actual meaning though.
Spectre-7
12-09-2009, 11:49 PM
Decimate is always used out of its actual meaning though.
http://i36.tinypic.com/fay5gi.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy
ShivaX
12-10-2009, 12:02 AM
Fine, I mistyped and meant "original" since thats what he was talking about.
Hardly a facepalm worthy offense considering the vast majority of the population has no clue about the history of the word anyway.
I have many favorite words.
heinous
Spectre-7
12-10-2009, 12:19 AM
And for attempting to wiggle out of your facepalm?
http://i36.tinypic.com/fay5gi.jpg
You see that? That anguish is on your head, sir. Will you continue to heap more punishment onto poor Sisko? Just how heartless can you be?
I'd like to propose a ban on the word facepalm and any relating images from CoG. Every time someone says it or posts a picture, I want to reach through the internet and slap some sense into you.
Spectre-7
12-10-2009, 12:31 AM
Oh, and to be a little on-topic: I love words. All of them, really. Common, obscure, archaic, sacred and profane, nonce formations and old mainstays... just the whole damned lot of them. I tend to be more interested in the weird ways they interact rather than hunting for rare examples; by strained analogy, I prefer the ecology of words to simple zoology.
For anyone with an interest in etymology, I recommend Bradshaw of the Future, (http://bradshawofthefuture.blogspot.com/) a blog that shows how seemingly random words are often related through roots that stretch all the way back to Proto-Indo-European.
Spectre-7
12-10-2009, 12:32 AM
I'd like to propose a ban on the word facepalm and any relating images from CoG. Every time someone says it or posts a picture, I want to reach through the internet and slap some sense into you.
http://i36.tinypic.com/fay5gi.jpg
...
Come on. You know you were asking for that one.
http://i36.tinypic.com/fay5gi.jpg
...
Come on. You know you were asking for that one.
Perhaps!:o
Frohike
12-10-2009, 08:10 AM
I have many favorite words.
heinous
I wrote a song in college titled "Heinous Wheezing Anus"
Good times.
Doogie2K
12-10-2009, 01:42 PM
I don't know what words in my vocabulary are obscure, specifically because I use them. I think I'd have to ask someone else. I know I use a lot of $5 words, but damned if I can name them off the top of my head.
I really hate when people use the word ambivalence to describe apathetic. It is not the same thing.
I've been very fond of exorbitant recently. (Probably because I got the bill for my tuition).
It really annoys me when people use "decimate" in place of "annihilate". Yes decimate sounds all cute and everything, but it's meaning is different.
Edit: I remember a several month period where reports all over The Sandbox were using decimate instead of annihilate, when either referring to US missions (which honestly don't do either) or "terrorist attacks", which I also believe do neither.
Purple Santa
12-11-2009, 03:51 AM
Clitoris.
Inspired by Karak's work thread.
KamaItachi
12-11-2009, 04:32 AM
Tomfoolery
Gusset
Chicanery
Sneaktheivery
Rubbish (as in: "Don't see the new transformers film, it's rubbish")
Ka-boom!
Thants (also, blants)
Vigil80
12-11-2009, 04:50 AM
Almost 50 posts in and noone has posted the Monty Python Fuck video? I'm proud of you, CoG.
H.Bogard
12-11-2009, 05:07 AM
Chugalug. I'm not sure if I'm spelling it wrong or if Firefox is unfamiliar.
Bingley Joe
12-11-2009, 07:28 AM
Clitoris.
Inspired by Karak's work thread.
Agreed.
There's just something about the way it rolls off the tongue that makes it irresistible.
Frohike
12-11-2009, 07:41 AM
how about alittle carlin
fFmRypAYz_E
man, he was one of the greatest comedians...
Kelegacy
12-11-2009, 10:19 AM
Clitoris.
Inspired by Karak's work thread.
Except there is no such thing as a clitoris. It's purely fictional.
Agreed.
There's just something about the way it rolls off the tongue that makes it irresistible.
No pun intended?
Ink Asylum
12-11-2009, 10:24 AM
I was proud of myself that I fit the word "oeuvre" naturally into a recent CoG discussion.
TurboKinny
12-11-2009, 11:16 AM
Except there is no such thing as a clitoris. It's purely fictional.And you got a woman to agree to marry you??
:p
Bingley Joe
12-11-2009, 11:26 AM
No pun intended?
Was I remiss in leaving out the platoon of smilies? :D:p:cool:
Kelegacy
12-11-2009, 11:29 AM
And you got a woman to agree to marry you??
:p
It's a myth, like the female orgasm.
Scaryfaced
12-11-2009, 01:14 PM
I'm suddenly reminded of the word Skullduggery.
And female orgasms aren't myths, they're cryptozoological. Just because you've never seen a Bigfoot doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist.
Kelegacy
12-11-2009, 01:24 PM
And female orgasms aren't myths, they're cryptozoological. Just because you've never seen a Bigfoot doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist.
Nope, they don't exist. I've done extensive research, especially during college.
I think that proves it. Female orgasms don't exist. And since I couldn't find any sort of clitori, those can't exist either. I think they are fables told to make men doubt themselves.
Scaryfaced
12-11-2009, 01:36 PM
Well I've seen one before. Ok well I didn't see it personally, but my grandpa saw one once back in the 40s. Are you calling my grandpappy a liar!?!
Dialogically
pedantic
luddite
curmudgeon
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