My two favourites at the moment are:
shrapnel - lovely word, feels good to speak, and so hard to use in an every-day casual conversation. Especially if your mother tongue is swedish
succulent - you can hear what it means, it feels sweet and juicy to speak. The swedish translation is virtually the same, but still difficult to squeeze in while doing small talk.
Any others?
Words you like but rarely get a chance to use
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sesquipedalian
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Juxtaposition is a great word.
Suppurate - pure poetry.
Suppurate - pure poetry.
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Just seeing the word suppurate makes me feel queasy.
Another good word:
Coruscate
And for length, floccinaucinihilipilification beats antidisestablishmentarianism by two letters!
Another good word:
Coruscate
And for length, floccinaucinihilipilification beats antidisestablishmentarianism by two letters!
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
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iXhosa has the best word for thunder: iindudumo
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misanthropic
ampersand
obviate
osculation
brobdingnagian
and lots, lots more....
ampersand
obviate
osculation
brobdingnagian
and lots, lots more....
"contradictions are meaningless, there's nothing to betray"
semi-automatic
cocksucker
knobjockey
gormless muppet
pint-size nut job
oblitifried
cocksucker
knobjockey
gormless muppet
pint-size nut job
oblitifried
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Andy, Wayne, or bothKarst wrote:semi-automatic
cocksucker
knobjockey
gormless muppet
pint-size nut job
oblitifried
shrapnel = loose change
Weltanschauung, and
Wetwang
Goths have feelings too
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'NEW',
'SISTERS',
and 'ALBUM'.
'SISTERS',
and 'ALBUM'.
Gazza for England manager
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payrise
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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emilystrange wrote:payrise
"Gormless muppet" gets used quite a lot in our office to describe certain co-workers.Karst wrote:semi-automatic
cocksucker
knobjockey
gormless muppet
pint-size nut job
oblitifried
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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phantasmagoric
priapic
priapic
Mwaaaahahaha.hallucienate wrote:Gatiep & Maraai steel 'n snoek, en sien toe 'n Polisie man Gatiep se": Sit die snoek onder jou rok! Maraai se " Dit gaan stink Gatiep !" Gatiep se vir Maraai," Druk net die snoek se neus toe."
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Gatiep and Maraai stole a fish and spoke to a police manKarst wrote:Mwaaaahahaha.hallucienate wrote:Gatiep & Maraai steel 'n snoek, en sien toe 'n Polisie man Gatiep se": Sit die snoek onder jou rok! Maraai se " Dit gaan stink Gatiep !" Gatiep se vir Maraai," Druk net die snoek se neus toe."
Gatiep: -There's a fish underneath your coat!
Maraai: -Boy, does that stink, Gatiep!
Gatiep to Maraai: -Don't hold the fish to your nose.
Nothing ventured, nothing lost
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Close, But nopemugabe wrote:Gatiep and Maraai stole a fish and spoke to a police manKarst wrote:Mwaaaahahaha.hallucienate wrote:Gatiep & Maraai steel 'n snoek, en sien toe 'n Polisie man Gatiep se": Sit die snoek onder jou rok! Maraai se " Dit gaan stink Gatiep !" Gatiep se vir Maraai," Druk net die snoek se neus toe."
Gatiep: -There's a fish underneath your coat!
Maraai: -Boy, does that stink, Gatiep!
Gatiep to Maraai: -Don't hold the fish to your nose.
Here begin the lessons in the cape flats dialect of afrikaans:
Gatiep & Maraai steel 'n snoek, en sien toe 'n Polisie man
Gaitep and Maraai steal a snoek (fish), and then see a Policeman
Gatiep se": Sit die snoek onder jou rok!
Satiep says":put the snoek under your dress!"
Maraai se " Dit gaan stink Gatiep !"
Maraai says " It's going to stink Gatiep !"
Gatiep se vir Maraai," Druk net die snoek se neus toe."
Gatiep says to Maraai," Just close the nose of the fish."
snoek=trout btw. & in Dutch it's also the nickname for a Citroen DS. A fantastic voiture. And that is enough trivia for today!
How about: "golly, isn't it warm today"?
Particularly since recent studies indicate that myself and my countrymen/women will be "enjoying" (if that's the right word) a climate comparable to Newfoundland within the next 10 years.
Bloody Gulf Stream!!!
Particularly since recent studies indicate that myself and my countrymen/women will be "enjoying" (if that's the right word) a climate comparable to Newfoundland within the next 10 years.
Bloody Gulf Stream!!!
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.