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Skylark
Apr 27, 2007



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Goons tend to have some... rather interesting vocabularies. So I think this will be fun: share a word that you love, but doesn't get used to often.


First thing that comes to mind for me is "defenestration". It literally means "to be thrown out of a window". Awesome. But unfortunately if your life is anything like mine, you won't be getting a chance to use it a whole lot. :doh: Yeah, not even sure where I learned this one from.

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PovRayMan
Dec 25, 2002

Never get Freudian on a man holding a pickle.
Clearly you've been watching QI.

Clustard
Sep 30, 2012
Kakistocracy- government by the worst citizens.

e: some more:

Mansuetude- gentleness of manner.
Supererogatory- above and beyond the call of duty; more than is required.
Strabismic- 1. squinting or cross-eyed. 2. intellectually perverse.

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A Frosty Beverage
Sep 26, 2007

Full of vitamin chill
Efficacy, which is a word referring to how effective something is.

marshmallow creep
Dec 10, 2008

I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Fatuous and indolence are two I was reminded of recently. Describe a goon's life quite well, I imagine.

Al Cu Ad Solte
Nov 30, 2005
Searching for
a righteous cause
Interloper - an intruder, someone where they don't belong

Malefactor - a wrongdoer

Neige
Mar 20, 2006

Pregnant Woman got pepper sprayed and kicked in the stomach? That ugly bitch was asking for it.
Patently: in an open, clear manner.

cubicle gangster
Jun 26, 2005

magda, make the tea
lol at a couple of these already. David foster Wallace is a good source for lots, it was a passion of his to dig out these old obscure words and find a way to use them.

pleonasm - the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy
"“In other words, it is when a scholar’s vanity/insecurity leads him to write primarily to communicate and reinforce his own status as an Intellectual that his English is deformed by pleonasm "

sesquipedalian
1. Having many syllables, long; as in “sesquipedalian terms”
2. Given to or characterized by the use of long words; “a sesquipedalian political statement”
3. Long and ponderous; polysyllabic

bathos – An abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect, While often unintended, bathos may be used deliberately to produce a humorous effect.
ie: "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

WITCHCRAFT
Aug 28, 2007

Berries That Burn
Syzygy - a straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system. So basically, when the planets align.

Just look at the word. It looks like it was spelled wrong.

marshmallow creep
Dec 10, 2008

I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

I love that word.

bamhand
Apr 15, 2010
factoid - An untrue statement presented as fact.

Tracula
Mar 26, 2010

PLEASE LEAVE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimalkin

Easily one of my favorites now. I've taken to calling my old, toothless grey tiger this.

WE RIDE
Jul 29, 2003
Terpsichorean (adj.) - pertaining to dancing

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
Machinations - a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end

gleebster
Dec 16, 2006

Only a howler
Pillbug
Hebdomadal - occurring every seventh day. In another word, weekly.

DicktheCat
Feb 15, 2011

Obsequious- flattering in an oily and sycophantic way.

Tiberius Thyben
Feb 7, 2013

Gone Phishing


Catawampus- askew, awry, or bent.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Swag - a show off item, indicates good, usually a material item though may be pure spiritual as well

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
humanoid -looks human but isnt

AdorableStar
Jul 13, 2013

:patriot:


Crwth

Farmdizzle
May 26, 2009

Hagel satan
Grimey Drawer
The little plastic thing on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet.

marshmallow creep
Dec 10, 2008

I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Farmdizzle posted:

The little plastic thing on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet.

Similarly, "ferrule" for the metal bit of a pencil.

NoEyedSquareGuy
Mar 16, 2009

Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."
Callipygian
- [kal-uh-pij-ee-uh n]
- adjective

Having well-shaped buttocks.

made of bees
May 21, 2013
logorrhea/logorrhoea: incoherent or incessant flow of words. the -rrh(o)ea stem is the same as in diarrhea.

Literally Esoteric
Jun 13, 2012

One final, furious struggle...then a howl of victory
Esoteric.





The word esoteric is esoteric.

Elissimpark
May 20, 2010

Bring me the head of Auguste Escoffier.
Groak - to silently watch someone eating in the hope they will ask you to join them.

Like dogs - they groak all the time, fuckers.

Also, grew up reading Moomintroll, so nice to know the Groke was appropriately named.

psyopmonkey
Nov 15, 2008

by Lowtax
Colloquialism.

I love that word. :colbert:

Twat McTwatterson
May 31, 2011
Cis.

But im not exactly sure what it means.

little munchkin
Aug 15, 2010
Tane - No one knows exactly who or what "Tane" is. What had originally started as just another forum catchphrase exploded into an epic Tane-posting craze that swept the slowly dieing FYAD forum by storm. It has seen use as an adjective, noun, and verb; "Taneing", "My tane", "I just got some badass Tane Orbs," etc. For a while it was very difficult to navigate Fyad without being exposed to some form of Tane. Tane is also loosely related to the Orb Phenomenon, and is known to be a rare type of orb -- it has been speculated for some time now that its role as a meme originated from this.

u think u clever
Apr 22, 2008
Portmanteau.

Stick two words together!

Free Drinks
Dec 16, 2006

Oh, my God; I care so little, I almost passed out.

Literally Esoteric posted:

Esoteric.



The word esoteric is esoteric.

Pedantic.

The proper use of the word pedantic is itself pedantic.




My favorite word though is Petrichor.

I love the smell rain on dry earth and the word sounds really cool to say. And I mean come on, if you take its root words and stretch them out it becomes "Stone blood of the Gods". How bawlla is that poo poo.

lidnsya
Nov 14, 2007
<img src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-lidnsya.jpg"><br>All aboard the sleepy train!
Lascivious
-Adjective. Lusty, lewd, sexually enticing

Pell-mell
-Adverb. Confusedly, in a disorderly manner
-Adjective. Disorderly

Colgrim
Jul 23, 2009
Etoliate means to lessen or weaken.

Vermin Tanager
Jul 2, 2007
Obfuscate - to confuse or bewilder

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

caconym - bad name

Average Bear
Apr 4, 2010
Eimgae - greeting used by French nobles in England around the 14th century C.E.

God Of Paradise
Jan 23, 2012
You know, I'd be less worried about my 16 year old daughter dating a successful 40 year old cartoonist than dating a 16 year old loser.

I mean, Jesus, kid, at least date a motherfucker with abortion money and house to have sex at where your mother and I don't have to hear it. Also, if he treats her poorly, boom, that asshole's gonna catch a statch charge.

Please, John K. Date my daughter... Save her from dating smelly dropouts who wanna-be Soundcloud rappers.
Circumlocution - the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

Boneitis
Jul 14, 2010

God Of Paradise posted:

Circumlocution - the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

Also can be used as a technique to translate a word into a language that you're familiar with, but don't already know the word, if you have a native speaker on hand.

Like, to go back to grade school for a second, say you're trying to find the word "Apple" in Spanish.

One could say, its a round fruit, (fruta redonda), that grows on trees, (se crece por arboles.)

The idea is that you start with very broad statement about the object that you're trying to translate, and start to refine the details finer and finer. Therefore you're speaking (-locution) around (circum-) the word.

Hellequin
Feb 26, 2008

You Scream! You open your TORN, ROTTED, DECOMPOSED MOUTH AND SCREAM!
Oh joy! Recondite lexicographical entries are among my favourite subjects for indulgent and otiose investigation. That having been said, some of the words posted thus far I would deem to be insufficiently obscure. So that I might remedy this, and alleviate my own boredom in the process, I offer here a few of my favourite words, one for each letter of the alphabet, which I have stored back in the recesses of my numinous vocabulary. I hope that I have selected words which one might come to actually use, rather than list off narrowly focused and arcane technical or academic terms.

Apophthegm, (From the Greek ἀποφθέγγομαι "I speak loudly") n. A short epigrammatic saying generally held to be true, a witty maxim or aphorism

Bellibone, (From the French belle et bonne) adj. A woman who excels in both beauty and goodness.

Charientism, (From the Greek χαριεντισμός "wittiness; including a vein of irony".) n. An elegantly or gracefully veiled insult.

Dasypygal, (From the Greek δασύς "dense, hairy" + πυγή "buttock".) adj. Having a hairy buttocks. A useful way of naming someone an "rear end in a top hat" when circumstances dictate you unable to use the coarser word.

Emunctory, (From the Latin phrase ex mungere "to blow one's nose".) n. & adj. Serving to carry waste out of the body; a part of the body which accomplishes this. Another word useful when seeking to insult someone in a concealed manner.

Floccinaucinihilipilification, (Derived from the Latin words floccus "a piece of wool" + naucum "a trifle" + nihil "nothing" + pilus "a hair; a trifle" + the suffix -fication, itself is derived from the Latin supine ending -ficatio which was used to indicate as a noun the result of the action of a verb.) n. The habit of valuing something as being worthless, of little value, or unimportant. One of the longest non-technical words in the English lexicon.

Galactophagous, (From the Greek, γαλακτοφάγος) adj. A Milk drinker.

Hebetate, (From the Latin hebetare "to grow dull") v. To grow dull or stupid.

Ithyphallic, (from the Ancient Greek ιθυφαλλικός) adj. Pertaining to the erect phallus, and by extension something considered obscene. The term ithyphallophobia, or fear of the erect penis, is derived from it.

Jocoserious, (From the Latin iocosus "humourous" + serius "grave; serious".) adj. Simultaneously serious and humourous; the quality of mixing mirth with grave matters.

Kitthoge, adj. & n. Left-handed or awkward, or a left-handed or awkward person.

Lalochezia, (From the Greek λαλιά "speech" + χέζω "to defecate"). Vulgar words used to relieve stress or pain.

Manqué, (From the French manqué the past participle of manquer "to be lacking in".) adj. The state of having not achieved a condition desired or deemed suited for, because of some fatal and inherent flaw; a "could've been". The term does not just imply the lack of the realized ambition, but also the painful desire for the desired state and the regret over what might have been.

Nepenthe, (From the Greek νηπενθής "sorrow banishing") n. Something, generally a drug, that brings about forgetfulness of sorrow and suffering.

Oligophrenia, (From the Greek ὀλίγος "few" + φρήν "mind; seat of intellect".) n. Extreme mental retardation; an exceptionally feeble-minded individual.

Pauciloquy, n. (From the Latin pauci- "few" + loquor "I speak".) Using few words; laconism.

Quodlibetarian, (From the Latin quod "what" + libet "it is pleasing".) n. One who discusses any subject at pleasure.

Rejectamenta, (From the Latin reicio "I throw back".) n. Things that have been discarded as being worthless or useless.

Sciolism, (From the Latin sciolus, the diminutive of scius "knowing".) n. Superficial knowledge, the quality of displaying knowledge that lacks any sort of substantial base or understanding. Useful as a veiled insult.

Thelyphtoric, (From the Greek θῆλυς "female" + φθορεύς "corrupter". First used in 1780 by Martin Madan as part of the title of his treatise THELYPHTHORA; OR A TREATISE ON FEMALE RUIN, IN ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDY; CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE LAW: Under the following HEADS, viz. MARRIAGE, WHOREDOM, FORNICATION, ADULTERY, POLYGAMY, and DIVORCE; with many other Incidental Matters.) adj. Something, frequently someone, that is corruptive to the morals of women, particularly young women.

Ultracrepidate, (From the Latin phrase "ultra crepidam", "beyond the sandal".) v. To criticize beyond the scope of one's knowledge.

Velleity, (From the Latin velle "wish".) n. The lowest amount of desire, with no intention of acting upon; a faint wish that is not given any effort to attain.

Witzelsucht, (From the German witzeln "to joke" + sucht "addiction; obsession".) n. The habit of telling inappropriate and poor jokes, or pointless stories, especially as part of a medical condition.

Xanthodont, (From the Greek ξανθός "yellow" + the suffix -dont "pertaining to teeth" derived from the Medieval Latin dentalis "teeth".) adj. Someone with yellow teeth.

Yclept, (From the Old English ġeclipod, the past participle of clipian "to call out; to cry out".) adv. Called; named.

Zugzwang, (From the German zug "move" + zwang "compulsion".) n. In chess, a situation in which any of the legal movements available for a player would damage his position irrevocably. Can be used in a figurative sense to fantastic results.

If demand calls for it, I could likely perform another jaunt or two through the alphabet.

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Yoshi Jjang
Oct 5, 2011

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Caseous - to resemble cheese

Retromingent - to urinate backwards

Gerrymandering - to divide electoral districts in a way that becomes advantageous to a particular party or group

Crepuscular - to be active during twilight (dawn or dusk), as opposed to diurnal or nocturnal

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