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acousticrock87 06.22.2006 02:07 PM

Add adoxography to my list. I didn't know there was a name for my dreams...

Danny Himself 06.22.2006 02:34 PM

Use the word FUCK. The word is love.

youthoftomorrow 06.22.2006 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicfit
and cellar door (ha ha ha,who'll get it? )


got it.

kingcoffee 06.22.2006 09:29 PM

Cunt
Hemoglobin
fascist
asshole
notorious
infamous
monolith(ic)
booty-hole
gerbil
Lake Titykaka
fulcrum
douche-bag
Husker Du
dildo
why?
"retahhhhhded"
blowjob

Kim C Not G 06.22.2006 09:37 PM

gash

qprogeny79 06.22.2006 10:23 PM

ok, more, to build up my status:

absquatulate
brobdingnagian
lilliputian
putative
ichthyophagous
otorhinolaryngology
hebesphenomegacorona
palimpsest
sesquipedalian
yclept
zenzizenzizenzic
panglossian
coxcomb
abecedarian
thaumaturge

acousticrock87 06.22.2006 10:57 PM

But would you know what every single one of those words meant without being able to look them up? I've only heard of two of them, and I'm not sure what one of those two means.

qprogeny79 06.23.2006 12:01 AM

yes, i would. this is from memory.

absquatulate -- to abscond (with).
brobdingnagian --gargantuan; the word derives from gulliver's travels.
lilliputian -- small. also from gulliver's travels.
putative -- supposed.
ichthyophagous -- fish-eating.
otorhinolaryngology -- the study of the ears, nose, and throat.
hebesphenomegacorona -- a polyhedron with 21 sides, 18 of which are triangles and 3 of which are squares.
palimpsest -- a parchment that has been erased and written over.
sesquipedalian -- exhibiting a propensity to use long words.
yclept -- named.
zenzizenzizenzic -- the 8th power of a number.
panglossian -- tending to believe that everything works out for the best (from the character pangloss in candide).
coxcomb -- whippersnapper.
abecedarian -- beginner. has another definition which i forget.
thaumaturge -- magician.

acousticrock87 06.23.2006 12:07 AM

Damn...

krastian 06.23.2006 12:09 AM

bangin'

qprogeny79 06.23.2006 12:17 AM

just for good measure. all from memory except as noted.

eleemosynary -- charitable.
floccinaucinihilipilification -- an estimation of something as valueless.
honorificabilitudinitatibus -- honorableness. (NB -- this is the longest word used by shakespeare -- it's in love's labour's lost, act v, scene i, spoken by prospero. interestingly, it's an anagram of the latin phrase hi ludi f. baconis nati tuiti orbi, which means "these plays, f. bacon's offspring, are preserved for the world." of course, this is widely cited as evidence that francis bacon wrote shakespeare's plays.)
tauromachy -- bullfighting.
hagiography -- a spiritual biography of a saint or other religious figure.
syzygy -- a conjunction or opposition of the moon with the sun, e.g., a full moon. (in honesty, i had a general idea but i had to look it up for details.)
ennui -- boredom, indifference.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis -- a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust.
niggardly -- parsimonious.
epistemological -- pertaining to the theory of knowledge.



...yes, i am a word geek.

alyasa 06.23.2006 12:22 AM

You have many, many favourite words.

SonikJesus 06.23.2006 12:41 AM

fuck-a-duck

loquacious

static-harmony 06.23.2006 12:42 AM

Asisnine
Idiot
Fuck-er-ing
Jesus(only when using the above word)
Damn
God
Bored
Shit
Imbecile
Rudimentary

Gulasch Noir 06.23.2006 04:12 AM

Gulasch, Guraz, Tschusch, Schwuchtel, Beidl, Fut

A Thousand Threads 06.23.2006 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gulasch Noir
Gulasch, Guraz, Tschusch, Schwuchtel, Beidl, Fut

waunst Gulasch nimmst musst aber auch Buffesn (schreibt man das so?) dazu nehmen
z.B.: Hirn-Buffesn

Gulasch Noir 06.23.2006 04:39 AM

Buffesn? no nie gehört. Bist du dir sicher, dass das nicht eher was oö-spezifisches, als was Wien-spezifisches ist?

leiwand und heast hab ich noch vergessen.

A Thousand Threads 06.23.2006 04:45 AM

ja kann sein
musst mal deine Freundin fragn obs Buffesn kennt :-)

heast is wirkli guad
- A Detschn
- Züpfi
- Oaschmattn
- Knofi

porkmarras 06.23.2006 04:49 AM

Catharsis
Inexplicable
ace
penis
auto-didact
motorway
plebs
fight
horizontal
sea
lips
basketball
monument

I can't list them all as there are too many that i like.

Glice 06.23.2006 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qprogeny79
just for good measure. all from memory except as noted.

eleemosynary -- charitable.
floccinaucinihilipilification -- an estimation of something as valueless.
honorificabilitudinitatibus -- honorableness. (NB -- this is the longest word used by shakespeare -- it's in love's labour's lost, act v, scene i, spoken by prospero. interestingly, it's an anagram of the latin phrase hi ludi f. baconis nati tuiti orbi, which means "these plays, f. bacon's offspring, are preserved for the world." of course, this is widely cited as evidence that francis bacon wrote shakespeare's plays.)
tauromachy -- bullfighting.
hagiography -- a spiritual biography of a saint or other religious figure.
syzygy -- a conjunction or opposition of the moon with the sun, e.g., a full moon. (in honesty, i had a general idea but i had to look it up for details.)
ennui -- boredom, indifference.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis -- a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust.
niggardly -- parsimonious.
epistemological -- pertaining to the theory of knowledge.



...yes, i am a word geek.


All good words. I especially like how you've used a great word to define niggardly. Unfortunately, niggardly is a difficult one to use without people looking at you funny. I have tried calling people 'niggards' before, and it is rarely received well.

Actually, nearly all of those words are impossible to use in general conversation.


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