Seldom used words for everyday stuff
Splendid! However, you have already listed the ones I was thinking of, as well as a couple of others I've not heard in years. LOL
How about:
Grimoire
Elocution
Prestidigitation
That's all I can come up with for now... suffering from WBS (Weary Brain Syndrome, here.
OOoopppsss... just read a bunch of others...I guess I was supposed to provide the definitions!
Grimoire--a book of spells
Elocution--(lessons) in careful speech, pronunciation, form, tone, delivery, etc.
Prestidigitation--magic/illusory tricks done with the hands
Oh,
I love this, during my high school years we were charged with learning and using unusual words. I haven't had the occasion to use most of them lately.
flibbertigibbet....a flighty person
sybarite or sybaritic.....loving pleasure or luxury
pithy...meaningful in expression (just learned this one)
infare...house warming
I'll limit mine to four words too.Competent authority - I got to just the "government agency" and burst out laughing, just as you say. What an oxymoron!
Oxymoron, indeed! You beat me to it, wilderness!
That's as bad as "military intelligence!"
Oh, I haven't heard that one in a long time--we need a "Like" button in these forums!
Don't think they are real words but they should be cause they make sense and when I used to do clowning I used them as real words ...
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Furnidents - the dents in carpet furniture leaves behind.
Troublems - when your troubles become problems or your problems become troubles.
Donut seeds - little round oat circles you plant to get a good crop of donuts -- aka Cheerios
Quadrasection - when 4 different streets cross each other at one intersection.- RTalloniposted 11 years ago
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My all-time favorite duck pic.
LOL, habee...that's too funny. I'm reminded of one of my mom's stories from her high school days. She decided to have some fun with the teacher; the assignment was define the spelling words and use them in sentences. Just for a lark, she managed to put them all into a single, sensible sentence!
Are you guys beginning to see why I just HAD to become an English/lit/writing teacher??
fell - the "silver skin" covering on some meats
I removed the fell from the pork ribs, but it fell onto the floor.
snood - a hood-like garment for women
I think she looks rather snooty in her snood.
crepitus - the popping and cracking sounds made by old or damaged joints
I crept in quietly, but the crepitus in my knees gave me away.- Good one! Hey, we could make history by assigning a name to the device. Suggestions? How 'bout:
flesh elevator
"the bogger"
the final stepper
the giant leap
the corpse cliffThanks, Victoria L. I love it when Habee has a forum post. I come here for the forums these days! She should be a regular feature.
These are so funny, habee.
I vote for the final stepper.
A few more from Balthazar:
bulging sumpters - something to do with a camel
spiring pigeons - spiring is a construction like a steeple that forms a point on top.
lintel - a beam over a door
turpid - muddy or cloudy (water)
Sorry these aren't funny Pizzle!
.- tattuwurnposted 11 years ago0
Obfuscate: to make something unclear, unintelligible or bewildering
and it has an associated noun: obfuscation
and adjective: obfuscatory
Reading these forums can sometimes be an overwhelmingly obfuscatory experienceI think politicians and lawyers have cornered the market on obfuscation!
Charles James said:
"Pedagogical - a pedagogue is a teacher.... "
Challenge for someone: Define the difference between pedagogical and didactic- Miriam Weissmannposted 11 years ago0
Holding my tongue!
Yes it most definitely is. As is "yak", "yap", "chatter" and "gossip".
Gentlemen converse. And run and hide...- Holding my tongue 2x!
Oh, I don't know, Dzy. Some people just have a hard time when they're spelling words. Their brains don't catch that they're spelling something wrong; that the letter goes there instead of where their pencil put it. Or maybe they're just not paying attention; their mind is somewhere besides there on the paper where they're working. Possibly they're reading their as there, and never knowing the difference.
Given them time - wait - and they might learn to spell even that word.- We should get our spouses together; my wife can't spell a lick. She's just opposite, though - she can recognize a word in print, and speak it, but can't for the life of her produce even an attempt to sound it out to anything like the correct spelling.
Don't think I can go with you on the math/spelling, though. I do well at both, probably I like math and love to read. The world's worst at grammar, though - I can't even follow the conversation when it comes to grammar and usually don't know the meaning of the words!
Well, I'm not in England, I'm in Wales. I escaped here from England 5 years ago.
