Great, underused words

[Charade]

obtuse

Watch the use of that. It can get you points.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Watch the use of that. It can get you points.

Thanks for the warning. I haven't used that word on the DIS. I saw another "ob.." word and it reminded me of it.

ETA- "obstreperous". Good word by the way.

 

[Fulton Corners]

redonkulous

 

[Magic Mom]

He's a few

Excerebrose
Poltroon

 

[Charade]

He's a few

Excerebrose
Poltroon

Oh come on, you made those up!

 

[OceanAnnie]

He's a few

Excerebrose
Poltroon

Good one.

pontificate

 

[Charade]

And we wonder why some of these are underused????

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Acquiesce.

Myriad.

One of my coworkers & I had a conversation on when to use myriad & myriad of -- the other two who share our space were kind of laughing at us (they were having a conversation about shoes ... lol)

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Watch the use of that. It can get you points.

Or a month in the hole.

 

[Magic Mom]

Oh come on, you made those up!

Just for you!....recreant





ETA: That was in no way an attack.......I was joking....just joking

 

[Golf4food]

Ubiquitous

Haberdasher

Lithe

Refulgent

Pragmatic

 

[Magic Mom]

tomfoolery

 

[Tine731]

epizootic!! (sounds more like epizoodic, emphasis on the "zoo") My Mom, Grandma, and great G'ma would always say things like...."wash your hands before dinner or you'll get epizootic". I always thought it was a made up disease until I looked it up! It's the same as epidemic, but for wild animal populations. LOL!

I still think it's a great way to threaten kids!

OMG I have always thought this was a made up word. Anytime I am sick my mom asks if I have the epizoodic. Who Knew?

 

[kristilew]

Oh, and I forgot one of my other favorite words: hullabaloo. It's such a fantastic word, it spawned my very first tag.

Did you ever read the children's book Engelbert the Elephant? We always quote from it: "Such excitement in the jungle, Such a holy hullabaloo"

My word is trepidatious.

 

[Peter Pirate 2]

Poppycock AND balderdash!

 

[TLSnell1981]

STOP!!!!!

Now, there's a word that isn't used often enough!!!!

 

[MyManGoofy!]

Speaking of vocabulary - anyone here been to this site?

http://www.freerice.com/

 

[CookieGVB]

Egads.

Indeed.


I use these pretty often - I'm beginning to think I'm channeling Mr. Spock.

 

[Debbie7452]

unladen

As in..."What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

I love this thread. My family makes fun of my offbeat vocabulary all the time and I felt so bereft until now!

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

gratuitous

gratis

spirited

schmuck

What an interesting grouping of words. Gratuitous and schmuck get lots of play inside my head.

We have 10 pages of words with only one minor detour into political snark; I'm so proud of the DIS.

unladen

As in..."What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

I love this thread. My family makes fun of my offbeat vocabulary all the time and I felt so bereft until now!

African or European?