Great, underused words

[nuttylawprofessor]

These entries are OUTSTANDING. Perhaps we should let the teen board know we have a little SAT review going on here...

 

[kirbsam]

jocularity.

 

[DreamDelta]

Conundrum. I love using that word!

 

[MyManGoofy!]

My son has been on a kick with "unbeknownst" lately.

I have always been fond of "fatuous".

 

[DreamDelta]

Shenanigan.

Hoopla

Brick-a-brack

I use the word shenanigans a lot with my pre-school students. They think it's hilarious!

 

[Magic Mom]

Conundrum. I love using that word!

good word!

 

[Tine731]

jocularity.

LOVE this word. I cant help but hear Father Mulcahy's voice in my head when I hear it.

 

[Magic Mom]

LOVE this word. I cant help but hear Father Mulcahy's voice in my head when I hear it.

me too!!

jocularity, jocularity

 

[Pixiedust34]

Serendipity! I like that word.

 

[Emme]

I love "autumnal." Every Autumn I use it as much as I can. I interject it constantly "What pretty autumnal colors"

Also another good one is "odious." Just a pleasant way to say loathed...lol

 

[Scornelius]

I just thought of another.... Somnambulist. I went though a phase of trying to work that into daily conversation.

 

[Charade]

Ok. Now someone use them all in a sentence.

 

[Lanshark]

"no"

If more people used it there would be a lot less stress

 

[Charade]

"no"

If more people used it there would be a lot less stress

 

[PrincessKitty1]

Stymied.

DH just used this word recently and it cracked me up. We're both crossword aficionados (another fun word!) so we come up with a plethora of fairly uncommon words.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

copious

That gets used a lot in charting where I work, as in "copious secretions."

 

[winkers]

verbous

balderdash

 

[Charade]

Inconceivable

 

[ElizK]

Inconceivable

Has someone been watching the Princess Bride??? "I don't think that word means what you think it means..."

 

[monkey68]

Brouhaha.

I remember when I was studying for the SAT, I had a book of cartoons that helped you remember words for the SAT. That was the only one I actually remembered.