Do you have unusual words you'd like to share? Vera used the word "treacly" which I had never heard of so I looked it up. Now I have new word. Is there an unusual word that you think is seldom used but we should all know about? Thanks!
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I worked with electromagnetic propagation and scattering for a lot of years, and the word "attenuation" came up a fair amount. Look it up yourselves.
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(06-25-2020, 05:26 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm fond of "deliquescent". Never heard of the word. What's it mean?
I like verbing nouns. Can't think of any now but it's fun.
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Like if I saw the remnants of an old tree, like a stump. I could say stumped. Is that correct?
(06-25-2020, 06:00 AM)c172 Wrote: I like verbing nouns. Can't think of any now but it's fun. Lets surface that. Let's brain that. Spot that dalmation. Fur the cat. They are molding the cheese.
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perambulation peroration
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My favorite word is discombobulated. I don't know why, but I really like that word.
(06-25-2020, 09:44 AM)Cavebear Wrote:(06-25-2020, 06:00 AM)c172 Wrote: I like verbing nouns. Can't think of any now but it's fun. Yes, I'm liking this a lot. So I need to fabric the material. (06-25-2020, 05:48 AM)Dancefortwo Wrote:(06-25-2020, 05:26 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm fond of "deliquescent". It means prone to liquefying by absorbing moisture from the air. It can also mean simple liquefaction through contact with water.
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Word sharing (06-25-2020, 02:08 PM)Dānu Wrote: prestidigitation I've been told I have magic fingers. (06-25-2020, 02:28 PM)Dom Wrote: My favorite word is discombobulated. I don't know why, but I really like that word. It onomatopoeic; it's a jumble of confused syllables jammed together, which in that sense sounds like the mental state it's describing.
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I've always liked the word "tintinnabulation" and the way Edgar Allen Poe used it in, The Bells.
Quote:HEAR the sledges with the bells — And Wikipedia tells me that Poe uses "onomatopoeia" to create the sounds of bells, another word I really like. Onomatopoeia is such a buzz saw of a word. Boing! ETA: Funny how I like unusual words but can't spell for shit. (06-25-2020, 03:24 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(06-25-2020, 02:08 PM)Dānu Wrote: prestidigitation
Mountain-high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but Mâyâ.
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Vivekananda (06-25-2020, 04:53 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: Funny how I like unusual words but can't spell for shit. I love the sound of certain words, it literally gives me pleasure (and then there's goggles which is just such a cute word). Anyway, in one of Oliver Sacks' books I just finished listening to, there was a guy with Tourette's and his kids would collect "weird" words (and names) that he'd just repeat over and over. If I have to be perfectly honest, sometimes I,too, feel this urge to say a certain word out loud, often repeating it a couple of times (it does have a bit of an OCD feel to it), it does something to my brain. And then I just like certain words, in a perfectly normal way. What I meant was, spelling or no spelling, words can trigger (ha!) interesting reactions. (discombobulated is a nifty word indeed) When I translate, I sometimes wonder whether to use a lesser known (usually older and/or more poetic) word as I'm pretty sure the stupid readers of my stupid books won't know them. Sometimes I just go, screw it, let'em look'em up, learn something.
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bunglesome skulduggery bumbershoot (06-25-2020, 06:00 PM)Vera Wrote:(06-25-2020, 04:53 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: Funny how I like unusual words but can't spell for shit. Yes, I use the word "willy-nilly" a lot. I like to just say it apropos ( <----- another great word) of nothing. It fits into so many of life's circumstances, especially these days. I love the word "hoytie-toytie" as the perfect word for those uppity rich people who go through life, "willy-nilly", thinking their shit don't stink. (06-25-2020, 06:14 PM)Alan V Wrote: cacophony The first one sounds like shit. In a similar vein, I don't find "chthonic" getting much air time in spite of beginning with such bunglesome consonants. When I was teaching students liked hearing certain words, especially "shenanigans". Oh yeah, if bumbershoot isn't a reference to flatulence, it should be.
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Mountain-high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but Mâyâ.
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Vivekananda
Mountain-high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but Mâyâ.
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Vivekananda
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I also love "whatnot". It's a slant-rhyme, which I like, and for only two syllables it can carry an awful lot; it's very efficient.
"Dandelion" is cool by me as well. I think it's the alliteration inside the word, the two hard-Ds (shut it, you pervs) one after the other.
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