Share your very favorite obscure word..or non-word.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Here is one I learned in the 70's...

"insigrievious"

Very useful word. Can be used in any context, verb, adverb, etc.

"You are being very insigrievious"

"He had a most insigrievious attitude".

Best part?

No such word,
When asked by huffy people, I tell them to look it up.

Sometimes they indignantly accost me days later to tell me
"there is no such word" thus proving they are, indeed, insigrievious.


What's your favorite word?

[geardaddy]

1. Lozenge

or squeegee

[LanternWaste]

2. Indefatigable

Indefatigable... it's the name of one of the ships-of-the-line the hero of the Horatio Hornblower series of novels serves on for most of his early career. I also have a dilly of a time pronouncing it :)

[Richardo]

26. I can't help but get a "Knights of the Round Table" earworm when I hear that word...

We're Knights of the Round Table,
We dance when ere we're able,
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot,
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table,
Our shows are formidable, But many times, we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're Opera mad in Camelot,
We sing from the diaphragma looooooot.
In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable,
Between our quests we sequin vests,
And impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot,
I have to push the pram a lot.

[LanternWaste]

39. Damn you....

Damn you!!!!! If I end up hearing that in my head over and over again, well-- "the sin upon your head, dread sovereign..."

[Strong Atheist]

3. Copacetic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacetic

[Rambis]

6. West LA fadeaway (Grateful Dead)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3XhkSC02g

I'm looking for a chateau, 21 rooms but one will do
I'm looking for a chateau, 21 rooms but one will do
I don't want to buy it
I just want to rent it for an hour or two

I met an old mistake walking down the street today
I met an old mistake walking down the street today
I didn't want to be mean about it
I couldn't think of one good word to say.

West L.A. fadeaway, West L.A. fadeaway
Little red light on the highway, big green light on the speedway hey, hey, hey.

I had a steady job moving items for the mob
I had a steady job moving items for the mob
Know the pay's much pathetic
It's a shame those boys couldn't be more copacetic

I need a West L.A. girl, already know what I need to know
I need a West L.A. girl, already know what I need to know
Lord, just how far to go.

West L.A. fadeaway, West L.A. fadeaway
Little red light on the highway, big green light on the speedway hey, hey, hey.

I'm looking for a chateau, 21 rooms but one will do
I'm looking for a chateau, 21 rooms but one will do
I don't want to rent it
I just want to use it for a minute or two

West L.A. fadeaway, West L.A. fadeaway
Little red light on the highway, big green light on the speedway hey, hey, hey

[MajorChode]

4. Ratfuckery

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-end-of-larry-the-cabl_b_136977.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking

[Urban Prairie]

5. Pulchitrude

Great physical beauty and appeal.

non-word:

misunderestimated (Bush-speak)

[Strong Atheist]

7. Cyanide. Tnt.

HIGH VOLTAGE!

[Iggo]

14. (Done.Dirt.Cheap.)

[jobycom]

8. Beautimous. Say it with a Caribbean accent. Can't remember where I heard it.

Some sketch or other. I keep thinking Robert Townsend, so maybe "The Mighty Quinn?" Don't remember.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. I heard it as "bood-a-mus"..somewhere....

[no name no slogan]

9. Chorn

A chorn is the snow and ice that builds up on the mud flap of a car wheel when there's snow and ice on the road. I just heard it this year, and it's very descriptive.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. oh..goodie one... Can hardly wait to sneak it into a sentence.

[Urban Prairie]

12. Frush

The chunks of heavy refrozen salty and dirty slush that breaks off from inside a vehicle's wheel wells and gets littered on the road. (or in a garage/on a driveway)

[Iggo]

13. I'd've.

It just looks neat-o.

[geardaddy]

15. Carbuncle

n/t

[Strong Atheist]

16. Ooooohhhh! Aaaaaahhh! nt.

[foxfeet]

17. Tintinnabulation.

Pronunciation: \ˌtin-tə-ˌna-byə-ˈlā-shən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin tintinnabulum bell, from tintinnare to ring, jingle, from tinnire
Date: 1831
1 : the ringing or sounding of bells
2 : a jingling or tinkling sound as if of bells

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. For 10 extra points, name the poem that used that word.

I vaguely remember reading the word in a poem...

[foxfeet]

19. "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe.

Loved it when I first read it in high school. Now, about those ten extra points. . .

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Blue..or red?

:bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox:

:redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox:

:applause: :applause:

[Left Is Write]

21. Favorite obscure word: crapulous; favorite non-word: craptacular

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. Non-word? Irregardless.

:hide:

I don't care if it is contradictory and/or non-sensical. It just flows off the tongue so much better than "regardless" or "irrespective."

[Glorfindel]

23. "fard" - to paint (the face) with cosmetics

"Pray excuse me; I must retire to the ladies' room and fard." Makes for interesting conversation.

[bif]

24. Feegledorf.

It's a little mystery object. Like a dustball or a piece of lint. As in: "Hey, you've got a feegledorf on your sweater."

[Glorfindel]

25. Also, "callipygian" - having shapely buttocks

A highly useful word, indeed.

[DeepBlueC]

27. carphology

n. delirious fumbling with bedclothes etc.

It got dropped from the last edition of the Concise Oxford but presumably still in the OED. It's a medical observation. I once saw an alarming oil painting that depicted exactly this; I recognized it (and the syndrome) immediately.

[jeff30997]

28. Midlo.

:)

[leeroysphitz]

29. knurnal.

A small, unaticipated, gap or protuberance located
at some point along what was meant to be a smooth
and continuos shape.

[Angleae]

30. I'm partial to Doohickey, doodad, thingamajig, thinaamabob, whatchamacallit, etc.

[Brother Buzz]

32. Those are not obscure words if you worked in a hardware store

You know what I mean, Vern?

[Angleae]

45. I know exactly what you mean.

I'm an aircraft mechanic, they're daily usage. Just a couple days ago, someone came into the shop looking for our "bondage checker deelydo"

[mitchum]

31. "Mendacious","fecundity", "dessicated"...

all those Tennessee Williams words

[Doc_Technical]

33. Chingadera.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chingadera

[crimsonblue]

34. Lambaste.

[RagAss]

35. Fuckfest ....

A common word used in the IT business.....I still believe that I invented the word while working as a nighshift operator in 1982. But I'm willing to listen to other claims.

[Greyskye]

36. Ignoranus - someone who is both stupid AND an asshole

Credit to the annual Washington Post's Mensa Invitational.

[MrPerson]

37. jesustits

[GoneOffShore]

38. Apposite - for appropriate.

[Stevenmarc]

40. Persnickety

[Dystopian]

41. Fuckedupedness and Putridity.

hovel
cur


peace~

[Richardo]

42. Desafortunadamente

Unfortunately, it means "unfortunately". But it sounds so musical.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. Recondite

Tendentious
Glabrous
Fulgent
Mephitic

[dixiegrrrrl]

44. Wonderful words...

I am impressed...and wiser.

Great stuff.
One more: Bushwhackery.

[Ivan Sputnik]

46. Some favorites

illapse
gobemouche
arsiversie
coryza
scuppernong
susurrus
incunabulum
salubrious
cavil
sprezzatura
clinquant
roun
cynosure

Meanings at:

http://wordie.org/lists/malechis-list

[bluesbassman]

47. Two: kittywampus and harkum

kittywampus - To be out of place or askew.

That fence got all kittywampus after the big storm


harkum - Lees than desirable substance.

Where did you get that harkum?

[Adsos Letter]

48. fleapax...

...I have no idea as to why...

[alphafemale]

49. otamotapea - I doubt I spelled that right. Which would be ironic nt