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Post by Wicked on Feb 12, 2010 7:55:22 GMT -5
Being a vocabulary junkie, I tend to enjoy finding new words and using them. (read: One of my posts used "Quixotic" because I had just learned the word and loved it.)
So here, I figured people should post their top five/ten favorite words so that I don't end up spamming the xat with them. <.<'
So here's mine:
1) Quixotic - Impulsive, unrealistic 2) Flamboyant - "Colorful" 3) Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law 4) Hobophobia - Fear of bums (yes it exists, lawl) 5) Deluge - To flood/a flood
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Post by Sam on Feb 12, 2010 10:31:55 GMT -5
Well, aren't you a interesting one. I've got some words for you that are my favs. 1) quandary -a state of perplexity or doubt 2) enigma -something hard to understand or explain 3) hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia -fear of long words. 4) anatomy -a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms 5) zephyr -a breeze from the west
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Post by Arja on Feb 12, 2010 11:17:19 GMT -5
My brain isn't working today. Alas, my two favourite words are the following:
Pedantic: Overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner. Being finicky or picky with language.
Pectoantebrachialis: A muscle found in cats that is just one-half inch wide, and is the most superficial in the pectoral muscles. Origin, manubrium of the sternum, Insertion, in a flat tendon on the fascia of the proximal end of the ulna, Action, draws the arm towards the chest.
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Post by Dai on Feb 12, 2010 22:20:00 GMT -5
5, you say? Alright...
1) Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the Number 13
2) Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - 'A lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.
3) Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-haumai-tawhiti-ure-haea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu - This is a Maori place name, and one of the longest in the world. It literaally translates to (I kid you not) (IM SERIOUS) "The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea — who was blown hither from afar, had a circumcised penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land — to his beloved."
I think I'll leave it there... xD
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Post by Muffin on Feb 14, 2010 18:48:09 GMT -5
Five favourite words, huh?
Well, Dai took two of mine, so here are three:
1) Albutophobia - Fear of Bathing or Cleaning.
2) Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of deeming something as worthless.
3) Flux - A state of ongoing change.
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Post by Wicked on Feb 15, 2010 13:24:12 GMT -5
Here's a new one: Omphallophobia -- the fear of belly buttons. ... I'm sorry, but I fear for the English language if that word actually exists. On a seperate note entirely: Lucidity. I have no idea what it means. But that word is awesome.
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Post by Muffin on Feb 15, 2010 13:58:02 GMT -5
Lucidity: clarity; free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression; a lucid state of mind; not confused. Also the state when one is aware they are dreaming.
Because I own Delain's album, Lucidity
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Post by uploaf on Apr 18, 2010 13:37:04 GMT -5
abiogenesis - a spontaneous generation of living matter
Trichotillomania - hair loss from a patient's repetitive self-pulling of hair
acolous - limbless
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