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Oct 22, 2006, 12:19 AM
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I've been trying to think up words that no one else on this site has used.
I came up with rescind..... amongst a bunch of other words.... they had all been used before though  So far, rescind is the closest to the jackpot I am looking for, as you seem to be the only person who has used that word here  Just playing with words, no biggie Fuzzy
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Oct 22, 2006, 12:41 AM
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LOL Fuzzy -- I write for a living, I know all kinds of $10 words I don't use here. Want me to come up with a list for you, and we'll send everyone scrambling to the online dictionaries?
 (((((((((Fuzzypaws))))))) CB PS: My favorite word is "egregious." Bet you whatever's worth more at the mo, a pound or a dollar, that no one's ever used that in a post here! |
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Oct 22, 2006, 12:49 AM
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lol, it looks like you are correct about egregious
One of my favourite words has been serendipitous for quite a while (more than 10 years in fact) 
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Oct 22, 2006, 11:37 AM
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What are we doing? This sounds like fun!!!!!!!
One of my favorite words is facetious. Lovely word!!! Also, one of my favorites is "loath". Loath has a much, much deeper meaning than hate, you know. Jan
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Oct 22, 2006, 12:50 PM
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Mine is persnickety.
 I tell my puppy she is that all the time.  
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Oct 22, 2006, 01:17 PM
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I use beauteous, stupendous and ubiquitous a lot!
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Oct 22, 2006, 04:43 PM
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Jan, my dad's favorite word was "facetious." He used it so much that I used to tease him I would have it engraved on his tombstone. Unfortunately, he got buried in a military cemetery and they took care of what got to be put on there....I think he would have appreciated having "I was just being facetious" on there! LOL
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Oct 22, 2006, 04:47 PM
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Wow, I need to grab a dictionary! I don't know these words. LOL
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Oct 22, 2006, 06:12 PM
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LOL Jenn, another of my favorite words -- as you can tell by checking out the pictures of me in the gallery -- is "refrigerator." LOL! I just like the way it sounds!
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Oct 22, 2006, 06:19 PM
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I "try" to say this all the time.
I can never get it right though, lol. I think I put to many syllables in.  Camaraderie
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Oct 22, 2006, 06:39 PM
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I always trip over "statistic."
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Oct 23, 2006, 02:19 AM
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I have been called "pedantic" on more than one occasion. Love that word. (I've been called facetious too for that matter...)
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Oct 23, 2006, 02:58 AM
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My trouble is I know plenty of the big words...but to me it is just as easy for everyone involved to use plain simple language...or am I just being lazy? or lackadaisical?
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Oct 23, 2006, 07:16 AM
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I find myself having to dumb it down a lot, because those words just come naturally to me -- but yes, usually better for all involved (in a general audience, anyway -- academic is another story) to keep it simple.
Did anyone watch Project Runway? On the reunion show, they had a segment of Tim Gunn using "big" words and said that nobody could understand him. I was totally perplexed by that, because they were all normal, everyday words to me! |
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