well in my expository writing class, i need to provide 15 words for the class to learn and i really want some good shit. ive been contemplating over a few, but they need to be somewhat understandable and nothing fucken stupid just fuck off if youre going to say "CUNT" so any good suggestions are welcome and possibly a brief definition of the word. thanks

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ive never seen a post quite like this before


i dont care much about vocab untill you get into the etymology. then it gets fun

just mess around on merriam-webster.com

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smegma.

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There are a couple of words I love for some odd reason and they are...

superfluous & facetious ...both seem under rated.

Fistula

Scurmicurv.

Sorry, I'm having a day REALLY off and just feels funky. But yea, it's a real word, in a way. Don't know if it's exactly the right spelling, but lots'o credit to anyone figuring out what it mean in modern English.

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Lemniscata

Vagina

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Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

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i find them overated actually.

my contribution is borderline obsolete, but it does exist.


Parvanimity.



(its a noun, basically means idiot)

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scag

gout

spitoon

skullduggery

sarcophagus

atrophy

edit: got more

entropy

diatribe

occidental

tirade

Taciturnity. (A very quiet person)
Concomitance. (Joined)
Promulgate. (sp?) (Advertise, make public)
quixotic (impulsive in the moment)
mirth (laughter)
saltation (discordant movement)
transubstantiate (transmogrify, change)

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(the onset of) Putrefaction

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Shenanigans.

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hah, cloaca is a good one too ( if it means what I think it does)

Edit: Looks like it does.

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Man, these definitions are enlightening. You people sure you've got a handle on what these words mean? I thought I did, but obviously not. I can see my contributions won't be needed here.

+1 for cloaca and shenanigans (and the popular shortening to shens which i use all the time)

Acquiescence
Senescence

check the spellings. Acquiescence is, iirc, a willingness to lay down and comply really, and Senescence is the process of growing old, apparently.

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Hmph. Some good suggestions, some really shit ones too. Also, some lousy definitions.

My turn, for some weird ones:

rantipole - rakish or roguish behaviour, or young person who engages in said behaviour

merkin - a pubic wig

improcreant - impotent

blennophobia - a fear of slime

popliteal - related to the back of the knee

vapulate - to beat, whip or flog

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EVERYONE SAYS FACETIOUS IN MY AREA ITS FUCKING ANNOYING


thats not meant as a dig at you, i think it has to do with a vocab sheet that got handed out in 10th grade english in my school. but jesus, everyone always says "IM JUST BEING FACETIOUS"

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moongoat

frostbitten

I've always liked "begrimed".

Facetious, my 11th grade chem teacher used that atleast 30 times per class.

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wow ok i need some time to collect my self and try to pronounce these words...keep them coming if you like but this could be enough thanks again especially you Death

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Catamite.

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Well I come from the deep south and words like that Might get you a beating.
It's always fun using words you know people dont comprehend and watching them furrow their brow in a vain attempt to understand.

Urethra

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yeah thats kinda what im going for but our teacher said if its "too hard" (how the fuck should i know, right?) we get points off...

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This is the easy way to find a shit load of words to use.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...le+Search&meta=

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hmmmm..i do like frostbitten, grim, and necro, but that leaves me with 12 more

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what do you need these words for? how old are you?

words which irritating people use to try to make themselves sound more intelligent than they actually are:

discombobulated
Definition: To throw into a state of confusion, having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion;
Example: "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw


ingratiating
Definition" To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort
Example: She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration.


unctuous
definition: Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness, unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"
Example:the unctuous, complacent court composer who is consumed with envy and self-loathing” (Rhoda Koenig).


antidisestablishmentarianism
Definition: originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country
Example: When people are asked for the longest word they know, they often say antidisestablishmentarianism

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interesting thread. too bad its pretty much on a time limit.
some words i like:

blight-something that impairs growth.
capricious-impulsive
espionage-act or practice of spying
upheaval-sudden disruption
geriatrics-old age
archaic-of an earlier period

they arnt "big" words, but i like them.

band name represent

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need 15 words to present to the class
senior in highschool but that shouldnt matter

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Wonky.
Eh?

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not to gloat, but i feel awful for looking at these words and not being impressed.


is it cuz i'm an english major who as a child had no friends and therefore resorted to reading the dictionary for fun?

ugh me am loser.

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Here's a word for you; stripper


Here is a word for myself; asshole


EDIT - I was reading your bio...you claim you are a english major? "i am an SG"

so..."I am an Suicide Girl" PWNED.

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or is that most of the people who posted (including me) probably werent trying to give the biggest words they could. thats not what the thread topic was asking for. i suggested interesting words that i like. and in the thread topic it actually asked for the words to be "understandable".

Latent.

Used in a sentance:
"All metaltabbers [apart from anyone with a custom user title] are latent homosexuals"

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Amphiprotic.
From the field of Chemistry ... basically describes a substance with characteristics of both an acid and a base. Dunno, ever since i learnt that word it just stuck in my head.

Indeed

"cuz" that's what it says.

Actually, not to rain on anyones parade, she is right. When you use an acronym of something, and adopt its pronunciation, all other rules follow. Therefore, SG (Ess - Gee), which clearly has a vowel sound at its start, demands the use of 'an'.


Its all semantics though and who gives a shit who knows the longest or more impressive words? Coming in to a topic and claiming you arent impressed as you know longer words is a little... what? No one claimed to be an English major in this topic, or an authority on the matter. I know I for one just gave words I found interesting...

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Idioglossia- a condition in which words are so poorly articulated that speech is either unintelligible or appears to be a made-up language

Vicissitudinary (I want to hear someone with a lisp say that)- Characterized by, full of, or subject to vicissitudes. (vicissitudes= large changes)

Pizzicato- Plucking action

Glissandi- tonal sliding

You rained on my parade and I want to kill myself.

Seriously, my parade is ruined.

I do fairly well with grammar, considering the fact I haven't yet to pass English 11.


Why didn't you defend the stripper comment?

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your age matters because the vocabulary of a 14yr old is much less than that of a 18yr old.

what is the point of the lesson?


i have always liked excruciating.
and words/phrases which you can use in odd places,
"awfully good" (oxymoron?)
frightfully - frightfully dangerous, frightfully clever, frightfully good

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What in the world, in the same sentence that you claim to do well with grammar, you make a grammatical mistake.

Where is the mistake?

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havent yet to pass

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supersadomassochisticnecropedophillia

or

Flaucinausihillipillification

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It's actually spelled floccinaucinihilipilification.

"I do fairly well with grammar, considering the fact I have yet to pass English 11."

Cunts.

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Abattoir as in "...if I'm not more handsome than that I'm heading down to the abattoir to have my head removed."
hehe A pm today came in quite handy for a word.

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I can be an english major and still be lazy online, i mean, when putting together a paper or writing a book, or anything that requires good writing skills and vocabulary then i'll put some effort into it. But online? there's no point. i can also be a stripper, and lazy in my english skills online. i dont have a problem with any of that, its not like your opinion actually matters to me unless i request it.

^_^

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oh and thank you much for that. You're very correct.

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Here is another good one:

Hubris

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With that attitude perhaps you should be a dominatrix instead.


I joke, I joke..I just try to liven this place up..I don't want you to take this shit seriously.

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Just for the hell of it: 'SG' is an initialism, not an acronym. An acronym would be something like 'LASER,' which you pronounce as one word rather than as 'EL AY ES EE AR.' Dig?

Aside from Jim's there haven't been many impressively obscure words here, though I don't think that's the point. More important is that a lot of people aren't giving you good, accurate definitions of their 'impressive' words. How many words you know doesn't mean a thing if you can't use them with precision (precision in language being the whole point of having a large vocabulary in the first place).

thats why he should take the words, and find what is commonly known as a Dictionary.

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Putting your faith in the dictionaries we have available to us will get you results like this thread. Every dictionary has words the definitions of which are either imprecise or too abstruse to be understood by anybody who doesn't already have an understanding of the word's usage. They're records of what words are popularly taken as meaning, and that's only so useful in understanding how a word is to be used, and what it actually means.

This thread has paid off....
I just learned a new word.

well i simply insert word into dictionary.com and it does the work for me thanks for all the "suggestions" this should be more than enough for me to handle...

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