e.g. it's very difficult to find excuses to use words like "plinth" and "festoon" in everyday conversation?
2006-12-26 00:40:40 · 17 answers · asked by Athene1710 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
discombobulated - to feel disjointed and not quite right, I am a complete workaholic and always on the ball so it would to be an absolute pleasure to be discombobulated once in a while.
2006-12-26 00:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Millions', when referring to the amount of money in my bank account.
Incidentally, a friend of mine, as an event organiser, spends a considerable amount of time each day instructing others to festoon various plinths, with flowers and bunting, one would assume, in readiness for that day's speaker.
2006-12-26 10:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Words that baffle people. Obfuscate, prevaricate, dearth and disingenuous are a few good ones. They're easy enough to put into a sentence, but 9 out of 10 people will instantly wonder what you're talking about!
2006-12-26 00:47:57 · answer #3 · answered by FrozenCamel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say the following (as I have a slightly vested interest)
Cromulent (adjective)- particularly relevant or pertaining to.
Embiggens (adverb)- to aggrandise an event, place, thing.
Cooter-scooter (noun, verb)- to propel a pre-mounted female by pushing her legs and pelvic region and forcing her to 'walk' with her hands. A highly practical, popular and amusing activity.
In the same vain: 'Angry Pirate'.
2006-12-26 01:24:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ministry of Camp Revivalism 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dirigible(s) is a difficult word to drop into conversation - it's meaning is either Airship or Balloon
2006-12-26 00:56:15 · answer #5 · answered by Carrot Cruncher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish I could use plethora, anathema, onomatopoeia, savvy, triskaidekaphobia, there's a huge list of words I'd love to use just normally, but I always have to make a joke with them just to get them in.
2006-12-26 00:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Ettejin of Wern 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Swear words, like builders do. The 'F' word being a form of punctuation in their speech.
2006-12-26 03:12:28 · answer #7 · answered by tigress_taz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to be able to say more often 'I think you are wrong about that' without having people go into paroxysms of self-righteousness and defensiveness.
2006-12-26 00:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by Barks-at-Parrots 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gams, heebee-jeebees, consarn-it, grizzled, pithy, dames, spiffy. Gotta love them ol' time slangs
Peace
2006-12-26 00:55:59 · answer #9 · answered by zingis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miasma, ethereal, chalcedony, abstrusion.
2006-12-26 00:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by Queen of the Night 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋