Word of the day
 

I like English. I like English words. Here is one I like:

vociferous

adj.
Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.

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Sweet thread.

obsequious |əbˈsēkwēəs|
adjective
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree : they were served by obsequious waiters.

so·lip·sis·tic \ˌsō-ləp-ˈsis-tik, ˌsä-\ adjective

a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism

Chronological is a great word. It's one of those words that actually sounds like what it's describing and can't be replaced by any other.
In fact most 5 syllable words sound great.

Spontanaity, beneficiary, INCONCEIVABLE!!!

Hosiery

Diabolical!

Megalomaniacal!!!!!

Juxtaposition is one of my favourite words.

Juxtaposition (literary), synonymous with contrast, two objects or texts that oppose one another.

Disparate is one of my go to words that's similar.

One of my faves:

ubiquitous: –adjective
existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

A little gem I discovered a while ago searching through my grandmothers dictionary of unusual words:

quidnunc [kwid-nuhngk]
–noun
a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.

One of my faves. Pairs well with a dry cynicism.

circumambulate
verb [ trans. ] formal
walk all the way around (something) : they used to circumambulate the perimeter wall.

Redunkulous - adj. "the second higest degree of ridiculous. When something is amazing/ shocking/ surprising/ unbelievable etc. beyond normal amazement, but not completly unbeleivable. Something ouright crazy would use the higest degree of ridiculous (see redonkulous)." - Urban Dictionary

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - longest in Oxford dictionary.

Don't ask what it means.

abscond

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution. "The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

ephemeral - adj., "Lasting a very short time; transient."

lackadaisical - adj., "Lacking life, spirit, or zest; languid."

reify - verb, "To regard (something abstract) as a material thing."

Superfluous

1.being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.

Love it

Antidisestablishmentarianism! Incomprehensibility! Psychoanalysis! Papillonaceous! Chryselephantine! Monochromatically! Metempsychosis! Nymphomaniacal! This is fun!

emaciate

To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation. "The treatment emaciated him".

Grandiloquent

Using pompous or unnecessarily complicated language

Oh nice one...

Here is one i came across one day at work while flipping through a dictionary. Look it up so you don't thing im making this up.
broomrape
n. Any of various parasitic herbs of the genus Orobanche, having purplish or yellowish flowers and small scalelike leaves that lack chlorophyll. Broomrape grows on the roots of various plants.
thanks
the iron man

shankopotamus

Gloaming - the time right after sunset

carapace-The thick shell that covers the back of the turtle, the crab, and other animals

truncate

1. To shorten by or as if by cutting off.
2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.
adj.
1. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.

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susurration (soo-suh-rey-shuhn)
noun

A soft whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

Love this one...

ca⋅coph⋅o⋅ny
  /kəˈkɒfəni/
–noun, plural -nies.
1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

My favourite words of right now. They don't have very fancy sounds or meanings. But are awesome.

deadbeat
A non-contributing adult.
A deadbeat is an adult, age 18 or older, who is not going to school, living with parent(s) or friend(s), is not working or looking for a job and does not help out with household or yard work chores.

reprobate
1. A morally unprincipled person
2. Morally unprincipled; shameless.
3. Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

hostile
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: hostile forces; hostile acts.
2. Feeling or showing enmity or ill will; antagonistic: a hostile remark.
3. Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse: a hostile climate.



the three most pessimistic words probably in my vocabulary :laughing:

oxymoron

–noun, plural Rhetoric. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

Perfect for a site such as this :D

I'm going to use that at every opportunity. :D

Throe - severe pain
Wellnigh - nearly, almost
Portend - warning, presage

ersatz
adj.
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory. See Synonyms at artificial.
[German, replacement, from ersetzen, to replace]

defenestrate
To throw out of a window.

floccinaucinihilipilification
The estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

now that is a good word :D

tuition - teaching, instructions
fruition - the attainment of something work for or desired

Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police
I will listen hard to your tuition,
And you will see it come to its fruition.

Hiemal - of or relating to winter
Malism - the belief that the world is bad/evil
Resipiscence - realization/acknowledgment of a mistake