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Ritual

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I\'ve always liked the word: soliloquize - talking to yourself, thinking aloud

I have a record (can\'t remember by whom) with a run-out groove reading \"Don\'t interrupt me while I\'m soliloquizing!\". I\'ve always remembered that word since I got that record. Don\'t think I\'ve used it in a sentence though! :D
 

Sand Rat

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Lupslipophobia - the fear of being chased around the kitchen on a freshly waxed floor by wolves while wearing socks
 

Hoblit

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Pulchritudinous - Possessing extraordinary beauty (If I remember correctly)

I\'ve always liked that one.
 

Product

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speaking bout me, eh? lol

Christophobia: Unreasonable fear of bibles, usually caused by \"Circumstances\" in the childhood.

lol
 

Logan

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Laugh... I nearly dropped my egg custards

Sesquipedalian - (prone to or tending to use long words) has always had particular resonance with me for the following reason.

When I left university and jobs were scarce (damn you Thatcher!) I got a job delivering pies and the like around Leeds.
I remember going into one shop and obviously used a word in my conversation with the owner that caused a workman at the side of me to remark;
\"That\'s a long word for someone like you.\" ( :rolleyes: )
Which prompted the reply;
\"Yes, you\'ll find I\'m quite sesquipedalian when I try!\"
 

Ogrebane

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apologia \\ap-uh-LOH-jee-uh; -juh\\, noun:
A formal defense or justification, especially of one\'s opinions,
position, or actions.

Mr. Arbatov is well aware that he was perceived in this country
as a spokesman at best and toady at worst for the regime. And he
clearly wants this book to serve as his apologia.
-- Bernard Gwertzman, \"When Soviet Bureaucrats Were the Last to
Know\", New York Times, August 20, 1992
<http://www.nytimes.com/>


I thought this was serious then I remebered I was on the CMON forum sorry guys.
 

johnboyjjb

Active member
niggardly - petty, stingy, scrimy. Like scrooge.

Great word to use becuase a lot of people don\'t know what it means and immediately take offense.
 

Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
Originally posted by Ogrebane
apologia \\ap-uh-LOH-jee-uh; -juh\\, noun:
A formal defense or justification, especially of one\'s opinions,
position, or actions.

Mr. Arbatov is well aware that he was perceived in this country
as a spokesman at best and toady at worst for the regime. And he
clearly wants this book to serve as his apologia.
-- Bernard Gwertzman, \"When Soviet Bureaucrats Were the Last to
Know\", New York Times, August 20, 1992
<http://www.nytimes.com/>


I thought this was serious then I remebered I was on the CMON forum sorry guys.
Busted: That\'s Dictionary.com\'s word of the day. :D
 

Infidel Castro

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The fella\'s a flimflam! Or, as a verb, I flim-flam regularly. Notice the hyphen!

Deception...discombobulation even...

And Dauber, remember you made me start this thread? Remember? Dauber?
 

airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Originally posted by treide
Jeet - an interrogative statement regarding food intake, mainly in the southern United States

For example:

Bubba: \"Hey Jim-Bob, jeet?\"
Jim-Bob: \"Not yet, but I\'m fixin to.\"
No, the correct answer is
JimBob \"No, d\'jew?\"
Bubba \"Yaonto\"
JimBob \"K, let\'s go\"
 

Ebonbuddha

Active member
Serendipity

Good one. lol

I had something like that happen to me back when I worked in TV. I was playing around with one of the receivers when I came across a new satellite. I checked it out and changed the receiver to something else. 15 minutes later one of the head guys comes in and says they need to find a new satellite. It was the same satellite that I was on earlier. I went in and punched in the coordinates and saved the day. I then said, \"Serendipity baby!\" One of my co-workers said, \"Do you even know how to spell that?\" I said, \"What? Do I need to spell it for you too?\" I don’t think he caught on that I turned his insult back onto him.
Yeah. Mobile, Alabama. I don\'t miss you. lol



Originally posted by Logan
Sesquipedalian - (prone to or tending to use long words) has always had particular resonance with me for the following reason.

When I left university and jobs were scarce (damn you Thatcher!) I got a job delivering pies and the like around Leeds.
I remember going into one shop and obviously used a word in my conversation with the owner that caused a workman at the side of me to remark;
\"That\'s a long word for someone like you.\" ( :rolleyes: )
Which prompted the reply;
\"Yes, you\'ll find I\'m quite sesquipedalian when I try!\"
 
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