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InarticulateBabbler
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I like "scree", too. And Chitinous.

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Elan
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One of the things I liked about the series "Firefly" was the occasional new word coined. "Creepify" comes to mind.

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Robert Nowall
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I just saw something about the words "flash mob" going into the next Merriam-Websters...which amuses me, 'cause I remember the term "flash crowd" bandied about in Larry Niven stories back in the 1970s for a similar concept. Wonder if they'll cite Niven's prior usage...

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BenM
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While I'm also a fan of the cannily used malapropism, my word of the day is ululate.

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Robert Nowall
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I have a certain horrid fascination with words I can't remember how to spell. Certain words I keep drawing a blank on, no matter how many times I've used them or looked them up or put spell check on them. Is it "aggravate" or "aggrivate"? "Recommend" or "reccommend?"

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WouldBe
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For some reason, the phrase barking mad recently struck my fancy, so I'm on a lookout for excuses to use it.

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Unwritten
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savvy: My dad just used this word, and it made me smile. I am a Jack Sparrow fan.

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Robert Nowall
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I kinda like the evolution of the word "pixilated"---both in spelling and meaning.

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babooher
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I like noetic.

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philocinemas
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auspicious: adj. promising success, opportune, favorable, fortunate.

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Kaz
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I've always been a fan of automaton.

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Unwritten
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Just thought of inexorably. Lovely word.

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Andrew_McGown
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'mellifluous' is cool.

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Andrew_McGown
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coproglott is useful
as is palimpsest

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Unwritten
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I love palimpsest. It would make a great trigger for a contest. But I couldn't figure out what coproglott was.

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extrinsic
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Copro meaning dung. Glott meaning tongue.

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Andrew_McGown
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one who speaks... dung.

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Andrew_McGown
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by the way I also love:
grammaticaster

and so will you

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Unwritten
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Maybe I'm just not creative enough. What does it mean?

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Natej11
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Here's one: punitive. As in punitive authority.

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Andrew_McGown
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Dictionary.com defines it this way:

Grammaticaster : a grammatical pedant or pretender.

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Andrew_McGown
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sorry double post.

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Unwritten
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Thought I checked dictionary.com. Sorry. I was doing it some new-fangled fancy way, and apparently it didn't work.

I like the word "new fangled".

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ozwonderdog
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My favourite word is <b>stuff</b>.

I feel it is so usefull in so many situations! What are you reading? Stuff.
What are you eating? Stuff
Whats that? Stuff
How are you feeling? Stuffed
Are you hungry? Nah mate, I'm stuffed.
Done a lot of excercise? Yer stuffed!

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gooberrae
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Masticate...

its fun to say, and using it in front of the younger sister gets a giggle you have to appreciate

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InarticulateBabbler
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Let's see:

harbinger
pontificate
hebetude
equipoise
sapid
demagogue
hubris
arcane
vigor
verdant
clandestine
daedal
coruscate
pernicious
fey
maudlin
mawkish
bathetic
sursurrus
imbroglio
raucious
sanguine
equine
esoteric
lucid
virtuoso
xanthous
eclectic
nocturnal
pugnacios
pedantic
talisman
lavish
expectorate
lascivious
arpeggiate
staccato

...more later

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RillSoji
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Fractious - Tending to be troublesome or unruly.

I'm addicted to made-up curses too. Bloit has been my favorite lately.

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philocinemas
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smithereens

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