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delieterkop 11-05-2009 03:42 PM


NSW 11-05-2009 05:04 PM

One of my faves:

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

storymilo 11-05-2009 07:44 PM

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.

SATCHMO 11-05-2009 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife (Post 763314)
One of my faves:

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

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.

Neapolitan 11-05-2009 09:00 PM

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

Singo 11-06-2009 02:21 AM

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - longest in Oxford dictionary.

Don't ask what it means.

adidasss 11-06-2009 10:06 AM

abscond

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

VEGANGELICA 11-06-2009 12:17 PM

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."

Thrice 11-12-2009 02:31 AM

Superfluous

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

Love it

Yon Troper 11-12-2009 04:30 AM

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


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