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Old 11-05-2009, 04:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Old 11-05-2009, 06:04 PM   #12 (permalink)
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One of my faves:

ubiquitous: –adjective
existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
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Old 11-05-2009, 08:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-05-2009, 08:54 PM   #14 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-05-2009, 10:00 PM   #15 (permalink)
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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
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Old 11-06-2009, 03:21 AM   #16 (permalink)
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pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - longest in Oxford dictionary.

Don't ask what it means.
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Old 11-06-2009, 11:06 AM   #17 (permalink)
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abscond

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution. "The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
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Old 11-06-2009, 01:17 PM   #18 (permalink)
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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."
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If a chicken was smart enough to be able to speak English and run in a geometric pattern, then I think it should be smart enough to dial 911 (999) before getting the axe, and scream to the operator, "Something must be done! Something must be done!"
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Old 11-12-2009, 03:31 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Superfluous

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

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