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NSW 11-18-2009 04:02 PM

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.

FETCHER. 11-18-2009 04:17 PM

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:

jackhammer 11-18-2009 04:31 PM

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

FETCHER. 11-18-2009 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by storymilo (Post 763414)
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.

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

CanwllCorfe 11-18-2009 04:49 PM

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

adidasss 11-20-2009 05:29 AM

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]

noise 11-20-2009 05:42 AM

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).

FETCHER. 11-20-2009 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 769876)
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]

now that is a good word :D

Neapolitan 11-20-2009 12:18 PM

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.

CanwllCorfe 11-24-2009 08:06 AM

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


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