The Smarty Pants Big Words You Like Thread

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Because we don't get to use them enough.

juxtaposition
decimated
gallivant
trollopery (not a real word but DEAL WITH IT)

[Cephalopod]

Dodecahedrapuss.

[peam]

and

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

The first person who posts "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" will be slapped with a heavy atlantic sea bass.

[NocturnalRob]

lumpenproletariat
callipygous

[Androidpk]

antidisestablishmentarianism

[peam]

Also:

Cromulent
Embiggen

[Cephalopod]

Shit-slaughter.

[Gnome Rage]

Xenophobia is one of my favorite words because its fun to say :)

[Murkshev]

Analbuminemia

[Tordane]

Scansion (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scansion) is my word of the day...

[Androidpk]

Conquistador.

[Lolleia]

Effervescent
Curmudgeon

[Gnome Rage]

A friend of mine said "this adhesive won't hold up the poster" and her roommate said "Whats adhesive?" Similar story for the word utilitarian.

I was sad when I heard these.

I like the word Quixotic too.

[AnticorRifling]

Three that get used in my office all too often:

concatenate
exacerbate
aggregate

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Halcyon

[Cephalopod]

concatenate


Number of times per day I used this word prior to using Unix-based systems: 0
Number of times per day I use this word after using Unix-based systems: 85

[Cephalopod]

I love using the phrase 'Cartesian join' in non-mathematical and non-database contexts.

[Tordane]

Number of times per day I used this word prior to using Unix-based systems: 0
Number of times per day I use this word after using Unix-based systems: 85

LOL.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Nachos DLC again.

[Abilene]

floccinaucinihilipilification


"Unix is floccinaucinihilipilification."

[Cephalopod]

Jackabasselope.

(created by the mating of a drunken jackrabbit and a basselope)

[Abilene]

Finnimbrun

[AnticorRifling]

Number of times per day I used this word prior to using Unix-based systems: 0
Number of times per day I use this word after using Unix-based systems: 85

Not a unix environment but yeah same here.

[Rucca]

Asphyxiation
Idiosyncratic

[Cephalopod]

"Stop crying, it will be over soon."

[BigWorm]

defenestration

[Delias]

defenestration

This is a very good word.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

"Stop crying, it will be over soon."

This is not the "Phrases Nachos Uses At Least Five Times a Day" thread.

[Cephalopod]

This is not the "Phrases Nachos Uses At Least Five Times a Day" thread.

My bad.

[Malvadere]

Perambulate

"Lets go perambulate for some hoes"

[Tisket]

vociferous
flautist (looks like it should be related to flatulence, another favorite word)
strumpet
entrails

[Lolleia]

vociferous
flautist (looks like it should be related to flatulence, another favorite word)
strumpet
entrails

Ohh <3 strumpet

[Back]

somnambulist
adulation
cocksucker

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Prolific

[Cephalopod]

Masticate.

[NocturnalRob]

Corroborate

[WRoss]

Because we don't get to use them enough.

juxtaposition
decimated
gallivant


I actually used all three of these today. I told Juxtaposition, on LNet that he was a moron. I quoted this dude Ben Franklin saying gallivant, which my blackberry says is not a word. Decimated was used while referring to the condition of the Iroquois nation post Seven Years war.

My adds:
Superfluous
Ouaxaca
Nifty

[Latrinsorm]

Nictitation and eructation. The only (semi-reasonable) opportunity I've ever had to use them was playing Taboo.
Crepuscular, mostly because crepuscular radiation makes me damp.
Plosive, approximant, fricative, sibilant.
"To first order", as in "that's a reasonable approximation to first order". This is hilarious for physics nerds when used in everyday life, trust me.

[FYL]

Octogenarian.

[Nieninque]

Cunt

Why would you need longer words?

[GSKynthelig]

Lackadaisical and copasetic are two of mine.

[Cephalopod]

Lackadaisical and copasetic are two of mine.

Copasetic always makes me think of an old Local H song... good times.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

austerity
luxuriant

[ElvenFury]

Fartastic
Craptacular

[Beguiler]

exhibitionistic
ebullient
pulchritudinous
exasperation
quixotic
chimerical

..funny enough, I have used the above six words within the last week. Yes, it's been an odd one.

[Rucca]

Magnanimous
Auspicious
Derpdederp

[Delias]

confluence.
I just like the way it sounds.

[DCSL]

My co-workers laughed at me for using the word "commensurate" yesterday. Even the second highest manager over me didn't know what it meant. They would not be comfortable with this thread.

[iJin]

This thread gives me boners.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

preposterous
pandemic
zaftig
prudent
inanition

[iJin]

Nikki knows how to push my buttons.

[Delias]

My co-workers laughed at me for using the word "commensurate" yesterday. Even the second highest manager over me didn't know what it meant. They would not be comfortable with this thread.

My boss frequently accuses me of making up not just words, but entire branches of science.

[Ashliana]

Recalcitrant. Sardonic.

[Latrinsorm]

exhibitionistic
ebullient
pulchritudinous
exasperation
quixotic
chimerical

..funny enough, I have used the above six words within the last week. Yes, it's been an odd one.I learned pulchritudinous and puissance from a random AD&D computer game. I also killed a dragon, so it was pretty much the best game ever.

edit: Oh, and pusillanimity. I guess the guy who coded that game loved p.

[radamanthys]

Iconoclastic
Verisimilitudinousness
Lemniscate
Dilettante
Myopic
Semaphore

I dunno. There are lots.

Pulchritude is a great one, too.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Miasmal/Miasmic is one of my favorites of all time.

[4a6c1]

The one, the only....SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.

/capslock

[Back]

The first person who posts "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" will be slapped with a heavy atlantic sea bass.


The one, the only....SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.

/capslock

:popcorn:

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

The one, the only....SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.

/capslock

I will not beat you with a fish for this transgression, but only because you're currently my robot sex slave and I don't want to damage valuable property. Also, the smell of fish would be offputting.

[4a6c1]

I really like Mary Poppins. :(

[4a6c1]

I will not beat you with a fish for this transgression, but only because you're currently my robot sex slave and I don't want to damage valuable property. Also, the smell of fish would be offputting.

My hands are really fishy I'll just put them away.

/50 first dates

[Back]

Lame

[4a6c1]

Lame

L'ame?

[Back]

I was hoping for some hot fish slapping action.

[4a6c1]

S'ome h'ot f'ish s'lapping a'ction?

[Killer Kitten]

The only word that will enter my brain tonight is 'sociopath'. Any tips on how to do great bodily harm to one - preferably without getting caught?

[Paradii]

I try to use haberdasher on a daily basis much to the dismay of anyone that engages in a physical conversation with me.

[Trallihn]

Amalgamate.
Verdigris.
Fartknocker.

[Stanley Burrell]

Sedative-hypnotic.
Anticholinergic.
Islets of Langerhans.
Nodes of Ranvier.
Peroxisome.
Tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Orbicularis oculi.
Psychotropic.
Profusion.
Proteomics.
Enzymatic.
Myxomatosis.

Toothsome.
Gaggle.
Gradation.

Nahuatl.

Smorgasbord.

Ne'er-do-well.