What words do you wish you used more often?
What words do you wish you used more often?
chagrin
reify
robust
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“Yes daddy”
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Not necessarily words, but a simple phrase: "I like you."
I think people should say that to each other more.
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"I fink you freaky, and I like you a lot..."
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I like u
Thy will be done!
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Thank you. It's important to tell the people you like that you like them.
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Heretic. Something about that word feels very relevant in modern society...
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Arbiter ?
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The -tics are all very powerful
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erotics is my favorite power to summon
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I'm the sort of weirdo who uses all kinds of stilted vocabulary in not-terribly-formal situation. Just a few words that I use regularly that I remember getting shit for using:
- Ostensibly
- Indeed
- Escarpment
- Thrice
I do use "chagrin" not infrequently. I can't think of a time when I've used the word "reify", but it feels like the sort of word I'd use.
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I use ostensibly a lot lately. Seems like an appropriate word for our times.
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I had to look up escarpment. How do you regularly have the opportunity to use that word?
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Last time I remember getting shit for using it, I was streaming on Twitch and randomly forgot the word "cliff". Heh.
The viewers (all two of them, lol) responded with "indubitibly"s and the "like a sir" rage faces. Lol.
That was probably... 3 years ago? I'm sure I've used it at least a few times since then, but I can't remember a specific time aside from talking about the aforementioned incident.
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I don't hear flibbertigibbet or flabbergasted enough in my life.
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Shakira Flabbergasted
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Charlatan
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Serendipitous Oligarchical Slaying
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It has a nice ring to it.
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Overmorrow. No more of this "the day after tomorrow" nonsense.
And by extension, words like overWednesday, for the second Wednesday from now. Or overweek and overmonth.
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No
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The most important of all time. Seriously
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Penultimate is a useful word I never use in speaking.
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Nonplussed and forbearance. Got the latter into a work email earlier, easily the highlight of my day
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Melancholy. It just sounds so nice. It rolls off the tongue so well and it's just a beautiful word.
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Toxicognaths (toxic jaw)
Chilopoda (lip foot)
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"ol girl had chilopoda but I still ate that 🥴"
I like it
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Widdershins
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Aue aye, Cap'n
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Hitherto
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Betwixt
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heretofore
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Immanentize the eschaton. :)
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A derogatory term for people who want to make things good. Yep, sounds like politics.
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I dont understand a word you just said, boy
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"Madam"
but apparently Yankees have some weird association between that word and age
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anisotropic /ăn-ī″sə-trŏp′ĭk, -trō′pĭk/
adjective
- Not isotropic.
- Having properties that differ based on the direction of measurement.
- Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
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Please give the definitions if its abstruse or uncommon, folks
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Weird
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Don't
\ Worry
\ About
\ The
\ Squirting
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