Great Words

[DougF]

PROFESSIONALISM

[InfiniteNow]

platitudinarian (plat-i-tood-n-AR-ee-uhn, -tyood-) noun

 

One who utters platitudes or trite remarks.

[Pyrotex]

Sanctimoniously

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...excuse me, but I'm waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity B)

[Turtle]

dispensationalism

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Let me get that for you.

[Boerseun]

Antitelevangelismnistically-induced interpersonal confrontational trauma.

(Or, the wounds a bible-thumper suffers when said bible-thumper is thumped over the head with his own bible when trying to sell tickets to a Billy Graham sermon door-to-door).

[Turtle]

stead

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[Pyrotex]

Phlogiston

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I picked this one up in my Tectonic Engineering class. :)

[Chacmool]

:) Here's a suggestion: instead of just listing a word, give a definition and/or use the word in a sentence. That way we can add the word to everyone's vocabulary.

[Buffy]

Here's a suggestion: instead of just listing a word, give a definition and/or use the word in a sentence. That way we can add the word to everyone's vocabulary.

 

Feh!

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The whole point is to make people look it up! The search is 90% of the fun!

 

You could start another thread and we could see which one is more popular though! :)

 

The glaciers didn't freeze overnight, :cup:

Buffy

[Turtle]

stylistically

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[Turtle]

Yoicks!

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[Turtle]

corrigendum

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[REASON]

Obfuscation

 

 

I'm not sure I'm clear on this one.

[Pyrotex]

Excerpt

 

I found this word in a book, "How To Quote Out of Books and Magazines".

[Turtle]

contradistinguish

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[Michaelangelica]

Thread for Great Words!

 

Jerk - such a great word! When you say "that guys a Jerk" you know exctly what they mean, and its not a swear word. :cup:

 

Kook - I love using this word. :D There are some kooky people out there. :evil:

 

Any other great words to add to this little "database"?

Is this whole thread based on a false premise?! :)

(Do I have to put a :evil: or do you know me by now?)

In Australia we talk about people "Jerking Off" (masturbating: eek2:).

In Yiddish a jerk is a penis

# putz : an idiot, a jerk; a penis (from Yiddish פּאָץ pots)

and wiki says

Wanker literally means" "one who wanks"(masturbates). It is normally intended as a general insult rather than as an accusation. It conveys contempt, not commentary on normal sexual habits. Wanker has similar meanings and overtones to American pejoratives like "jerk",[1] "jerk-off", and "prick". One particular connotation is of someone self-obsessed or a show-off (usually male).[2]

So

"its not a swear word" ?:phones::doh:

[Pyrotex]

Gemination

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I'm nott sure sure what this this wword meanns. :):shrug: