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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: BIG APPLE CAT on March 01, 2020, 01:58:01 PM
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Hey gang! If you're anything like me, you love using a nice fancy word every once in a while. I wanted to open a dialogue to share some of your favorites. JUST TO BE CLEAR: This thread is for fancy words you can actually get some milage out of. Like yeah, sesquipedalian is a great word but let's be real you only get to bust that one out maybe 2-3 times a year. Ok I'll start:
Posit
Peruse (but actually using it correctly instead of what most people think it means)
Portmanteau
Broach (the verb not the noun and yes I learned it from Cosmo Kramer and no I'm not ashamed of that)
Impetus
Compunction
PRO TIP: if your idea of a fancy word is like plethora please save yourself the humiliation of posting ITT this is for people that read above a 6th grade level TIA go cats
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I try to avoid using fancy words
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I’m gotten some good mileage out of sanctimonious the last couple of years.
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I don't talk to people...
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minutiae
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Does microcosm count? I like that one.
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That counts, 'strophe!
I have some more
Pugilist
Decorum
Nom de plume
Iridescent (maybe not an every day word but still fun to say!)
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Onus
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Anyone who uses "Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus" is a supercilious person.
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mercurochrome
convalescing
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stonks
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juxtaposition
dichotomy
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proselytize