Your new favourite word

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Your new favourite word

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Mine's 'melange'.

I never used it before but I've been trying to work it into things I say lately just to break it in, like "this messageboard is a melange of characters" and "the main drag in Newtown is a melange of cool shops"... It's versatile and I think can be a good ice breaker.

So... what's yours?
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I'm trying to use 'proverbial' as much as possible.

(Inspired by Loudon Wainwright III's old ditty:
Whatever happened to you? Whatever happened to us?
We missed the proverbial boat, the train and the plane and the bus
Well push came to shove and we fell out of love and we tore each other apart
Yeah love is grand but I can't understand why you broke my proverbial heart)
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Vociferous. Which this post is not.
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Twunt.
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Who Shot Sam? wrote:Twunt.
Got anyone specific in mind? :)
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Mechanical Grace wrote:
Who Shot Sam? wrote:Twunt.
Got anyone specific in mind? :)
Hmmm... *drumming fingers*

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Post by Mechanical Grace »

Dint, as in 'by dint of'. I used it earlier today and now it's my head. Dint dint dint.
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I'm always looking for an excuse to use "baffling". If only because there aren't as many opportunities for "donnybrook".
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syncope
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addled.

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obtunded
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Flabergasted. So many uses...
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He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved,
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
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badger
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Extreme Honey wrote:Flabergasted. So many uses...
and spellings...
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Røvkusse
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Capacious.
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Copenhagen Fan wrote:Røvkusse
A word I always try to slip into conversation! :lol:

How do you pronounce it and what does it mean?
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Post by Jackson Monk »

Capricious is (and has always been) my favourite word.

Also quite keen on Verisimilitude
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Post by King Hoarse »

verbal gymnastics wrote:
Copenhagen Fan wrote:Røvkusse
A word I always try to slip into conversation! :lol:

How do you pronounce it and what does it mean?
It's Danish, of course, and right up Cope's proverbial alley!

Pronunciation: It's three syllables, the first two stressed. I would break it down into an imaginary French-sounding "reuve" and then half a "cous-cous" and end it with an appropriate "eh": "reuve-cous-eh". Hope that gives you a general idea of how to say it. A straight translation would be "asscunt". (And if any kids are reading this I may as well point out that Santa does not exist.)
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Post by Boy With A Problem »

can you use that in a sentence for us?
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Yes I can. London meetup, two weeks from now.
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Now if *that's* not worth coming up for... :lol:
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