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12-03-2013, 05:45 PM
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What is your favorite word(s) that you never get to use?
a few of mine:
tenacity, subterfuge, sagacity, gesticulation, guffaw.
...c'mon, everybody play.
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12-03-2013, 08:17 PM
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discombobulated
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12-03-2013, 08:22 PM
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neologism
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12-03-2013, 08:53 PM
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12-03-2013, 08:57 PM
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Shoogle
Cludgie
Daft (and Dafty)
(Note, I still use these whenever the mood strikes me, but no one understands)
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12-03-2013, 09:11 PM
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Obsequious.
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12-03-2013, 09:13 PM
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Recalcitrant
Obstreperous
Beseech
Anon
When I do use these, I get strange looks. Ergo, I don't. Use them. Except with one or two other word geeks.
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12-03-2013, 09:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AZTheta
Recalcitrant
Obstreperous
Beseech
Anon
When I do use these, I get strange looks. Ergo, I don't. Use them. Except with one or two other word geeks.
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I actually get to use recalcitrant often enough as it is quite a normal word in Dutch.
There are so many words that I don't get to use at all, I only use English part-time, and have been for three years. Being bilingual is fun, but I do miss a lot of English words. The Dutch have an amazing grasp of the English language, but a lot of words I love will just result in blank stares.
Among my favorites:
Mellifluous
Dalliance
Perpetual
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12-03-2013, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
discombobulated
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I use this word a lot, but I like to play with it as well: when I need a second to get my stuff together I'll say "Let me combobulate" or if I'm all over the place I'll say that I'm discombobbled, etc. It's one of my favorite words too.
Words I never get to use:
spackling
rotisserie
desafortunadamente (Spanish for unfortunately)
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12-03-2013, 09:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tulip86
Among my favorites:
Mellifluous
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Yes! Ever since I heard this word on Seinfeld, I've liked it 
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12-03-2013, 10:50 PM
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Bloviate
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12-03-2013, 10:54 PM
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Concur
Whackadoodle
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12-03-2013, 11:13 PM
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Jubilee
Cosmopolitan
Those are my favorite words.
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12-03-2013, 11:17 PM
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Odoriferous (I manage to get this out probably once a week; it's one of my favorite words)
Saturnalia (and jubilee)
Fortuitous
Marzipan
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