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    Themightyath2Themightyath2
    'Woo' - I still like to woo a lady!! :-)
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    shootershill2tropicsshootershill2tropics
    Ross said:

    Discombobulate, and its verbs (discombobulated, discombobulating).

    when i got to the u.s. and a right know-it-all about the english language, i heard my assistant say that she felt discombobulated, which at that time was a new one on me. utter disbelieving that it actually was a word, i confidently offered, "i'll double your salary this week if it's a word, but if i'm right, then you just lost your wages." she hummed & hahed a while, and then elected not to take the bet, at which point we looked it up - she was not happy, and i was still incredulous that such a word existed.
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    shootershill2tropicsshootershill2tropics
    my words, amongst others:

    sanguine, burgeoning, gossamer, mellifluous.
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    GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    Bushwacker
    Bifurcation
    Grunt
    Tweezers
    (Village name) Evercreech
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    ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Quite like using the word "arvo"... Is Aussie slang for afternoon but its so much easier typing arvo when sending an email or text message
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Quite like using the word "arvo"... Is Aussie slang for afternoon but its so much easier typing arvo when sending an email or text message

    I think using the word "arvo" should be a hanging offence.
    Yours sincerely
    An old goat
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    GreenieGreenie
    Flange
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    stevecstevec
    French word for so, as in so what, is Donc and they use it all the time
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    PL54PL54
    Anna_Kissed said:

    Thatcherism
    Having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.

    Fixed for you
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    PL54PL54
    I have said it before and I say it again:

    Gash
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    Dazzler21Dazzler21
    I can't think of a word that encapsulates my enjoyment of the word encapsulate.
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    magic1999magic1999


    clitorious
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    magic1999magic1999
    edited July 2014
    Another ?
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    iainambleriainambler
    edited July 2014
    Stig said:

    I love this thread. Thanks for starting it cafcfan.

    For anyone who loves the study of words and their meanings, I can thoroughly recommend Mark Forsyth's books, The Etymologicon and the Horologicon. Below are some of my favourite words from them:

    Bumfodder - toilet paper (the source of the word bumf)
    Drunkery - pub, bar, gin house etc.
    Expergefator - something that wakes you up
    Feaguing - the act of sticking an eel up a horses arse (apparently some snollygosters did this to make the horse more lively and so get a better price for it)
    Gong-hole - lavatory
    Grinnow - stain that won't come out in the wash
    Gubernatorial - things belonging, or relating to, a governor
    Hum Durgeon - an imaginary illness
    Philogrobolized - hungover
    Plutomania - obsessive pursuit of money
    Snollygoster - a shrewd unprincipled person
    Squitter - to void excrement with a noise
    Towcher - index finger (i.e. toucher)
    Zwodder - a drowsy stupid state of mind

    Also good fun are Adams and Lloyd's The Meaning of Liff and Roger's Profanisaurus. Though their contents are entirely made up. Forsyth's words are genuine.

    Roger's Profanisaurus - fantastic publication. Lots of modern slang and idiom which is original, crude, cringeworthy and incredibly funny. My favourite word which was included from the very first edition is "zuffle".
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    Stuart_the_RedStuart_the_Red
    Hartleypete said:

    Onomatopoeia

    the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

    My favourite word as well.

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    AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    'Millwall' and 'nil', in that order.
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    mrblighmrbligh
    Shaboom is pretty strong
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    EpsomAddickEpsomAddick
    Nothing will ever convince me that 'bugger' isn't the greatest word in the English language.

    I also like 'Bob'.
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    Oliver StreetOliver Street
    Hibou - French for owl
    Minou - French for pussy
    Toutou - French for doggy

    Crepuscule - French for twilight
    Twilight - English for crepuscule
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    PL54PL54
    Stuart the Red said:

    Hartleypete said:

    Onomatopoeia

    the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

    My favourite word as well.

    The Welsh are better at this than "us"

    Owl in Welsh is one of my faves - no chance of spelling it though. The word itself sounds like the noise it makes

    It would be like calling a car a "broom broom" or a train a "choo choo" but for real.
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    happyvalleyhappyvalley
    Felicitous
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    shootershill2tropicsshootershill2tropics
    EpsomAddick said:

    Nothing will ever convince me that 'bugger' isn't the greatest word in the English language.

    I also like 'Bob'.

    did anyone ever say "bob" better than edmund blackadder?
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    ShrewShrew
    Verdigris , I think its a pigment but I know it as a blueygreen mushroom
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    MacronateMacronate
    crescendo
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    shootershill2tropicsshootershill2tropics
    AddicksAddict said:

    'Millwall' and 'nil', in that order.

    ditto crystal paralysis (and our rivals near the end of the season)!
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    AddickUpNorthAddickUpNorth
    I do.
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    ShrewShrew
    I like Welsh place names, Im heading down into Pembrokeshire quite a bit and like passing the sign for Plwmp.
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    shootershill2tropicsshootershill2tropics
    many cornish place names eg. ventongimps, skinners bottom
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