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For the sharing of obscure and rarely used words.

arg-fallbackName="Frenger"/>
Con-fab-u-late: To fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory
 
arg-fallbackName="Lallapalalable"/>
Quite possibly, but I think the difference lies in that when using marriage, you imply happiness, no matter how rare or superficial (eg birthday sex, or that part in a romantic comedy where the bitter old married couple remember their love for each other), where as cagamosis paints the extreme unhappiness, such as "staying together for the kids," or learning you truly hate your spouse while also retaining the fact that you're a devout catholic.
 
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Prolescum said:
Oligophrenia - Feeblemindedness; of extreme mental deficiency.
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National Spelling Bee:
For those of you who were never aware of it, a person named Snigdha Nandipati took the prize this time around. But the reason I mentioned this here, is because I watched a portion of the semi-finals somewhere on the internet, and as such I recall some of the words they either spelt correctly, or misspelt. Since this topic seems the appropriate place on the site, and since I jotted the words down on a piece of paper, I felt compelled to take this list ... and show it to you all:
  • ouabain
    heiau
    phrontistery
    kanaima
    cholecystitis
    pejerrey
    kahikatea
    tirthankara
    pissaladiere

:lol:
Indeed, can you use any of those in a sentence?
 
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Dean said:
...and as such I recall some of the words they either spelt correctly, or misspelt.
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Wait, wouldnt that be, um, all the words in the bee? :p

Anyway, here are a bunch to make up for the lack of recent contribution on my part:

Scrannel - adj. unmelodious,

Felicificability - n. capacity for happiness,

Agnoiology - n. the study of ignorance,

Windlestraw - n. a tall, thin person,

Blatteroon - n. a senseless babbler or boaster,

Pernoctation - n. the act of staying up all night,

and

Gelogenic - adj. producing laughter
 
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Ah, I've missed this thread, I have one contribution, I'm not sure if it has already been said , and I have not the time to check the whole thread so anyway.

Taciturn: Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
 
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Lutrinaciously - In the manner of something Otter-like

There is a possibility I just made that up, but then every other word in our languages was invented by people so NER NER NER etc.

;)
 
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malicious_bloke said:
Lutrinaciously - In the manner of something Otter-like

There is a possibility I just made that up, but then every other word in our languages was invented by people so NER NER NER etc.

;)
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Maybe we need a thread called random and possibly untrue facts about otters :lol:
 
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I expected this thread to have tens of pages by now. Muy disappoint. Here's a stimulus:


Lambitive - n. a medicine to be licked, such as a cough drop

Theic - n. one addicted to immoderate tea-drinking

Murgeon - n. a grimace

Frantling - n. the noise made by peacocks

Abequitate - v. to ride away

Anatiferous - adj. producing ducks or geese

Aspectabund - adj. having an expressive face

Noctuary - n. an account of what happens during a particular night

Maledicent - adj. given to evil-speaking; slanderous

Nefandous - adj. not to be spoken of, unmentionable

Ughten - n. the part of the night immediately before daybreak (my favorite time of day, just saying)

Ruelle - n. the space between a bed and the wall

Burgh-bote - n. a tax for the repair of fortresses

Periscii - n. the inhabitants of the polar circles: so called because in summer their shadows revolve around them

Euphuistic - adj. using high-flown and affected language

Epeolatry - n. the worship of words
 
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