Basically I will provide a word. You then must use that word in a sentence in your reply and provide a new word that the next person must use.
Tenacious
I read my horoscope once and it said I was a Tenacious crab. (My sign is Cancer) :laughhard: And it was correct.
hyperbole
Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
euphemism
Euphemisms are more like double speak.. People use eukphemisms to keep from swearing.
you forgot to put a new word lol
Oh, Duhhhh!
entomology
they say the memory is the first to go :laughhard:
Entomology is the study of insects.
proliferation
The proliferation of cancer cells made surgery necessary.
Philanthropic
As we grow, we hope to be able to help more groups, near and far, through philanthropic giving.
Tyranny
I wouldn't want to live in Cuba because of the Tyranny of Castro and his henchmen.
Bellicose
They recognised that behind the bellicose facade, there beat a big, warm, compassionate heart.
quietus
Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus was the son of Titus Fulvius Macrianus Senior :rofl: Not what you expected, is it?
Phenomenology
She wrote her disseration to become a doctor of Phenomenology after her experience in Wisconsin wherein she witnessed first-hand the phenomenon of Packer fever.
favre
favre ???
you should really lay off the favre pills. :laughhard:
partisan
the partisan the middle of the field where favre threw the LONG pass to donald driver.
Since Kris didn't put in a new word, I'll pull a double whammy!
Proboscis and rhinoplasty :laughhard:
once diagnosed with the disease of deficiency of the word proboscis, rhinoplasty was prescribed for its cure.
redact
:laughat:
After the buy-out she wanted to redact the agreement.
albeit
not realizing that being "it" did not carry a positive connotation, the boy cried, "albeit!"
okay, okay . .. .i'll try for a serious one this time.
i have thorougly enjoyed the attention and affection received from the angel babies this week-end, albeit my house is enjoying the peace and orderliness of today.
zealousness
Sometimes when people first come to God, they let their zealousness get out of hand.
Forensics
i have become an advocate of the avoidance of study in forensics as it sounds too much like science to me!
immigration
I used to do an immigration program where I went to the schools dressed up like a woman from the early 1900s.
cathartic
laughter and writing offer similar cathartic releases for stress.
plethora
He has a plethora of excuses for not doing his homework.
compunction
she has a compunction which forces her to avoid the plethora or homework waiting at her desk.
callow
She's too callow to be allowed to make adult decisions.
malaise
The first sign of illness is a malaise no worse than the flu.
indecipherable
Mz Ethyl's handwriting is indecipherable. :laughhard:
Superfluous
the superfluous addition to the complaint made it easy for the judge to deny the claim.
litigant
I was a litigant in a suit against a drug company, once.
Usurp
lawyers are forever trying to usurp the authority of the lawyers on the other side of the table.
metaphysical
How does the metaphysical use of the word relate to the uses in the other threads?
xiphoid
I always learned that when you perform CPR, you should go two fingers up from the bottom of the rib cage to avoid detaching the xyphoid (Process). But now days they just say to place your hands mid chest and you will avoid it.
insubordination
I fire people for insubordination... REG.
whatchamacallit
The assembly instructions directed me to remove the whachamacallit from the thingamajigger prior to attaching the thingy, or it could completely destroy the whosywhatsit in the doomaflitchy. :laughhard: Thanks sunlight! :thumbsup2:
contend
I'm a persistant person to contend with... lol, especially if I have an unanswered PM for a very specific person!
BOL! so totally joking! I just like picking on you... (you know who you are! lol)
whatever
Whatever comes my way, I'm keeping my faith and standing strong. :thumbsup2: (that kills me! I want to say no matter what!)
Serendipity
Quote from: Sister_Mom on January 31, 2008, 08:56:49 PM
The assembly instructions directed me to remove the whachamacallit from the thingamajigger prior to attaching the thingy, or it could completely destroy the whosywhatsit in the doomaflitchy. :laughhard: Thanks sunlight! :thumbsup2:
:laughat: :laughat: :laughat:
I had a hard time controlling my laughter in class the other day when my teacher talked about using the Serendipity prayer as a means of stress relief! :spitlaugh:
Arachibutyrophobia
I do not suffer from Arachibutyrophobia because I rather like it when peanutbutter sticks to the roof of my mouth. I can enjoy it a lot longer that way.
Ampersand
Quote from: sunlight on February 01, 2008, 05:08:13 AM
I had a hard time controlling my laughter in class the other day when my teacher talked about using the Serendipity prayer as a means of stress relief! :spitlaugh:
Arachibutyrophobia
Did you watch 'Suburban Girl'? Lol
nope, have never heard of it? what about it? lol, sounds like there is a story about it though... lol
Do not use an ampersand between two names on an envelope. (And no, I didn't have to do look that one up.)
valetudinarian
I haven't looked any of them up yet.
Most valetudinarians are hypochondriacs.
Abysmal
The lengths this man will go to get even is abysmal!
paideia
Quote from: Mz. Ethyl on February 02, 2008, 02:49:26 AM
The lengths this man will go to get even is abysmal!
Sounds like an ex of mine. LOL
I guess since nobody will bite, I will....
Those trained in the Greek paideia, whose aim was to gain a greater knowledge of Christianity, were eventually baptized and received the Holy Ghost.
Lepidoptera
Butterflies are a part of the Lepidoptera family.
gadfly
OH OH! Sounds like some gadfly has been getting under your skin lately. Don't let it worry you, we're not all like that.
Compunction
he really felt a great deal of Compunction when he skipped out on work that day.
hesitation
I can use that word without hesitation.
Prodigal
Because of the parable, a lot of people think prodigal simply means to go away and come back, but that's not the whole story.
metaphorical
metaphorically... our teacher is a parrot... (the amount of times that she saiys 'and something like that is not helping me stay concentrated... but it is keeping me awake by helping to count them!... its been about an hour and she has already said it like 25 times... we are counting... lol! the joys of distant campus... we have it really big at the front of the room... bol. ohh, there she goes again... make that 26. I'm glad we arent counting the umm's too... it would be hard to keep up. There were just 5 of them in 15 seconds there. )
rotation
in order for the system to work rotation of products must be done on a regular basis.
exuberance
In their youthful exuberance, they got involved in local politics.
Polysyllabic
You can't come to a job interview and talk with polysyllabic words; they will think you're stupid (or in some cases - an idutard - a hybrid idiot/retard).
psychokinesis
Stephen King's story of Carrie is all about a girl who was involved in psychokinesis.
promulgating
she was promulgating her love for him everywhere.
schadenfreude
You went German? OHHHHHH KKKKAAAAYYYYY!
Although the connotations of schadenfreude are almost universally negative, it does form the basis of much of our humor.
Ostentatious
Lady Boleyn had such an ostentatious personality that it attracted Henry, King of England, but made her sister Mary jealous and attempting to court him.
(Sorry, I just recently watched The Other Boleyn Girl last week.)
Kielbasa
Oh Yum! Kielbasa on a bun with onions, catsup and mustard is great!
vaniloquent
A telemarketer often uses vaniloquent wording to engage a sale.
Polymorphosis
Quote from: JakeLeonard on March 10, 2008, 06:42:44 PM
A telemarketer often uses vaniloquent wording to engage a sale.
Polymorphosis
we have the phenomena of multiple consciousness or of multiple personality, in short, the phenomena of polymorphosis.
extemporaneous
we had an extemporaneous dinner that was fantastic!
trahugeous
Oooooh, this IS a fun game!
*sharpens his teeth*
But trahugeous is not a real word... Give me something else.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on March 01, 2011, 01:54:51 PM
Oooooh, this IS a fun game!
*sharpens his teeth*
But trahugeous is not a real word... Give me something else.
trachycarpous
adj. - rough-fruited. trachyglossate, adj. rough-tongued. trachyphonia, n. roughness of voice. trachyspermous, adj. rough-seeded.
:hypocrite:
My pastor is 78 years old. He's been preaching so long, in so many places, at such volume that his voice is downright trachyphonius, and his skin is trachycarpous from his secular job as a carpenter. You should see his hands - the right hand is normal for a 78 year old man, but the left hand has not one fingernail that doesn't look rotten. Guess which hand he holds the nails with when he hammers them in. C'mon, guess!
rodomontade.
his rhodomontade has gotten to be a bore and he should get over himself
amphitryon
He played the part of an amphytrion in the melee, hoping both his opponents would wear each other out enough for him to take them both down.
It's rodomontade, not rhodomontade.
Calumnious
Quote from: Psalm_97 on March 02, 2011, 01:34:50 AM
He played the part of an amphytrion in the melee, hoping both his opponents would wear each other out enough for him to take them both down.
It's rodomontade, not rhodomontade.
Calumnious
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhodomontade (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhodomontade)
i copy and paste.
rhodomontade- 2 dictionary results
rhod·o·mon·tade
/ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, -mən-, ˌroʊdə-/ Show Spelled[rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh-] Show IPA
–noun, adjective, verb, -tad·ed, -tad·ing. Obsolete
Well all I know is my browser's automatic underlining of misspelled words put red under "rhodomontade" and not under "rodomontade." Guess it didn't get archaic enough.
i like using the obscure words for this game, makes me learn new words lol useless but new lol
They are not useless! Using a word someone doesn't know is a great way to find out a lot about that person. Another good way is to say "Good morning!" in mid-afternoon or night. Anything unexpected will throw a person off his stride and reveal a lot about his character.
Your turn still...
Quotecalumnious
The things that the reported said were very calumnious and will have serious consequence.
macarism
(i agree, i only said worthless because that is what most people think. i love words and love learning new ones. and using them and watching the person scramble to figure out a way to pretend they knew what i said lol)
The visiting archbishop pronounced an official macarism to the congregation for their new church building.
Demarcate.
Can we use variations of a word, such as demarcation? And I think it should be a rule that you have to come up with a word out of your own head... looking up words from a list online by googling "difficult (and/or) obscure words" is just too easy. Figuring out what someone else's submitted word is, that can be googled I guess.
What I meant about being able to tell a lot about people is when someone runs up against something unexpected his automatic responses are derailed and the social mask slips a bit. Then you see a glimpse of his true self.
Forgot to type the rest of that... About the social mask slipping, reminds me of this diner owned and operated by a man with a great sense of humor. Jokes were all over the wall, like "If you are cantankerous, unruly or just plain unpleasant there will be a $5 charge for having to put up with you." On the counter was a small wooden box that said on the lid, "Open only in case of fire." When you opened it (as almost everyone did) the inside only had more words, "I said in case of fire stupid!"
He said it was amazing the different reactions people gave. Some would laugh, some would be disgusted, some would get downright hostile.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on March 02, 2011, 02:27:58 AM
Can we use variations of a word, such as demarcation? yes
What I meant about being able to tell a lot about people is when someone runs up against something unexpected his automatic responses are derailed and the social mask slips a bit. Then you see a glimpse of his true self.
right. only problem i have with using only words out of our head is, since all these strokes i dont have many there anymore lol seriously though, i just started this thread back up to see if it would help my thinking process more. even having to google words is a challenge some days ugh.
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some days it is hard to
demarcate what is real and what isnt.
unctuous
The politician wanted to show how strongly he felt about the issue, but his unctuous manner of delivering his speech was a turnoff to some voters because it came across as fake emotion. And in fact it was. :P
pusillanimous
the young man was pusillanimous but pressed on ahead.
wunderkind
I have seen that word far too often used lately, or at least that sentiment... Everyone thinks his child is a wunderkind. :P
antidisestablishmentarianism
I have a friend that likes to throw around words like antidisestablishmentarianism and supercalifragalisticexpialadocious because it makes them feel smart. :grin:
tintinnabulation
You really know someone who uses words like that? I have never found a use for that word in any normal (or even slightly abnormal) conversation.
The tintinnabulation from the church steeple summoned the townspeople to worship service.
perspicacity
The surgeon displayed admirable perspicacity in dealing with the patients and staff.
quaff
He quaffed the stein of lager before the barkeep could get to him. :freaky2:
perspicuity