"There's a word for it" is a great book by Charles Harrington Elster. He uses words that are not every day and/or no longer used in our common every day discussions..

Thomas27 and I used to have a word sharing thread a long time back.. We've decided to bring it back with a twist...


We're going to post:

1) One word a day
2) An uncommon word
3) Give the definition with the word


Please feel free to contribute...

My first word is- joviomelancholy: to wear a jovial face to mask the gloom within.

I can relate a lot of days...

I'm not allowed to post my words on here

Umm...I already have enough problems with the people at work wondering what the hell I just said....lmao

it's fun just do it and Kim there are some great "sex" words we can learn and use, just don't move us to the "sex forum"

Fornicate with them.

Fornicate: Have sex without being married.

On that note, careful JaG...they might bite.

you know that is where it will end up if I post my words or all you will see is ********

As long as *********** doesn't get me moved I'm good


Now post a good word!

obfuscate

1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
3. to darken.


THERE!! no *****s

I KNOW that some of them would.

Antidisestablishmentarianism.


My late Aunt Pat taught me that word when I was about 7.She made a game of it of how fast you could learn to spell it, then spell it even faster and faster as you went.

I picked it up over a long wknd camping with the family.



Definition: originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country.

Example: When people are asked for the longest word they know, they often say antidisestablishmentarianism.

orgiophant n
one who presides over orgies
The orgiophant had dozens of hangers-on who sought to attend his parties

good words guys!!!


I'm still waiting for Thomas the bugger hasn't shown up yet...

oyez - call to attention


Oyez descends from the Anglo-Norman oyez, the plural imperative form of oyer, from French ouïr, "to hear"; thus oyez means "hear ye" and was used as a call for silence and attention. It would have been common in medieval England, but it was recorded up until Middle English.

The term is still in use by the Supreme Court of the United States. At the beginning of each session, the marshal of the Court (Court Crier) announces: "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is now sitting. God save the United States and this Honorable Court!"

I like perseverate.
-to repeat something insistently or redundantly.

I'm late as usual... But this requires a little bit of research. Wasn't really pleased with my first pick, but did learn something in the process.

Hopefully I'll come up with some better words in the future.

brephophagist - one who eats babies...mmmm, baby, the other white meat...I'm bigger than you and higher up the food chain. Get in my belly

Very interesting! So can I..

I'm glad I wasn't the first to head in that direction this time!

Youre sick Etrain, just a sick sick puppy



But damn, yer funny