Let's learn new words.

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Share one, please.

susurration \soo-suh-RAY-shun\, noun:
A whispering sound; a soft murmur.

I'm gonna try and use it in a sentence. Be back with an edit.

edit:
As Teddie and Bert walked through the Drunk Tank graveyard, they could feel the susurrations of the banned before them on the backs of their necks, clamoring for their souls.

CREEPY!

[rubah]

badinage (bad-NAHZH BAD-nahzh) noun

Light, playful remarks; banter.

[From French badinage, from badiner (to banter).]


The badinage issuing from the fingers of the Knight turned to temporary bannings when they persisted in acting stupidly 8)


[edit- neel baby, you typoed "Tessie"]

[Xaven]

Lucre \LOO-kuhr\, noun:
Monetary gain; profit; riches; money; -- often in a bad sense.

Word of the Day, anyone?

[Samuraid]

Soporific

Tending to cause drowsiness or sleep.

[Rase]

Charientism - An artfully veiled insult.

It takes a special kind of person to effectively use a charientism.

[-N-]

Xaven decided to use Google's word of the day for Jan 28, people. :p
Actually, I was browsing the word of the day archives - turns out that word is also featured on October 4, 2000. :o

allie honey, you could have fixed it for me ^_^

orotund: \OR-uh-tuhnd\, adjective:

1. Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
2. Pompous; bombastic.

The new chamber hall was designed such that every seat experienced perfectly orotund sound.

[SNOOZER]

choler \KOLL-ur; KOLE-ur\, noun:
Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.

I overflow with choler and fattening substances!

[eestlinc]

surreptitious \suhr-uhp-TISH-uhs; suh-rep-\, adjective:
1. Done, made, or gotten by stealth.
2. Acting with or marked by stealth.

While men's appetites are driven by availability, women's are often driven by cravings. A dab of chocolate here, a pinch of sugar there, and some surreptitious midnight Dairy Queen runs lurk behind a woman's oh-so-virtuous bran breakfast, salad lunch, and grilled fish dinner.

[Levian]

Vaniljebæsj \ wah-neel-ye-bash \ noun.
1. Norwegian for vanilla poop.

My goodness, your poop tastes delicious today, vanilla poop!

I totally made that up

[themagicroundabout]

I am so going to win the next game of Scrabble I play now! Thanks guys! :hyper:

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=catachresis">Catachresis</a>.

[Captain Maxx Power]

superfluous \soo-PER-floo-us\, adjective:
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive.

[Neco Arc]

luminaria \loo-muh-NAIR-ee-uh\, noun
a traditional Mexican Christmas lantern originally consisting of a candle set in sand inside a paper bag

[Old Manus]

SEERSUCKER
A lightweight fabric with a crimped or puckered surface

That seersucker looks cool

[Psydekick]

Fungo

The ability to turn household objects into instruments:)

[Jess]

Paraskavedekatriaphobia - the phobia of Friday the 13th. :D

[Psydekick]

Paraskavedekatriaphobia - the phobia of Friday the 13th. :D
genius:)

[Cz]

Diluvial (Dy-LOO-vee-uhl) adjective:
Of a flood, esp. the Flood in the book of Genesis.

[Madame Adequate]

The scary thing is I only learnt one new word in this thread so far.

Thank you Kawaii!

Transmontane -

Dwelling or situated beyond, or on the other side of, the mountains.

[Lost Number]

Paraskavedekatriaphobia - the phobia of Friday the 13th. :D
That was in the newspaper!

[Dr Unne]

tintinnabulation - the sound of bells ringing. I think Edgar Allen Poe made this word up though.

[Doomie]

thaumaturgy: the performing of miracles or magic.

Allie used thaumaturgy to entice and capture Hsu.

[yuno]

jab&#183;ber&#183;wock&#183;y (n.) - nonsensical speech or writing.

but you already knew that,didnt you all?

[TurkSlayer]

jab·ber·wock·y (n.) - nonsensical speech or writing.

but you already knew that,didnt you all?
Beware the Jabberwock, my son.
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch.
Beware the Jubjub bird,
and shun the sleuthiest Bandersnatch.

Sorry, Jabberwocky is one of my favorite poems of all time.

[Chemical]

Chutzpah [Hutz-Pah (n.) (Hebrew): shalmeless audacity, gall

Dr Unne stirred up some wild chutzpah when he attended a republican conference in drag.


Smarmy (adj): obsequious, unpleasantly smooth and flattering.

Old Manus is a smarmy devil.


Fuliginous (adj): smoky

Kawaii Ryukishi and Chemical made sweet coitus in the corner of a dingey, fuliginous bar.

[yuno]

Sorry, Jabberwocky is one of my favorite poems of all time.
hey,nothing to apologize for.many like that poem when they read it (especially with the existence of jabberwock in ff9).though i havent memorized the poem,i have an idea what the content is.and i love lewis carroll,since we are both mathematicians.

oh wait,that's a good word:

mathematician (n.) - a person nerdy enough to study mathematics (guilty!!!^_^)

[Hawkeye]

acrimonious: (adj)

bitter in tone or in style

[TurkSlayer]

hey,nothing to apologize for.many like that poem when they read it (especially with the existence of jabberwock in ff9).though i havent memorized the poem,i have an idea what the content is.
About three months ago I had the entire poem memorized. Now I can only remember the part I wrote. Regardless, Lewis Caroll rules.

[rubah]

synesthesia
: a concomitant sensation; especially : a subjective sensation or image of a sense (as of color) other than the one (as of sound) being stimulated

As a child, she was plagued by synesthesia, always looking for the crayon named "Cold" when she wished to color the sky, and remarking that she felt "Purple" on a beautiful summer's day.

[nik0tine]

Pulchritudinous - Marked by physical beauty.

I'm not so sure that word deserves to be used in a sentance.

[Xaven]

Xaven decided to use Google's word of the day for Jan 28, people. :p
Actually, I get mine from Dictionary.com.


Paraskavedekatriaphobia - the phobia of Friday the 13th. :D
I can only take time to remember 'Triskaidekaphobia' - Abnormal fear of the number 13.

[Jejunum Jake]

Sesquipedalophobia -- fear of long words





The cruelest of afflictions, perhaps next to "lisp."

[Jess]

I can only take time to remember 'Triskaidekaphobia' - Abnormal fear of the number 13.

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia of the number thirteen.

[Lychon]

Ontology- Branch of metaphysics associated with the nature of existence.

[eestlinc]

<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=catachresis">Catachresis</a>.
<a href=http://www.last.fm/music/Autechre/_/Lentic+Catachresis>good song</a>

[Kirobaito]

Soporific

Tending to cause drowsiness or sleep.
I was going to use this word until I saw that someone else already had. This is odd.

trongg / trông /,noun:

- A stick that comes in a set of three.

OK, so this is a made-up word between my friends and I.

[Jejunum Jake]

Floccinaucinihilipilification -- the act of deeming or describing something as worthless or by making something worthless by said means.




It also happens to be the longest word in the English language, soundly trouncing that pussy antidisestablishmentarianism.

[Shaun]

Sorry to go off-topic here, but Lychon, shouldn't your sig be mentioning FFVII?