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  1. #941
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    Mount Kisco, NY
    Squirm

  2. #942
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    Winston’Salem
    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Dat View Post
    Squirm
    Better mid-set than as an opener.

    "Amazing what a minute can do."

  3. #943
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    I have come to detest the word “golfing.” One does not “go golfing.” One “plays golf.”
    "Amazing what a minute can do."

  4. #944
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    Greenville, SC
    I met an adolescent Golden Lab on my walk this morning and was reminded of a word my dad often used to describe dogs and youngsters.

    Rambunctious

  5. #945
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    Mount Kisco, NY
    synecdoche - a word I have seen many times and never bothered to look-up until today...

    a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).

  6. #946
    I remember Dad making an adamant statement ....followed by...” without any EQUAVATION”!!
    😂🥃...still makes me smile

  7. #947
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    On the Road to Nowhere
    Aha, the thread is back! The Ymm, Pies and Ymm, Cakes threads have made me think a lot about one of my favorite words:

    Scrumptious

  8. #948
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    Here's one I heard today that I had not heard in some time.

    fop - a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way; a dandy

  9. #949
    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Dat View Post
    Here's one I heard today that I had not heard in some time.

    fop - a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way; a dandy
    I think I know why it has fallen out of favor...

    But, yes. It once described a very particular sort of person.

  10. #950
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15 View Post
    I think I know why it has fallen out of favor...

    But, yes. It once described a very particular sort of person.
    Our brethren across the pond still use it rather liberally...

  11. #951
    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15 View Post
    I think I know why it has fallen out of favor...

    But, yes. It once described a very particular sort of person.
    Amazing! I used fop and dandy yesterday! And I was actually talking to friends who live in this century!

  12. #952
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    Dur'm
    Personally, I love the word "ophicleide". I don't love the sound of the instrument, and I don't have much occasion to use the word, but it's a good word. And for those reading the other thread, the proper pronounciation is "AW-ful, Clyde!"

  13. #953
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    If it hasn't been listed already: fatuous. If it has, I still find it quite applicable.
    [redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.

  14. #954
    Toad.

    While I'm on it, what's with the words where c's are pronounced like k's? gh's and ph's pronounced like f's? silent k's? c's before k's to make the k sound?

  15. #955
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    I like a lot of Australian words (shocker).

    Wombat
    Didgeridoo
    Wallaby
    Chunder
    Bruce and Sheila

  16. #956
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    North Country, New York State
    Fair dinkum

  17. #957
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    Raleigh
    Vapid.
    [redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.

  18. #958
    I will call someone out for being sesquipedalian if it fits. Given to using overly long words. Such a great word: Latin for "one and a half foot long" and it describes itself. If you use it, you are it. How perfect is that?

  19. #959
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skydog View Post
    I will call someone out for being sesquipedalian if it fits. Given to using overly long words. Such a great word: Latin for "one and a half foot long" and it describes itself. If you use it, you are it. How perfect is that?
    “You must spread some Comments around before commenting on Skydog again.”

    Shame. That’s a great one!

  20. #960
    On the subject of fops and dandies, may I present one of my favorite Simpsons gags of all time:

    fabf06_43_fops_dandies.jpg

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