Brilliant Words to Add to your Vocabulary...

[lwien]

bedgasm

(n) feeling of euphoria experienced when climbing into bed at the end of a very long day (especially if that day included a long run or intense workout).

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destinesia

(n) when you get to where you were intending to go but forget why you were going there in the first place.

 

[CarolKing]

mastication:
The act of chewing your food.

 

[stickstones]

mastication:
The chewing of your food.

Best use ever of that word was in Miss Congeniality!

And I'm gonna use destinesia all the time!

 

[lwien]

errorist

(n) someone who repeatedly makes mistakes

And I'm gonna use destinesia all the time!

Happens to you too, eh?

 

[stickstones]

Daily!

 

[t-dub]

This thread reminds me of the O'Riley Factor. Word of the day and all that. Don't watch too much FOX News or you may become vacuous.

vac·u·ous
ˈvakyo͞oəs/
adjective
adjective: vacuous

1. having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.
   "a vacuous smile"
   synonyms: silly, inane, unintelligent, insipid, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, brainless, witless, vapid, vacant, empty-headed;More
   informaldumb, moronic, brain-dead, fluffy, fluffball
   "that vacuous laugh of his drives me nuts"

 

[lwien]

"Name and town. Name and town. If you wish to opine....."

Fuck you O'Riley !! Ooops...........wrong thread.

 

[SSVUN~YAH]

Reminds me of the Jeff Foxworthy show:

 

[lwien]

fartsdump

(n) Norwegian word for "speed bump".

 

[CarolKing]

My mom used this word all the time. "I'll bejiggered.

It means being surprised about something. When she was in the hospital one of the times, the nurses thought she was so cute because she would always say funny things like that.

She lived to be 91, bless her heart.

 

[lwien]

My mom used this word all the time. "I'll bejiggered.

It means being surprised about something.

Or in yiddish...............oy gevalt !!!

 

[MinnBobber]

My mom used this word all the time. "I'll bejiggered.

It means being surprised about something. When she was in the hospital one of the times, the nurses thought she was so cute because she would always say funny things like that.

She lived to be 91, bless her heart.

My parents used that but for them it was , "I'll be jiggered".

 

[Derrrpp]

kakorrhaphiophobia

\ˌkak-ə-ˌraf-ē-ə-ˈfō-bē-ə\
noun
-- abnormal fear of failure

EDIT: atychiphobia is another word for the same thing, apparently

 

[lwien]

ithyphallophobia

(n) the fear of erect penises

 

[VapourHaze]

Superfluous (unnecessary) . One of my favourites.

 

[Derrrpp]

snollygoster

\ˈsnälēˌgästə(r)\
noun
: an unprincipled but shrewd person

 

[macbill]

Schadenfreude: satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.

 

[rayski]

ithyphallophobia

(n) the fear of erect penises

I thought that was hardonphobia.

 

[lwien]

I thought that was hardonphobia.

And what do you think this means..... Eurotophobia ?

And no, it doesn't mean a fear of Europe.

 

[SD_haze]

In the Language of Jive:
Righteous (adj.) -- splendid, okay

 

[t-dub]

In the Language of Jive:
Righteous (adj.) -- splendid, okay

Hey . . . I speak jive . . .

 

[Vicki]

I love this word.

pet·u·lant
ˈpeCHələnt/
adjective

1. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
   "he was moody and petulant."

 

[lwien]

I love this word.

pet·u·lant
ˈpeCHələnt/
adjective

1. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
   "he was moody and petulant."

Along those same lines

pre·co·cious
prəˈkōSHəs/
adjective

1. (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.

 

[lwien]

Lazy

It's really a pretty ugly word. I much prefer the term, "selective participation".

 

[ChippyMalone]

ithyphallophobia

(n) the fear of erect penises

Is there a word for someone whose sexual fetish is their own flaccid penis? That would have to be the most frustrating sexual fetish in the world, since getting turned on would be a big turn off.

My favorite word, and the one I use if asked to describe myself, is "Eclectic", particularly the third definition.


adjective
1. selecting or choosing from various sources.

2. made up of what is selected from different sources.

3. not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc., but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems.

4. noting or pertaining to works of architecture, decoration, landscaping,etc., produced by a certain person or during a certain period, that derive from a wide range of historic styles, the style in each instance often being chosen for its fancied appropriateness to local tradition,local geography, the purpose to be served, or the cultural background of the client.