BEST WORDS EVER
Omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navelWhy on earth would someone feel the need to use this word?
Milquetoast — one who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature
Frankly, I like this word SOLELY because it's pronounced Milk Toast.
Aroof — to fall flat on your face
I am in way too many situations where I could use this word...
Apersonation — the delusion that one is a famous person
So you aren't impersonating someone. You just honestly believe you're that person? Hardcore.
Oubliette — a dungeon with a trapdoor in the ceiling as its only means of entrance or exit.
"Oh, yeah, Let me get that for you. I'll just need to go to the oubliette." *Falls through floor*
Mungo — A dumpster diver – one who extracts valuable things from trash
One time I found a little mungo in my front yard. He got my moldy Arthur Learns the Alphabet book. VALUABLE...
Nihilarian — A person who deals with things lacking importance (pronounce the ‘h’ like a ‘k’).
"Amy- Research, Sarah- Materials and Observations, John- Visual Displays, Timmy- ughh... go conjugate verbs in the corner. Ready, break!"
Arabilious — 1. melancholic; gloomy. 2. irritable; ill-natured; peevish
Apparently, a lot of people believe I'm very arabilious.
Cllipygian — having beautifully proportioned buttocks.
I didn't think there was such a word. WEEIIRRDDD
Meretricious — Showily attractive but cheap or insincere.
Haha, most of the student body.
Btryoidal — shaped like a bunch of grapes
What's shaped like a bunch of grapes that isn't ALREADY a bunch of grapes??? (I got nothing.)
Pilgarlic — a bald-headed man
I once saw a Pilgarlic buying a giant bottle of shampoo.
Porphyrophobia — fear of the color purple
That's just sad...
Pulchritudinous — having great physical beauty or appeal
It sounds like something that is the opposite of what it means.
Bobdingnagian — immense; enormous
Okay. This word had both BOB and DING in it.
Parsimonious — excessively sparing or frugal
Erin. Nuff' said. (>:()
Bumbledom — 1. official pomposity and stupidity. 2. the dominion of an overbearing parish officer, the arrogance of parish authorities, the conceit of parish dignity
Haha, bumbledom. "Bumpadum Bumbledom" No one will ever know.
Cockalorum — 1. a little man with an unduly high opinion of himself. 2. boastful talk; braggadocio
SOOO MANY PEOPLE I KNOW.
Sesquipedalian — 1. given to using long words. 2. (of a word) containing many syllables
Sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian.
Foppish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a fop; dandified
Well what does fop mean?
Pronk — weak or foolish person
I have a feeling you would seem more foolish saying this word than having it said to you. I mean come on, PRONK!
Somnambulism — sleepwalking
Are we trying to confuse the sleepwalkers?
Pulveratricious — Covered with dust
"Aww, dang. I'm pulveratricious!" really? why. (The vacuum exploded!)
Corpulent — excessively fat
Well that mixed with an excessively stupid person, and you have an insult!
Skullduggery — crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it
I think I might have to trick someone for the sole purpose of being called a skullduggery.
Defenestrate — to throw out of a window
I'm glad I can now confuse my victim before I kill them. "I'm going to defenestrate you!!!!" "Huhh?- AHHHH!!!!" fantastic. (?)
Obstreperous — noisily defiant; aggressively boisterous.
The defining characteristic of the guy I sit by in Botany... uggghhh.
Scuppernong — 1. muscadine. 2. a cultivated variety of the muscadine grape with sweet yellowish fruit; a wine made from this grape
I understand why this word exists, but why did they make it so FUNNY!?!
Peregrinate — to journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot
"What were you doing?" "Oh, nothing. Just peregrinating."
Quatopygia — the shaking of the buttocks while walking
Jersey Shore?
Sialic — having or having the characteristics of saliva
How would one have the characteristics of saliva...?
Octogenarian — a person between 80 and 90 years of age.
Not your average octogenarian! It's an old man... on a BIKE!!!
Dicephalous — having two heads
Now I'm just imagining my cat with two heads... I'm gonna have nightmares.
Obloquy — verbal abuse of a person or thing
I like how they clarify that its abuse of a person as well as a thing. How do you verbally abuse a thing? "You stupid mother-f***ing lamp!"
Doryphore — one who draws attention to the minor errors made by others, esp. in a pestering manner; a pedantic gadfly
Okay, I'm not going to lie. This is the essence of my being.
Rhomboidal — shaped like a rhomboid or rhombus
Why do we need this word? (The rhombus is Rhomboidal.)
Epicaricacy — taking pleasure in other's misfortune; schadenfreude
That's definitely a characteristic of my Botany teacher. She has issues... ("My students should not be talking. Better yet, barely breathing." -The Botany teacher.)
Flapdoodle — foolish talk; nonsense
That's a load of flapdoodle! (As are most of your posts. :P)
Wizen — to shrivel up; wither.
My Grandma thinks she's wisening, but really she's just wizening.
Scalawag — scamp; rascal; reprobate
Honestly, I just want to call someone this. I feel like a pirate!
Mustachioed — having a mustache, esp. a luxuriant mustache.
My father is a mustachioed man.
Fibbertigibbet — a silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person.
Fibbertigibbet's natural habitat- Math Class
Scintillation — 1. the act of scintillating; sparkling 2. a spark; flash; twinkling. 3. a brilliant display of wit. 4. the twinkling of the stars caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere
Anyone else get the feeling this word was made for Edward Cullen? No? Just me?
Scrump — British: to steal fruit from an orchard or garden
"So what are your plans for today?" "Oh, well I think I'll go scrumping. You?"
Fangipani — 1. any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus plumeria, having milky sap and showy, fragrant, funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers. Also called temple tree.
I wish I had some fangipani growing in my yard!
Phobophobia — a morbid dread or fear of developing a phobia
Now THAT'S a problem.
Funambulism — tightrope walking.
Learning the art of funambulism would surely be the end of me.
Haberdashery — 1. a haberdasher's shop. 2. the goods and wares sold by a haberdasher (a dealer in men's furnishings; a dealer in sewing notions and small wares)
I just like saying it. Haberdashery.
Tatterdemalion — a ragamuffin
What good is a definition if you don't know what the main word in it means??????
Ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion. A child in ragged, ill-fitting, dirty clothes.
Oh. I get it now. (Why would this word need a synonym?)
Virago — A loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman
Our old principal, Mrs. Workman... yeah...
Hebetudinous — dull-minded; mentally lethargic
82% of the United States population are extremely hebetudinous.
Nudiustertian — The day before yesterday
There's a word for that? Mind=Blown
Aotropaic — intended to ward off evil
I wish I was Aotropaic.
Selcouth — Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful.
Nothing in my life is selcouth. (But most of the words on this list are.)
Tyrotoxism — To be poisoned by cheese
Tyrotoxism would be how I would want to die.
Zabernism — The abuse of military power or authority.
In some cases, Zabernism is a good thing. How else would I get free cheese pizza? (What?)
Splendiferous — splendid
This word is more common, but I still prefer it over its synonyms.
Fustigate — 1. to beat with a club; cudgel. 2. to criticize harshly
Just a club? Or does it still make sense if I hit someone with a bat?
bombastic — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
Everyone in my Accelerated English class is very bombastic.
Struthious — of, relating to, or resembling an ostrich or a related bird; ratite
I was in the mall this one time, and I saw a very struthious gentlemen.
Erinaceous — Like a hedgehog
Ummm.... what's like a hedgehog that isn't already a hedgehog?
Finnimbrun — A trinket or knick-knack
Saying Finnimbrun is WAY better than saying knick-knack.
Officious — meddlesome; unnecessarily or obtrusively ready to offer advice or services
My father is insanely officious. "No don't worry! I think I can use the bathroom myself, thanks."
Floccinaucinihilipilification — Estimation that something is valueless. Proper pronunciation based on Latin roots: flockə-nowsə-nəkələ-pələ-fək-ation.
This word is way too valuable for its meaning.
Ayssopelagic — of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
Woah. That's deep.. (Punny..)
Monophagous — eating only one kind of food
Wouldn't that make you seriously ill?
Arestic — 1. rural; rustic. 2. unpolished; awkward.
That's meeee!
Inaniloquent — Pertaining to idle talk
Talks with my father = Inaniloquent
Limerance — An attempt at a scientific study into the nature of romantic love.
Okay, if you're trying to scientifically study LOVE, you have your answer on why you haven't found it yet.
Mesonoxian — Pertaining to midnight
Weird, I thought you just said "Pertaining to midnight." Why must there be a word for it?
Triskaidekaphobia — an abnormal fear of the number 13
I hear ya, man. 13 gives me the heebie jeebies...
Uxorious — excessively fond or submissive to one's wife
A more intelligent way of saying 'whipped.' Nifty.
Verklempt — overcome with emotion
"You win!!!" "I don't know what to say, I'm just so verklempt." "Excuse you!"
Well THAT was longer than intended....
Soooo that is the end of my 'Best Words Ever' list. If you have any additions, let me know!
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