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#21

Vendetta. :smiling_imp: o_0

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:laughing:
Sheila

#22

Ansonia

okay its made up but i still consider it a word

#23

Jaiki - Thanks. I think I heard it from a Jack Black commentary.

#24

Really? That would explain why I first heard it from my older brother. He seems to like a lot of Jack Blackā€™s stuffā€¦ :stuck_out_tongue:

#25

Oh jaiki! you changed your siggy :frowning: oh well ā€¦ anyways back on topic i know another word i dont likeā€¦ death

#26

Yep yep! Not that I was bored of the other one, I just kind of liked this one better? :stuck_out_tongue:
But yeah, Iā€™ll agree on the dislike of the word deathā€¦

#27

I do have a couple of favorite words, actually. VoilaĀ“:

Dude - ā€¦ because itā€™s simply the coolest word in the universe.
Loquacious - It means ā€œtalkativeā€. (And the opposite of ā€œloquaciousā€ is ā€œlaconicā€.)

Check out these other cool ones:

Exigency - 1. A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted. (Rogetā€™s II: The New Thesaurus)
Quixotic - Not compatible with reality; idealistic. (Rogetā€™s II: The New Thesaurus)
Irascible - 1. Easily annoyed. 2. Having or showing a bad temper. (Rogetā€™s II: The New Thesaurus)

Beautiful! Get out your dictionary! Thereā€™s hundreds of words to explore. :wink:

Whoever thought of that word was a geniusā€¦

ā€“ Mitch

#28

wow there are some really big unusual words that humans use in todayā€™s world.

#29

Dude: Thank you. I can type it in probably 10 seconds. Watch: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 8 minutes, 44 seconds. :slight_smile:
Sheila: Interesting, but not as interesting as holodetector.
moonstarms: No, itā€™s not a very nice word, but itā€™s not as bad as diarrhea.
Mitch: Dude! :sunglasses:

#30

Geek trivia!!! Did you know that ā€˜Quixoticā€™ comes from the title character in the novel, Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes? Don Quixote was a man who read way too many historic adventure novels about knights and kings and wars, and he thought he was one of those heroes, so he got kind of delusional and saw a windmill as a dragon, and tried to slay itā€¦

Now thatā€™s idealistic and not compatible with reality!!!

Also, the book is considered one of the first ever novels, as it was written during the Renaissance!

Okay, Iā€™m doneā€¦
Sheila

Oh, and I already said this earlier, but my favorite word is vendetta. :smiley:

#31

Donā€™t have a favourite word, but the longest I can spell is:
Disestablishmentarainism

#32

Sheila - Ah yes, I did, indeed, know that! I read an excerpt from Don Quixote at one time and loved it; tā€™was hilarious. Alas, Iā€™ve never ventured to dig into the entire novel yet. I really must run down to the nearest book store and do soā€¦

Nice to know Iā€™m not the only literature/linguistic geek around here. :smiley:

But back on-topicā€¦ (heheh)

ā€“ Mitch

#33

WALL-E: All you gotta put in is the 4 letters A-n-t-i in there and you get antiDisestablishmentarainism. :laughing:

#34

and then you put a re- at the front and get reantidisestablishmentarianism

:wink:

#35

oh boy, long words will never get on to my favorite words list. :laughing:

#36

Reantidisestablishmentarianism? How about preantidisestablishmentarianism? Or preantidisestablishmentarianists? Or preantidisestablishmentarianistic?

Sorry. My middle name is Gram. :laughing:

#37

Thereā€™s endless suffixes and prefixes you could apply to it.

#38

Wellā€¦I like the words Zoology and prologue

Porsanihilliphillipacation. No Idea what it means but I heard it on TV

Edited by TSS (Combined both posts)

#39

I just remember another word that I loveā€¦

Quidnunc - n. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody. (Websterā€™s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary)

ā€“ Mitch

#40

doesnā€™t that basically mean a womenā€¦

one who wants news and gossips :question: