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Offline Jack Bauer

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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2012, 05:13:56 am »
Ullage.

The amount that a container lacks to be full - but I just like the sound of it!
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2012, 06:08:50 pm »
Shit.  How did this get ignored for a month?  Now, I normally don't bump, but I have some fucking great stuff I want to add.

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I just really like how they sound. :D  Also, I like the meanings.
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2012, 01:04:57 am »
I was just thinking about this thread earlier today. I love the word beguile, both in spelling and meaning.
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2012, 01:14:43 am »
Quote from: B-Man on March 23, 2012, 06:08:50 pm
Shit.  How did this get ignored for a month?  Now, I normally don't bump, but I have some fucking great stuff I want to add.

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I just really like how they sound. :D  Also, I like the meanings.
I've learned a lot of useful Yiddish words from my wife and her family, like tuchus, plotz, putz and schlep. It's a very expressive language.
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2012, 04:16:48 am »
From the book, "Weird Words;"

Artuate - to tear limb from limb.
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2012, 07:59:51 am »
Sublunary. ie on earth rather than heaven, comes from the days where heaven was considered above the earth.
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2012, 01:26:24 pm »
Quinquagesimal:
"Fiftieth; pertaining to the number fifty."
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2012, 04:44:02 am »
syllabub

A dessert made from cream or full fat milk and sugar which is then curdled with wine.

The dish itself would make me hurl, but I like the sound of its name!
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2012, 06:26:36 am »
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It's just a really good word, especially when used in a literal sense.
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Re: The Vocabulary Thread
« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2012, 04:34:38 pm »
Quote from: Sandafluffoid on March 26, 2012, 06:26:36 am
Antediluvian

It's just a really good word, especially when used in a literal sense.

Rolls off the tongue nicely, doesn't it?

So does "mellifluous," which I think may have been intentional.
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