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- - e r i k - - · Nov 24, 2006, 04:16 AM

Nice one zro

moodymonster · Nov 24, 2006, 05:54 AM

not unusual, but I like it because I'm immature and it sounds rude even though it's not:

bollards

Tuoder · Nov 24, 2006, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Priapism

I don't know whether it is worse that you picked that word, or that I knew what it meant.

tomrock · Nov 24, 2006, 10:06 AM

penultimate -- second from the last.

Or did you ever notice, add an "s" to the end of any noun and it becomes breasts? Nice cans, nice knobs, nice planters?

Tuoder · Nov 24, 2006, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by tomrock

penultimate -- second from the last.

Or did you ever notice, add an "s" to the end of any noun and it becomes breasts? Nice cans, nice knobs, nice planters?

It also requires a preceding adjective.

DarwinX · Nov 24, 2006, 11:24 AM

Nonetheless

Atheist · Nov 24, 2006, 11:41 AM

obsequious
verisimilitude

Y3a · Nov 24, 2006, 11:45 AM

Lemma.

Oisín · Nov 24, 2006, 12:08 PM

Insouciance.
Lexiphany.
Phthisis.

zro · Nov 24, 2006, 12:34 PM

Facetious

All vowels of the alphabet in order.

lpkmckenna · 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by zro

Meconium

And I like pronouncing February correctly.

Start pronouncing the "b" in "obvious". No one will try correct you, being unsure which way is correct.

chthonic is a cool word

Scientology has some bizarre "words" like enturbulated.

chris v · Nov 24, 2006, 02:28 PM

Sciatica.

Would be a great name for a metal band, if it didn't mean back pain.

lpkmckenna · Nov 24, 2006, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

Sciatica.

Would be a great name for a metal band, if it didn't mean back pain.

Actually, it makes a great name because.

Railroader · Nov 24, 2006, 04:58 PM

punctilio

chris v · Nov 24, 2006, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

Actually, it makes a great name because.

What's the word for neck pain from too much head-banging?

zro · Nov 25, 2006, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

Start pronouncing the "b" in "obvious". No one will try correct you, being unsure which way is correct.

I've never heard it without the b.

"Jagwire" and "nucular" bug the crap outta me.

While looking through Dictionary.app (under "turret") I saw a figure for the first time. I had no idea it had any.

TheWOAT · Nov 25, 2006, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by zro

I've never heard it without the b.

"Jagwire" and "nucular" bug the crap outta me.

While looking through Dictionary.app (under "turret") I saw a figure for the first time. I had no idea it had any.

phalange
prodigogical
incentivize

Chuckit · Nov 25, 2006, 03:53 AM

Originally Posted by zro

I've never heard it without the b.

I've said it without the B before, but not when I was sober.

- - e r i k - - · Nov 25, 2006, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

Start pronouncing the "b" in "obvious". No one will try correct you, being unsure which way is correct.

It's obviously pronounced with a b.

Judge_Fire · Nov 25, 2006, 05:52 AM

Acousmatic is a word I've weirdly been bumping into lately, in discussions with different people.

PER3 · Nov 25, 2006, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by zro

Meconium

And I like pronouncing February correctly.

"Valentine's Day is on the 14th of Correctly?", he asked.

lpkmckenna · Nov 25, 2006, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

It's obviously pronounced with a b.

The pronunciation I'm familiar with is awe-vee-us-lee or ahv-ee-us-lee.

ghporter · Nov 25, 2006, 12:41 PM

'Round where I am, the 'b' in obviously IS pronounced. I always pronounce it. The 'b' is the end of the first syllable, by the way, and that makes it easier to get around the 'b'-'v' transition.

- - e r i k - - · Nov 25, 2006, 01:26 PM

Weirdness. I don't know why you would bring up your abnormal pronunciation then. It would be like Steve saying Jag-wire and be at a loss why everyone else pronounced it Jag-u-war. Or George W. be at a loss why everyone else is pronouncing nuclear new-qu-lar.

Chuckit · Nov 25, 2006, 02:10 PM

I thought for the longest time that "nucular" was a synonym for "nuclear."

©öñFü$íóÑ · Nov 25, 2006, 02:11 PM

phenylalanine
phenylketonurics
Zzyzx, CA
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

catsup/ketchup

chris v · Nov 25, 2006, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

I thought for the longest time that "nucular" was a synonym for "nuclear."

No, Nuke-yoo-lar is just plain wrong. I also say oBviously. I Learned to speak in Calif, then adapted a bit to Texas.

GSixZero · Nov 25, 2006, 03:23 PM

I love this word:

deipnosophist (dyp-NOS-uh-fist): A person skilled in dinner-table conversation.

Weird Words: Deipnosophist

Doofy · Nov 25, 2006, 06:18 PM

Chebs.

ghporter · Nov 25, 2006, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

No, Nuke-yoo-lar is just plain wrong. I also say oBviously. I Learned to speak in Calif, then adapted a bit to Texas.

I should point out that I grew up in Southeastern Michigan, and didn't move to Texas until I was an adult. I have NO accent-people have theorized that I'm from all over the place, but never Michigan and certainly not Texas. My wife, who grew up in East Texas (way! East Texas-Port Arthur to be exact) has no accent either-just generic "American."

One of my professors is from Liverpool, and her pronunciation is kind of interesting. Mostly the differences are in certain vowels, "pro-cess" as opposed to "prah-cess", and that sort of thing.

Railroader · Nov 25, 2006, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by PER3

"Valentine's Day is on the 14th of Correctly?", he asked.

I don't care who you are, that's funny.

ghporter · Nov 25, 2006, 09:51 PM

Propinquity is a good word. I don't get much chance to use it though.

Oh, and I'm one of those people who pronounces the first 'r' in February too. Drives people crazy-which is one reason I do it.

Charles Bouldin · Nov 25, 2006, 10:53 PM

mendacious

One of those circumlocutions (another nice one) for much shorter words