most impressive word you know?

Ginja Ninja

well us as leaving certs learn a lot of confusing and (somewhat useless)
information so what's your most impressive sounding word?

i do bilogy so mine has to be NADP or:

Nicotinamide Adenosine Dinucleotide Phosphate ("plant blood "basically)
and the good old favourite D.N.A:

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

crunchycorner

ha!! i had no idea thats what NADP meant!!

Mine has to be Non Cyclic Photophosphorylation........love it!

Twinkle-star15

Nothing science related, but I like 'dosheachainte' (unavoidable- I think I spelt it right :P). Really useful for all the essays!

cautioner

It's not impressive, but I've always been partial to the word "alimentation", complete with bent French accent.

Also, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid

Well, my favourite words are obsequious, acquiesce, and I suppose alacrity; actually, I've too many to name. I'm not sure how impressive they are.

How about antidisestablishmentarianism (anti-dis-establishment-tarian-ism)?

andyman

Onomatopoeia. Just love the way it slides off the tip of your tongue :P

spurious

I was always quite fond of 'pejorative'.

DublinWriter

andyman wrote: »

Onomatopoeia. Just love the way it slides off the tip of your tongue :P

Tripping out here...was going to say that myself.

Peridolia and apophelia are also personal favourites.

My favourite verb right now is 'bray'.

cautioner

Re. Plen. Ish.

Replenish.

Is there any word more instantly gratifying?

Replenish. Aw yeah.

ohthebaby

I always had a thing for Vladivostok. Not sure if that's correct spelling but its a Russian city!

Abraham

Janoworramean ? Dublin's most endearing and expressive word.

timmywex

Retard



Before the mods catch me on this one its from applied maths, meaning slow..........context; "if B was to retard uniformily, find its deceleration". Alwasy find it hilarious when the teacher says it!

Ginja Ninja

timmywex wrote: »

Retard



Before the mods catch me on this one its from applied maths, meaning slow..........context; "if B was to retard uniformily, find its deceleration". Alwasy find it hilarious when the teacher says it!

..or in french "je suis retard"
literally i am late

Piste

en retard

aine-maire

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

and the good old favourite D.N.A:

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

I don't do biology...
But isn't it Deoxyribonucleic acid?? That what I always thought at least... Correct me if I'm horribly mistaken!

I love the word 'indubitably'......just say it.....!
Though my teacher underlined it in an essay with a question mark... And I know that it was the correct context, I looked it up! Like, wtf?!
Also 'precipitate' and 'effervescent' (Chemistry's great for long words...:pac:)

scudster

I know its 2 words from LC tech Drawing but here goes,

Hyperbolic Parabaloid

Usually found in the form of a curved roof surface

PurpleFistMixer

I always liked chemistry for the good words, when I did it for JC. Having "-oxide" at the end of any word makes it sound so much more intellectual.

My English teacher was mad into "juxtaposition", but it's a bit overused as a token fancy word.

Otherwise, I rather like "tautological".

garbanzo

For the Class of '84 it has to be pneumonia-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-coneosis.
:cool:

challengemaster

odaxelagnia

Sexual arousal from biting or being bitten

:pac:

JSK 252

challengemaster wrote: »

odaxelagnia

Sexual arousal from biting or being bitten

:pac:

Thats the **** like!:D

eoins2345

Defenestration- the act of throwing something or someone out a window!best word in the world!

Ber

Rarely post on this site but saw this on the front page and had too

floccinaucinihilipilification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaucinaucinihilipilification

p1akuw47h5r3it

Hotforwords anyone???

antidistablishmentarism... I think that's how it's spelt anyway

dealhunter

Antidisestablishmentarianism - not a great meaning but excellent lengthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism

dealhunter

Mae Creamy Mars wrote: »

Hotforwords anyone???

antidistablishmentarism... I think that's how it's spelt anyway

Damn it DanDan you got in with it before me!

p1akuw47h5r3it

dealhunter wrote: »

Antidisestablishmentarianism - not a great meaning but excellent length http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism

ther's the link, you didn't seperate it

p1akuw47h5r3it

dealhunter wrote: »

Damn it DanDan you got in with it before me!

Yep... don't hava clue what it means tho:D

dealhunter

dealhunter wrote: »

Damn it DanDan you got in with it before me!

It's actually in the fourth or fifth post, by me, if ye would read.:p

cbreeze

rebarbarative:cool:

p1akuw47h5r3it

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

It's actually in the fourth or fifth post, by me, if ye would read.:p

Wooooooooooo... [EMAIL="I@M"]I'M[/EMAIL] JAMMYDODGER AND I'MMMMM GRRRRRRRRRRREEEEATT;)

Didn't read any of the posts, big words aren't my thing really:o

Fringe

Moot.

It sounded so silly the first time we heard it.

Chemistry is definitely a good one. EDTA. Methyl ethanoate. 2,2,4-trimethylpentane.

PurpleFistMixer

Phh.. antidisestablishmentarianism was so 5th class. Get with the times, people.

p1akuw47h5r3it

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Phh.. antidisestablishmentarianism was so 5th class. Get with the times, people.

YOUR so 5th class

KnifeWRENCH

I always loved the word "sebaceous" and the term "Crypts of Lieberkühn" from Biology. There's something very sinister about them.

Geography - "megalopolis" and "jokulhlaup" always sounded funny in my head.

French - "pamplemousse" of course!

Not sure if they're impressive per se, but they impressed (i.e. amused) me!

Mario007

in biology it has to be TURGOR- great for inappropriate sex jokes:D

in general- randomneslessnes

Ginja Ninja

aine-maire wrote: »

I don't do biology...
But isn't it Deoxyribonucleic acid?? That what I always thought at least... Correct me if I'm horribly mistaken!

*whips out biology book*

*flicks to page 143*
hmmmm,yes you seem to be right ribOSE is the name of the 5-carbong sugar
it's deoxyRIBOnucleic acid



ah and splanctic .....it just sounds dirty(it's not)