Great words that aren't in common use

Merkin

Do you come across words occassionally that are not common but that you totally love? A word that you want to put into use at the next available opportunity? I heard one earlier:

Accubation - The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

Have you learnt any new words recently that you'd like to share?

As this is AH I'm obviously expecting the usually puerile ones like "tittywank" etc so if there's a more suitable forum Mods please move...

Where To

Pyrrhic - A hollow victory.

Hardonraging

Phallus

Get in there !!!

AnonoBoy

Defenestration - the act of throwing something or someone out the window.

"Quiet you or I'll defenestrate the sh*t outta you!"

CardBordWindow

Balter - to dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill.

Doctor Strange

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Defenestration - the act of throwing something or someone out the window.

"Quiet you or I'll defenestrate the sh*t outta you!"

See also: The defenestration of one's computer; The act of removing Windows and replacing it with a different OS :P

Merkin

Merkin wrote: »

Do you come across words occassionally that are not common but that you totally love? A word that you want to put into use at the next available opportunity? I heard one earlier:

Accubation - The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

Have you learnt any new words recently that you'd like to share?

As this is AH I'm obviously expecting the usually puerile ones like "tittywank" etc so if there's a more suitable forum Mods please move...

You say this and your name is "Merkin"?

merkin


1. an artificial hairpiece for the pudendum; a pubic wig

I'm gonna go with the word merkin.

Merkin

Sacramento wrote: »

I'm gonna go with the word merkin.

Touche

BrokenArrows

They're - A shortened version of "They are". Often misused as there or their.

Seachmall

Louche - Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way: "the louche world of the theater".

Irk - Irritate; annoy.


(Irk is somewhat common, but it's not as common as I'd like it to be).

LiamMc

Analrectitude - The ability to hint at making ammends for a past mistake/insult but slyly continue refer to the backside.

Prambulation (Modern) - Been carried or pushed by others.

Castricised (gender specific) - A man being scolded while his genitals are removed.

Obnoxious, Rude, Abuse - "I have a right to express an Opinion."

Páid

Forninst - in front of.

e.g. Where are my keys? They are on the table forninst you.

Your Airbag

Lionised.

To give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity.

Messi is lionised by the Barca fans.

donegal_man

"Thole" suffer or endure. A great old word I'd never heard before moving to Donegal.

banquo

Interrobang, the punctuation mark for a question mark overlaying an exclamation mark - !? or ‽

Merkin

This is a nerd's wet dream - seriously

Flange.

Ilyana 2.0

Esoteric - understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest

Balderdash

Sergeant

Blackguard
Desperado
Scoundrel
Ruffian
Urchin
Boor
Cad

De Hipster

Transmogrify - to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
trans·mog·ri·fy verb (used with object), trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing.

As a kid, my grandmother used to threaten me with transmogrification by way of chastisement.

Also...

Conniption - a fit of violent emotion, such as anger or panic. Also called conniption fit.
con·nip·tion (k-npshn)

sesswhat

What a saturnalia of magniloquence.

Czarcasm

Discombobulate:


1. cause to be confused emotionally

2. to be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.



sends my colon into convulsions :pac:

D1stant

constanibulosis - so rare its not even in some dictionaries

TwoShedsJackson

De Hipster wrote: »

Transmogrify - to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
trans·mog·ri·fy verb (used with object), trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing.

As a kid, my grandmother used to threaten me with transmogrification by way of chastisement.

Also...

Conniption - a fit of violent emotion, such as anger or panic. Also called conniption fit.
con·nip·tion (k-npshn)

Yeah I was regularly threatened with being 'transmogrified with a box' by my father anyway.

I'm going with Goole: the puddle on the bar into which the barman always puts your change.

http://folk.uio.no/alied/TMoL.html#anchorG

gobnaitolunacy

Sergeant wrote: »

Blackguard
Desperado
Scoundrel
Ruffian
Urchin
Boor
Cad

Footpad
Cutpurse
Corner Boy

smash

Praxis
The process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practiced, embodied, or realised.

You'd think you'd hear more of that word knocking about.

LordSutch

Emollients.

. . . or in more common parlance, Moisturizers.

De Hipster

Rhetorical question - is it really sad that this thread brings a smile?

Kerfuffle - A commotion or fuss.

There is a distinct lack of kerfuffles in the modern era.

OldGoat

Merkin wrote: »

Do you come across words occassionally that are not common but that you totally love?

Merkin.
Merkin is a pubic wig.
Merkins were originally worn by prostitutes after shaving their genitalia, and are now used as decorative items.
Used with matching pasties lots of burlesquers.
WikiLink

EDIT: Feck it, I really should have read the thread the full way through before posting.

Sergeant

Onanism - acts carried out by many AH regulars.

gobnaitolunacy

Sergeant wrote: »

Onanism - acts carried out by many AH regulars.

Don't forget 'frotteurism'.

Merkin

OldGoat wrote: »

Merkin.
Merkin is a pubic wig.
Merkins were originally worn by prostitutes after shaving their genitalia, and are now used as decorative items.
Used with matching pasties lots of burlesquers.
WikiLink

EDIT: Feck it, I really should have read the thread the full way through before posting.

Lol, it's actually one of my favourite words as well and that's why I chose it as my username.

I think it originally dates back to Tudor times or before. Prostitutes wore a merkin to cover up repulsive boils and carbunkles on their fanjitas caused by syphilis and other STDs of the time.....charming

meoklmrk91

De Hipster wrote: »

Rhetorical question - is it really sad that this thread brings a smile?

Kerfuffle - A commotion or fuss.

There is a distinct lack of kerfuffles in the modern era.

I was just about to post this, I love a good kerfuffle so I do.

smash

Merkin wrote: »

Prostitutes wore a merkin to cover up repulsive boils and carbunkles on their fanjitas

And with that, I will never again read your posts in the same light...

pickarooney

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I was just about to post this, I love a good kerfuffle so I do.

How do you feel about shemozzles and donnybrooks?

Merkin

smash wrote: »

And with that, I will never again read your posts in the same light...

Lol. I'd just like to clarify that it was merely the etymology of the word that appeals and that my moniker is in no way representative of the state of my own fanjita which thankfully is devoid of pus-filled carbuncles or boils.

Czarcasm

Merkin wrote: »

Lol. I'd just like to clarify that it was merely the etymology of the word that appeals and that my moniker is in no way representative of the state of my own fanjita which thankfully is devoid of pus-filled carbuncles or boils.

Ahh jaysus... There goes me lunch

smash

Merkin wrote: »

Lol. I'd just like to clarify that it was merely the etymology of the word that appeals and that my moniker is in no way representative of the state of my own fanjita which thankfully is devoid of pus-filled carbuncles or boils.

So you just wear a Merkin for show then? What shape and colour is it?

iDave

Sapphic

Gunmonkey

Tomfoolery - Foolish or silly behavior.

stoneill

Elbonics - the act of wrestling for a shared elbow rest with a fellow passenger on an aeroplane.

Can be used for cinema/theatre etc.

Cereal Number

Thrice

Merkin

Rambunctious - boisterous and disorderly

The AH'ers are a rambunctious throng.

De Hipster

Merkin wrote: »

Rambunctious - boisterous and disorderly

The AH'ers are a rambunctious throng.

Cohort - an aggregation of individuals who experience the same event within the same time interval.

Still common in academia.

dr strangelove

Mastication

1. to chew.
2. to reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading, as rubber. <this is my preferred definition, hehehe, sounds dirty>

Sky King

Blackguard
Desperado
Scoundrel
Ruffian
Urchin
Boor
Cad

Footpad
Cutpurse
Corner Boy

Vagabond
Guttersnipe

sparrowcar

Crude

I use it mainly in term 5, people always correct me and say did I mean "rude"

1. in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
2. lacking in intellectual subtlety, perceptivity, etc.; rudimentary; undeveloped.
3. lacking finish, polish, or completeness: a crude summary.
4. lacking culture, refinement, tact, etc.: crude behavior.
5. undisguised; blunt: a crude answer.

Mr Benevolent

Ire - anger; wrath

See Ire-land.

Seachmall

Vagabond and Fallacious (I like it because it sounds like fellatio.)

refusetolose

delve

delved

TheBunk1

Sacramento wrote: »

You say this and your name is "Merkin"?


I'm gonna go with the word merkin.

Merkin wrote: »

Touche

Toupe, more like...:pac: