Discussion » Words/Jargon I love.

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Posted by Victor Menendezz, around August 2005:
 
Boozy.
Rumpus.
Plethora.
Rampage.
Mellifluous.
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
Fetid
Odorous
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
sweet as
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
in addition to Plethora, I am a fan of Myriad
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
manifold
ineluctable
indubitably
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
manifold is another good one Salty

Plethora
Myriad
Manifold

Manifest is good too

A million times more popular than any of these has to be Hyperbole
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
(back in my old rdbms days, every major product we built was tagged *db, due to salesman uselessness. indubitablydb is a great name, particularly if said as fast as possible)
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
wombat
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
gibbon
flea
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
beaker
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
Idiosyncrasies
Narcissistic: It has a song like quality when I say it. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'm the best pronouncer of it in the world. Hell, maybe even the universe.
Dastardly
Strumpet
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
Strumpet gets my vote too. And while we're on the subject, 'hussy.'
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
ultracrepidarian-
Giving opinions or criticizing beyond one's own range of expertise.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
velleity
phrontistery
ballodromic
Posted by lew, around August 2005:
 
moodily
ululate
wasabi
endogenous

(boozy -- great word!)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
ululate always reminds me of War of the Worlds. superb word
Posted by Miki_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
chuffed
Posted by gilgamesh, around August 2005:
 
antediluvian
rambunctiousness
thrip
quaff

Best first post ever
Posted by jeffld_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
platypus
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
antidewibblificatorinessity
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
ish
Posted by lew, around August 2005:
 
weebles wobble
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
but ........ (anybody? no? OK, me then) .... they don't fall down.
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
I thought about it, but left it.

At least that means you can kick the smug, smiling cunts and Social Services are none the fucking wiser.
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
stalking
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
festoon
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
I like the phrase "cuntbag".

Cuntbag
n (vulgar slang) : Brock
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
festoon is a good one.
spittoon less so.
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
i think the concept of the spittoon is about 8 trillion times worse than the word.
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
the thought of drinking from one is many times worse than that.
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
my god...
it doesn't... fuck
i mean...wow...
*projectile vomiting*
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
funny, first word i thought of when i saw 'festoon' was 'spittoon' too
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
word association football, anyone?
Posted by plindoe, around August 2005:
 
wank
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
loving relationship with someone i can really trust
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
wait, we DID switch to word association football, didn't we?
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
ho ho ho
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
prostitute prostitute prostitute
Posted by Miki_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
innuendo
(word I love + word association football)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
spaghetti
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
western
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
sun
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
builders
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
ass crack
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
coke smoker
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
steam train
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
scalded child
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
scream train
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
aversion therapy
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
psychotic
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
alfie
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
crumbs
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
penfold

(alfie to penfold in 2 goes, and for an entirely different reason. What are the chances?)
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
snapped biro
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
ballpoint
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
odd shaped testicles

(and Brock, the only reason I wrote crumbs, was because i thought penfold would be a bit of a vanilla thing to put, so I went with a different dangermouse reference, see?)
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
brock
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
genius
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
madman
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
Doc

(and perci, it's not good if you have to explain it.)
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
martins
(brocK started it)
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
Steve Martin
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
plaid
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
silk

(and WH, when it's being explained for brock, that rule doesn't apply)
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
cut
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
run
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
snow
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
angel
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
delight

(bewbs)
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
happy happy
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
(surely you'd call the left one something different?)

clap
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
one hand
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
cheese
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
(wtf?)

Feet
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
inches
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
David Lynch
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
(wtf? again)

Dune
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
July
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
honest
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
whorehouse
Posted by Grim..., around August 2005:
 
Brock's Credit Card
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
straining
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
this thread
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
cotton
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
joe
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
Dolce
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
ice cream
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
Ziggy Piggy
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
Tom Waits

(Ziggy .. David Bowie .. Nick Stevenson .. Iranian State Troopers .. Tom Waits)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
for no man
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
John Donne (entire of himself)
Posted by ellipse, around August 2005:
 
sleepy
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
hollow
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
victory
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
lap
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
run
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
squits
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
venezuelan prawn salad
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
Venetian blind.

(er...)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
drunk
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
me (:
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
tarzan
Posted by SuperFunGordon_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
george
Posted by Miki_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
boy
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
gull
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
sparrow
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
hawk
Posted by WarHead, around August 2005:
 
moth
Posted by jeffld_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
flame
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
troll
Posted by Victor Menendezz, around August 2005:
 
I know I started it, but I now wish this thread would die.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around August 2005:
 
remorseful troll
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
Vic: Then start another, better, one.
Posted by Victor Menendezz, around August 2005:
 
I'm short of ideas at the moment, i'm concentrating all my creativity on trying to get a new job.
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
Again? You have as much success holding down jobs as Perci does passing on pies.
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
Pies? Where?!
Posted by Victor Menendezz, around August 2005:
 
No, i've still got this one. just don't want it any more.
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
Oooh, you're so easily bored.
Posted by perclissigi, around August 2005:
 
That's why he doesn't like this thread.
Short attention span!
Posted by Brock, around August 2005:
 
Short list of talents more like...