A word we don't hear very often and use it in a sentence..

I'll start with the word: TARNATION

What in tarnation was that?

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Moxie. That girl has a lot of moxie, nothing gets in her way.

Walker Walker
Nov '14

ALL'NO.

"What in tarnation was that?"

"All'no..."

:)

JeffersonRepub JeffersonRepub
Nov '14

Crepuscular.

Bear and deer are crepuscular.

Rebecka Rebecka
Nov '14

Fascinate

Her boobs were so big, out of 10 buttons on her shirt, she could only fascinate.

emaxxman emaxxman
Nov '14

Nyuk nyuk nyuk (-;

ianimal ianimal
Nov '14

Plethora

She has a plethora of information.

Christine Christine
Nov '14

Sacrilegious

Burning the Bible is a sacrilegious act.

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Obstreperous

Those obstreperous kids just kept misbehaving during gym class!

pinkladies pinkladies
Nov '14

asinine
Lydia ignored his asinine remark


Superlative.

This is the best steak I've ever had, it is superlative.

JeffersonRepub JeffersonRepub
Nov '14

Behoove.

It would behoove us all to dress warmly today!

Davis Davis
Nov '14

Obfuscate.
The senator's response was an attempt to obfuscate rather than clarify.

pmnsk pmnsk
Nov '14

Mediocre

I don't know, I though the steak was just mediocre.

Heidi Heidi
Nov '14

One could say it was supernal.

mistergoogle mistergoogle
Nov '14

Pedantic

Sometimes, Jason is so pedantic in writing the perfect paper that he forgets to properly manage his time.

Wild Angel Wild Angel
Nov '14

Oh that's so droll.

mistergoogle mistergoogle
Nov '14

Paradigm.

This past Tuesday's election results will lead to a paradigm shift in Congress.

-or-

This past Tuesday's election results are unlikely to lead to a paradigm shift in Congress.

-or-

I got a paradigm's as change from a $10.00 bill when I bought the $9.80 word.

Agust Agust
Nov '14

Sen. Sam Ervin, chairman of the Senate Watergate committee and a man of many words when a few would have done, described big oil and gas companies that expected something for their fat campaign contributions.

"These are not eleemosynary institutions," Ervin intoned.

Love that!

Lady Jayne Lady Jayne
Nov '14

ebullient
Their ebullient response to the win confirmed their desire to succeed.

pmnsk pmnsk
Nov '14

Albeit

The sun is shining albeit it is otherwise a very cold and windy day.

joyful joyful
Nov '14

"winner"

"Whip.......you're not as much the loser as you appear to be"

^see............even my example couldn't use it.


Just for you, joyful (-;

officious

Condescending to dictate to others how they should choose to celebrate a particular holiday is an extremely officious thing to do.

or

Mike Tyson knocked out Marvis Frazier with officious uppercut.

ianimal ianimal
Nov '14

It's really hard to dig graves this time of year; one man can't do it, you need a pair-a-dig-ems.

mistergoogle mistergoogle
Nov '14

supercalifragilisticexpecalidocious

The song Mary Poppins sang in the movie was: Supercalifragilisticexpecalidocious.

joyful joyful
Nov '14

confounded - I dislike sitting in the confounded bridge construction traffic in Broadway.

3wbdwnj 3wbdwnj
Nov '14

Pmnsk, obfuscate is a favorite of mine, appropriate far more often than not.

Conflate is another good one that's not use too often.

Justintime Justintime
Nov '14

Persnickety:

She was so persnickety that we must have gone to 15 stores to look for the exactly right earrings.

pinkladies pinkladies
Nov '14

Calamity

A calamity could happen when HL posters express their true feelings about a HL thread that they have extremely different views about..

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Joyful- Lol...my dad use to use "tarnation" ALL the time. You brought back memories for me. Thanks :)

botheredbyuu2 botheredbyuu2
Nov '14

My hubby still uses the word tarnation....botherdbyuu2.

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Bodacious

My neighbor has the most bodacious display of Christmas lights ever.

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Fur

As my dad said, what fur? Cat fur!

Peggy C Peggy C
Nov '14

I need to see the haberdasher to repair my bowler.

Roywhite Roywhite
Nov '14

Groovy


"We got a groovy kind of love"

Mr Negative Mr Negative
Nov '14

Jibber Jabber - "OMG your going to jibber jabber about jibber jabber."


Peggy C: Boy, did the word "fur" bring back memories.... My Mom used to say: Fur? Cat fur....Did you ever see it on dog fur? Made no sense at all....

joyful joyful
Nov '14

RU - Another TBBT fan I see. LOL.

emaxxman emaxxman
Nov '14

Joyful-is he from the south? My dad was from Texas, so I thought maybe it was a southern word.

botheredbyuu2 botheredbyuu2
Nov '14

No, botheredbyuu2--my Father was born and raised in upstate New York..

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Anyhow

It's OK if we don't go to the movie. I'm not that interested in seeing it anyhow.

We were told not to go, but went anyhow.


lollygagging -

production output is lower than last month because some employees are lollygagging around instead of working

BrotherDog BrotherDog
Nov '14

Cockamamie:

No one believed her cockamamie story-it was just too unbelievable!

pinkladies pinkladies
Nov '14

Good One, BrotherDog. I have been known to use that word myself!

joyful joyful
Nov '14

"Dickering"

"The Democrats are just Dickering Around!" ..............

Embryodad Embryodad
Nov '14

lugubrious
Eeyore's lugubrious manner brought everyone down.

pmnsk pmnsk
Nov '14

Your "chuckle" for the day: The word "khakis"

For most people when you lose your "khakis"..you've lost your pants. When you live in Boston or Maine and lose your "khakis"...you cannot start your car.....

joyful joyful
Nov '14

Hedonistic

With his hedonistic lifestyle, Bob will always be a bachelor.

Heidi Heidi
Nov '14

licentious
Rob Ford's licentious behavior resulted in the voters forcing him out of office.

pmnsk pmnsk
Nov '14

Brotherdog, we use "lollygag" to describe the sense of urgency our dog has when she is looking for the perfect place to potty on a warm sunny day! LOL!

3wbdwnj 3wbdwnj
Nov '14

... I love this thread..... so fun!! Dickering, Cockamamie (never knew how to spell that one!), tarnation, persnickity, conflate, paradigm....
thank you OP!

pmnsk pmnsk
Nov '14

britches:

The girl who talked back to her mom in Shop-Rite was getting too big for her britches.

pinkladies pinkladies
Nov '14

What does penultimate mean haha

Melvin Melvin
Nov '14

This one is from my 4 year old grandson. Apparently he heard it from a Harry Potter movie (he is obsessed)

Hither........ Gammy come hither!

LOL!! Love that kid!!

Christine Christine
Nov '14

20 years ago "penultimate" was a friend's favorite word for a while.

It means "next to last" in a line or series.

I was the cashier's penultimate customer before she went on break.

Apparently it's also an digital app for ipad which allows you to "handwrite" on it.

http://evernote.com/penultimate/

Phil D. Phil D.
Nov '14

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