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  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    edited March 2010
    Having just seen it again in my readings, irascibility.

    EDIT: Also, obsequious.
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  • GeoGeo
    Verisimillitude. The meaning is just as awesome as the pronunciation.
  • La Petit MortLa Petit Mort
    edited March 2010
    Does Latin count? If yes, then I put out these two words, just because of their phonaesthetic qualities.

    Murmuribus
    appropinquabant
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  • AxelAxel
    If Latin does indeed count, then:
    Quantuluscumque, which means "Very little."
    The irony should be fairly obvious.
  • La Petit MortLa Petit Mort
    Same case as in hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
  • AxelAxel
    Same case as in hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
    Ha, that's freaking awesome.
  • nlatimernlatimer
    Any word that I learn from Penny Arcade tends to become a new favorite.

    Raconteur I believe was the most recent.

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  • Hitman HartHitman Hart
    I love a lot of the names for wrestling moves, particularly the ones that come from Lucha Libre like rudo, technico, hurricanrana and, tope con hilo, but I think my favorite has to be from Japanese wrestling: Lariato!
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    It's fun saying ciabatta (that pronounced "chibata", not "seeyabata").
  • ChurbaChurba
    It's fun saying ciabatta (that pronounced "chibata", not "seeyabata").
    A friend of mine used to run this ball-tearingly awesome cafe in Hyde park corner, and I'd hang about there a lot, often, you'd get hippies, hipsters, and posh sorts coming in and putting all sorts of wierd stresses, accents and such on "SeeYaBata" only to have Him look at them funny and say in his thick Scouse accent "So, that'll be (xyz sarnie fillings) on a fresh CHIBATA then?"
    Cracked me up every time.
  • WyattWyatt
    RUMSPRINGA!!!
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    RUMSPRINGA!!!
    Buttscratcher?
  • WyattWyatt
    RUMSPRINGA!!!
    Buttscratcher?
    It's when Amish kids dress "English," get addicted to Meth, and choose whether or not to stay in the church. It's derived from Pennsylvanian German to mean "running around."
  • RochelleRochelle
    Sphygmomanometer. A word that looks so complicated that is actually something so simple that is used the medical field everyday.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited April 2010
    Much like electroencephalograph.

    I keep saying "Robolationship" to myself and laughing..
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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Dickular. This is a word that my coworker Shelly invented one day, in response to the FDA sending us a round of PT samples wherein 7/8 of the samples were positive for each of the three main pathogens for which we screen.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Much like electroencephalograph.
    I've had the misfortune of sitting through one of these! It's all the joy that only self-imposed sleep deprivation followed by blasting one's eyes with various strobe frequencies can bring.
    I keep saying "Robolationship" to myself and laughing..
    You goddamn robosexuals are disgusting.
  • ......
    You goddamn robosexuals are disgusting.
    ROBOTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO LOVE ROBOTS!
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited April 2010
    "Living our lives as we love through our lies." from Heartflusters by MaybeSheWill
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  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited November 2010
    "Detonate" is a pretty fine word. As is "Sincerious.".
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  • WalkerWalker
    Pusillanimous is an awesome word.
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