In mildly related news we’ve been trying to slip classic Reggie Perrin quotes past the comms team. I *nearly* had ‘Badger ate signal box at New Malden’ published to the world earlier 🙂

Slattern

needs to be much more popular

Apoplexy.

Almost as nice to type as it is to say.

My son came up with a new one today; ruderise (to make a song ruder that was originally intended). I though that was quite good for a 6 year old.

Apoplexy.

Jake Thackray got that into a song!

Thrutch

Thrutch

Been climbing today?

Ftumch

Orgo does

Obfuscate

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“servicing” as in when you want a baby horse you take your female horse to the stallion to get it “serviced”
I also like “occulting” but don’t find many reasons to fit it into conversations these days unlike “walloper”, as in Donald Trump? What a walloper.

When thinking of certain political positions the word ‘antediluvian’ does come to mind a lot. *koff*koff*UKIP*koff.

I had the pleasure yesterday of using ampersand and nomenclature in the same sentence, which also came hot on the heels of fluglebinder. I was, I admit, positively giddy by the end of it all.

Thus.

Describing something, then drawing it or pointing to it and saying…

“Thus”.

Also read a book years ago where one of the characters would start a sentence with “Now” instead of “ermm”. It’s an unusual opener, he postulated, and gets people’s attention, while also buying you valuable seconds to formulate your thoughts. Also it’s not as hesitant or indecisive as ‘ermm’.
Not many other people get that, but I like it.

I usually have enough trouble speaking with normal words, but managed to use the word simulcrum in conversation the other day…. [oops spoiler deleted!]
*later admitted to youtubing it.

I have two:

Please and Thank-you. (bit of a cheat I know)

@AdamW; could also use troglodyte

Ullage is a favourite of mine.

When writing reports I endeavour to include at least one word that is likely to result in the reader reaching for a dictionary

SOmeone at work today got in with integumentary but that’s worky jargon and so I’m not letting him have it

Flibbertigibbet is one of my favourite words, and flummoxed is a close second.

I think they’re both lovely.

Effulgent and pulchritudinous – two words that belong in chat-up lines that have probably never been anywhere near a chat-up line.

Merkin

Buffoonery

Shenanigans

Recusant.

The other day, Slack jr telling us about his cross country run and chatting to one of his fellow “runnee’s”