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My first offering is the word "Pish"

It is a word of numerous meanings, the most common of which are "an expression of disdain" and "a variant of piss."

Great word.

What have you got?


 
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Nefarious and cogniscent are favourites of mine. And ne'er-do-well.


 
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Giddy kipper


 
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Twunt

Juxtaposition


 
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Cromulent


 
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Spaff


 
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Poppycock


 
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Lubricious.


 
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Moribund
Corpulent
Crepuscular
Fluctuant

etc.

The medics know how to describe stuff


 
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How about a good old mucopurulent?


 
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Lubricious.

Pinteresque.


 
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Adoxography


 
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Somnambulant


 
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Clunge


 
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Cretard


 
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Jerkin


 
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Crepuscular

Love that word!
Pulchritudinous.


 
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Posh is brilliant! Also one of Glasgow's gifts to the english language: bawbag

As in: he's a wee....

Oh... And 'tabard'


 
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spifflicate


 
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Maggot!

😆


 
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Truculent

Rascal

Gland


 
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defenestrate

To throw out of a window; I suggest it daily!

[i]defenestrate yourself as the amount of f'ks I give is slightly below 1![/i]


 
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Gusset
Spigot
Fawcett


 
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Plop.

Mothership.


 
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Trebeculated


 
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Nonchalant


 
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Verbalize. Unnecessary Americanised jargon, taking the verb to talk and making a longer alternative for ( as far as I can see), no real purpose.

Love to throw that into a conversation with a straight face.


 
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Mingin

Ginormous


 
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Blumpkin


 
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Cretin IMO is vastly underused.


 
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Oui.

Oui, oui, oui, oui !


 
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Fug


 
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Not going to win any phonaesthetics awards, but I really like it when someone exclaims "capital!" instead of excellent. You need to be really posh to pull it off though!


 
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drip, doughnut, pain, girl.


 
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flange


 
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Mellifluous is a personal favourite of mine.


 
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quim


 
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Knob Jockey
Patrick Smiddies(diddies-to describe women's breasts)


 
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Nice one Binners, "flanges" goes well with "spigot". We could add Swage.


 
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Bupkiss
Spooge
Assuage
Serendipidy
Pyrometallurgy
Troth
Manumission
Tony Danza


 
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As I have teenage kids;
Please
Thank you


 
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Vibraphone.
Winkle.
Ample.
Replete.
Corruscate.
Mountebank.


 
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Discombobulate


 
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succubus


 
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