[Closed] Under-used words...

I think the word [b]brouhaha[/b] should be used more.

Probity

My boy enjoyed my use of the word "Shambolic" yesterday. Its a nice word.

marvelous

just feels good to say, but i must be the only person who says it as for some reason people always look at me and smile repeating it "maaarrrvelous" as if i've invented the word.

Peter Poddy stooped to pick a buttercup

"Someone's dropped a buttock" he said

wazzock doesn't get much of an outing these days...

shenanigans

tomfoolery

abhor

Shambolic is good also.

balderdash doesn't get the usage it deserves.

Gussett (not bike related)

and
willy-nilly

I'm happy to see that "malarkey" is making a comeback

marvelous

just feels good to say, but i must be the only person who says it as for some reason people always look at me and smile repeating it "maaarrrvelous" as if i've invented the word.

I can't help but say it like Rimmer. Maaaarrvelous 😀

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wazzock

shenanigans

tomfoolery

abhor

Shambolic

balderdash

I've stumbled into a Edwardian tourettes-sufferer's nightmare

on here, the phrase;

"Actually, you were right and I was wrong, sorry."

chunder

brigand and/or rascal

oxter

whilst

skidartist - I'm fed up with your flimflam, away with you, Gadzooks!

peristeromorphous

please.
thank you.

Portmanteau is an under-used word.
Portmanteau words are over-used. Innit?

Sod
i.e. sod it, sod's law, he's such an awkward sod

Ahh, too much flim-flam about I think....

Lozenge.
Miscreant.

cretin

forthright

You can't just go using this words willy-nilly, you know

My Dad used to use willy-nilly quite a lot.

anthropomorphic
recidivism
catamite
tom-foolery - just seems such fun

tom-foolery on our dandyhorses

that does sound like a rip-roaring time!

Petrichor, though sadly the main season for its usage is no longer with us.

I like shenanigans too. I think saying it with an Irish accent adds that certain "je ne sais pas..." or should I say "Níl fhios agam..."

Also like "galavanting"

Phil, that would be a rip-roaring jape, would it not?

would it not be easier if we defined the words that are really obscure? I will not be alone in Googling them - catamite may not be safe for work

[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/nov/04/countdown-shitface ]shitface[/url]

Hmm fave topic here in spinsterlibrariansville.

Mine for today: recalcitrant.

Why not "shitfaced" for a nine ?

I like shenanigans too, I think saying it with an Irish accent adds that...

Brilliant... I'm on a date with an Irish lass tonight, how can I engineer her saying it?

Neophyte
Neoglism
Hyperbole
zenith and nadir

"Whats your opinion on the word shenanigans?"
"shenanigans?!"
"roflcopter lolzzzzz dont worry"

TSY - write it down on a card and ask her to read it out ? What do you have to lose ??

All this is a little discombobulating for me.

"Thank you," sadly.

I think saying it with an Irish accent adds that certain "je ne sais pas..."

I think you mean "je ne sais quoi."

malarkey

Oooh I love this game.

Pettifogging. Mandrel. Filibuster. Quine. Zoonotic. Concupiscence. And, of course, sesquipedalian.

Maybe I should just ask if she's up for some shenanigans back at mine?

is she a Hooligan?

I make a point of using 'willy-nilly', a 'shambles' and 'super' as often as possible. I'm also fond of the phrase 'gives me the willies'. However, 'tomfoolery' has just gone to the top of the list of Words I Must Use More. My Dad would use 'high-jinks' and 'horse-play' in its place.

probably not... but i hope she's ruff(ian) in bed

IGMC

I'd like to hear 'water-boarding' used more in a corporate setting

is she a Hooligan?

No she's an O'Leary.

This thread is just humbug, sheer and utter bunkum!

I would say this thrice, but my view isn't worth thruppence!

This is the mirth of anti-social scallywags!

I'd like to hear 'water-boarding' used more in a corporate setting

I found out this morning, to my cost, that a 'golden shower' is not a 'thought shower' of exceptional intellectual quality.

I think you mean "je ne sais quoi."

I think you're a frustrated teacher 😛

I always like the word 'serendipity'...

and 'panhandle'

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Was chatting to a friend last night who has a bike shop. Seems some Geordie lads were in at the weekend on their way to a "finger buffet" in Edinburgh. They seemed quite excited at the prospect of lots of little sandwiches. How odd. (apologies if NSFW I don't dare google it)

skulduggery

odious

Spaz

I will try to get all three in one sentence today. I have a presentation to do.

jings
crivvens
help mah boab

Declivity natch. Especially on an MTB forum.

Can't beat a bit of quality badinage on a Tuesday afternoon.

I think you're a frustrated teacher

No, I'm a git.

(-:

1970's school days slang:
grolly, or flob,

rubber dunkey (condom)

Anyone remember any others?

Top hole this thread

I've stumbled into a Edwardian tourettes-sufferer's nightmare

I think you Ladies & gentleman will appreciate this site

[url= http://www.savethewords.org/ ]Save The Words[/url]

Its a site dedicated to preserving words which are falling out of usage.

You can 'Adopt' a word and promise to use it and cherish it etc...

[url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defenestrate ]DEFENESTRATE[/url]

belm - accompanied by the act of stuffing the tongue down between the lower, front teeth and the bottom lip whilst taking care to keep the lips together.

meaning: 'you, sir, are a liar'

not only can it be used as a noun, ie. you belmer, but it's also a verb so can be conjugated, which in itself is another word of unutterable delight.

discombobulated

flibbertigibbet

'Belm' is of a similar vintage to 'chinny reckon'...

DEFENESTRATE

We should definitely resurrect this; it's a tradition, or an old charter, or something.

nincompoop!

Rapscallion has a certain rhythmic cadence. Possibly twinned with the rather wonderful Miscreant mentioned earlier.

Shagging is a very underused word round here and will be until the weekend I suspect. 👿

Aplomb
Smite.
Nare-do-well.
Forsooth. (not sure of the spelling)
Post-haste.
I like furious, when used to describe speed rather than mood.
And I chuckle at being refered to as a Gentile.

Oldgit- I can't believe you pipped me with Aplomb!
OK then- Gusto
I also like penile

Frottage

I think you'tr all just trying to think of [i]complicated[/i] words now.....! 😉

ahh it's just started to mizzle here.

Would you be able to use frottage with decolletage in the same sentence?

You just did.

Can you be 'aplomb with penile gusto'?

lunatic
reckless
insipid

Cahoots
Bimble.

The Southern Yeti - Member
Can you be 'aplomb with penile gusto'?