[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

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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.