ITT post obscure words that you enjoy using

[Martin]

I’m a big fan of “abstruse” personally

 

[Snessy!]

gonna go for the low hanging fruit. defenestration: the act of throwing someone out of a window

 

[az]

not going to name any names but im just going to tell yall im EXHAUSTed w fake abstruse fans like "oh im a big fan of abstruse personally :Sparkles:" but when the time comes to use the word like in a thread title about abstruse words theyre nowhere to be found lmfao miss me

 

[superstrike66]

Jawn

 

[phoopes]

Ricocheting is a good one

 

[Snessy!]

Ricocheting is a good one

when i was a kid i pronounced it rico-shit

 

[GatoDelFuego]

Ergo

 

[BP]

Immaculate

 

[War Incarnate]

sporange

it rhymes with orange

 

[LordThemberchaud]

Indubitably.

 

[mf]

i like therein and thereof. fancy ass words

 

[Adeleine]

erstwhile
obligate (the adjective)
fey

i should use quixotic more

 

[gali]

erudite

 

[Bughouse]

apodyopsis

 

[zorbees]

the

 

[D2TheW]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

The fear of long words

 

[A Welcome Guest]

a

 

[War Incarnate]

e

 

[Geysers]

"de facto" is always a fun phrase to use, and it conveys a really useful meaning that's hard to get without a LOT of words otherwise.
e: same with ”per se” I mean who even says “in and of itself” it sounds like word vomit

 

[TheReturnerOfJuly]

You see, have you heard of "Ungulate" ? I like to use that term when a guy in the video game is just doing that slow rocking-ish movement in his idle animation. Makes me sound big brain, even though I have 2 1/2 brain cells who play ping pong with the half brain cell in my mind.

 

[aerobee]

"in effect"

 

[zo]

retroactive

 

[Adeleine]

You see, have you heard of "Ungulate" ? I like to use that term when a guy in the video game is just doing that slow rocking-ish movement in his idle animation. Makes me sound big brain, even though I have 2 1/2 brain cells who play ping pong with the half brain cell in my mind.

im so sorry

ungulate is a hoofed mammal. like a cow.

you're thinking of undulate

 

[BIG ASHLEY]

big fan of "promulgate", myself. trying to spread the word about it.

 

[TheReturnerOfJuly]

im so sorry

ungulate is a hoofed mammal. like a cow.

you're thinking of undulate

2 1/2 braincell moment

anyways this guy who's a nigerian prince just emailed me and wants my bank account info seems legit ngl