ITT post obscure words that you enjoy using

[churine]

"niche"
before mario kart players overused the word by calling everything niche, completely throwing out the original intended definition so now i hate the word. "haha get niched yo"

e: honestly thats probably a thread idea on its own. "itt odd words you liked using until you didnt"

 

[VTaxi]

Perambulate

 

[pac]

Facetious

 

[Ullar]

I'm wondering if semicolons count; I am quite fond of their usage.

 

[Snessy!]

I'm wondering if semicolons count; I am quite fo d of their usage.

;

 

[faint]

irregardless

 

[Mace]

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

admit it. You just watched a YouTube video explaining the word.

 

[Snessy!]

admit it. You just watched a YouTube video explaining the word.

no actually, i can't remember where i got it

 

[Snessy!]

futene: a japanese word that means "staying in bed out of spite"

 

[かたわれ時]

no actually, i can't remember where i got it

It was all the rage when I was in 5th grade but I have never actually used it

 

[War Incarnate]

unluck

 

[Ironmage]

I'm a fan of the word foible. In addition to just sounding cool, it has a double meaning. This makes it surprisingly good for making wordplay.

 

[Albatross]

Prat is a personal favourite. It’s a British insult that means idiot, though I also use it as a replacement for asshole or twat. Idk it’s a fun word to say

 

[TheDraugr]

I like big words that sound like Harry Potter spells.

"Cognoscenti"
"Serendipity"

Those two words are fun to say, change my mind

"Petrichor" is also my favorite smell, not mens' butts as my post history suggests

 

[かたわれ時]

Not an obscure word, but I like to use ‘imply’. It makes me sound just a tiny bit smarter than I actually am

 

[sb879]

Juxtapose. God, what a cool word.

It's also a word I learned from a Pokemon card.

But if you note what that attack actually does (swapping damage counters)... it's not particularly well-named. Still, since my friend Mewtwo wouldn't lie to me, I happily thought "juxtapose" was synonymous with "swapping" and used it like that since I thought it sounded cool. I did this blissfully unaware of my incorrect usage for years (I mean, what other kid/teenager is going to correct someone on their use of "juxtapose"?).

Then came college. The big, adult place for big, adult words. But I didn't fear it. For I had my secret weapon... juxtapose! I had some GenEd literature class, and I had to write an essay about Don Quixote (I will agree that "quixotic" is also a very cool word). You better believe I put juxtapose in that essay.

It was the only essay I ever got a failing grade on, and I got a specific mark from the professor on my use of "juxtapose" that said "this is not what this word means". Well, that's my cool word story.

 

[TheUltraFinder]

Excelsior. Indubitably is fun too

 

[Mr.E]

"Insipid" I had to look up when I read it in a book one day back in high school, or somewhere around that time, and I've never forgotten it.

"Anathema" is in my OKCupid profile and I've had some matches comment on my colorful use of language.

 

[brightobject]

Shart

 

[Plague von Karma]

I use "ergo" a lot and I don't know why. I use a lot of "furthermore", "sporadic", and "admonished" as well though they aren't that obscure.

Prat is a personal favourite. It’s a British insult that means idiot, though I also use it as a replacement for asshole or twat. Idk it’s a fun word to say

Can confirm this is one of the best insults to come out of this fetid pit of a country.

 

[GobbiIsDepressed]

would be like syndicalist ngl

 

[かたわれ時]

would be like syndicalist ngl

99% chance has played or is playing hoi4

 

[BP]

99% chance has played or is playing hoi4

Hoi4 rips shit. Ive never played it but I enjoy watching AI only games.

 

[Geysers]

Hoi4 rips shit. Ive never played it but I enjoy watching AI only games.

99% chance has played or is playing hoi4

10/10 game so hyped for barbarossa omfg
...hoi4 thread in cong y/y?

 

[sanguine]

florescent
antediluvian
reticence
sisyphean
purgatorial
labrynthine
entropic
mendicant
contemporarize
occlusion
antecedence
helianthic

some vocab gems :3