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Under-used Words
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:19 pm
by Jika
Words. There are so many to choose from and so many that are overlooked.
What are some of your favourite under-used words?
Here's a few of mine; :wah:
cackle
betwixt
hyperbole
giblets
flange
paltry
gumption
cantankerous
Under-used Words
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:20 pm
by Clint
Loyal
Honest
Committed
Devoted
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Under-used Words
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:53 am
by john8pies
Well I try to give them all a turn so they don`t feel underused. Despite this I did manage to slip "machinations" into a conversation this morning!
Under-used Words
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 6:26 am
by Wolverine
I like the way we have come up with names for groups of things.
a Murder of Crows
a Gagle of geese
a Pod of whales
a Clench of clients at a protologist office
Under-used Words
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:12 am
by Bothwell
Dangle
Poltroon
Behove
Under-used Words
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:15 am
by abbey
Wolverine wrote: I like the way we have come up with names for groups of things.
a Murder of Crows
a Gagle of geese
a Pod of whales
a Clench of clients at a protologist officeA smack of jellyfish
A quiver of cobras
A tiding of magpies
A parliament of owls ( got a few old buzzards in our houses of parliament! )