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PostSubject: Interesting Words in the English Language   Interesting Words in the English Language EmptySun Sep 13, 2009 2:18 am

1. Word
2. Definition (origin also, if possible)
3. Source (optional)

I'll start:


Niggardly
  /ˈnɪgərdli/ [nig-erd-lee]

–adjective
1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter.


Gobbledygook
[gob-uhl-dee-gook]

–noun
1. Language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand:
the gobbledygook of government reports.


Poppycock
/pŏp'ē-kŏk'/ [pop-ee-kok]

- noun
1. Senseless talk; nonsense.

[Dutch dialectal pappekak : pap, pap (from Middle Dutch pappe, perhaps from Latin pappa, food) kak, dung (from kakken, to defecate, from Middle Dutch kacken, from Latin cacāre; see kakka- in Indo-European roots).]


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/niggardly
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gobbledygook
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poppycock


If it is lulzy enough, words in other languages and slang (phrases included) are also welcome. Interesting Words in the English Language Icon_biggrin
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Fuck.
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Hogwash


noun
1. refuse given to hogs; swill.
2. any worthless stuff.
3. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.

Origin:
1400–50; 1900–05 for def. 2; late ME.
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Spermophile
* Pronunciation: \ˈspər-mə-ˌfī(-ə)l\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: ultimately from Greek sperma seed + philosophy loving
* Date: 1824

: A Ground Squirrel

(Merriam-Webster)


D'oh
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Popularisation through televisual media.
* Date: 1998

: An expression of disgruntled frustration or annoyance

(New Oxford English)


Smegma

* Pronunciation: \ˈsmeg-mə\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, detergent, soap, from Greek smēgma, from smēchein to wash off, clean
* Date: circa 1819

: the secretion of a sebaceous gland; specifically : the cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or around the clitoris and labia minora


Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

* Function: noun
* Etymology: Unknown
* Date: Unknown

: Pertaining to a very long word.
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PostSubject: Re: Interesting Words in the English Language   Interesting Words in the English Language EmptySun Sep 13, 2009 8:42 am

Rosalind wrote:


Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

* Function: noun
* Etymology: Unknown
* Date: Unknown

: Pertaining to a very long word.
The etymology's probably Greek: 'hippo' is the Greek word for 'horse'.
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Nautilus wrote:
Fuck.

Fuck is a pretty interesting word. It can be pretty much every part of speech.
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PostSubject: Re: Interesting Words in the English Language   Interesting Words in the English Language EmptyTue Sep 15, 2009 3:53 pm

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - The fear of long words, ironically. It is literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words.

Mausoleum - 1. a stately and magnificent tomb.
2. a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
3. a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.
4. (initial capital letter) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350? b.c.

Also, it's just a really cool word.
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LegionOvDoom wrote:

Mausoleum
Also, it's just a really cool word.

But a VERY shitty BM band.
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PostSubject: Re: Interesting Words in the English Language   Interesting Words in the English Language EmptyTue Sep 15, 2009 4:20 pm

AarO)))n wrote:
LegionOvDoom wrote:

Mausoleum
Also, it's just a really cool word.

But a VERY shitty BM band.

Wouldn't know, but I'll take your word.
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