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rootlesscosmo

just learned a new one. rep some academic vocab game.crapulous KRAP-yuh-lus, adjective: 1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous stomach. 2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous old [1]reprobate. These were the dregs of their celebratory party: the half-filled glasses, the cold beans and herring, the shouts and smells of the crapulous strangers hemming them in on every side, the dead rinsed-out April night and the rain drooling down the windows. -- T. Coraghessan Boyle, [2]Riven Rock

DJ_Enki

portmanteau:[/b] A new word formed by combining two other words. "Smog" is a portmanteau of "smoke" and "fog," for example.

G_Balliando

reprobate

1 : to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil
2 : to foreordain[/b] to damnation


foreordain
1 : to dispose or appoint in advance




They should have just made that word "foredain", it would have been much cooler.

p_gunn

just learned a new one. rep some academic vocab game.

crapulous KRAP-yuh-lus, adjective:
1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous stomach.
2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous old [1]reprobate.

These were the dregs of their celebratory party: the half-filled glasses, the cold beans and herring, the shouts and smells of the crapulous strangers hemming them in on every side, the dead rinsed-out April night and the rain drooling down the windows.
-- T. Coraghessan Boyle, [2]Riven Rock

TC Boyle is on that kryptonite...

Hollafame

Defenestration[/b]

Main Entry: de??fen??es??tra??tion
Pronunciation: (")dE-"fe-n&-'strA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: de- + Latin fenestra window
: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window
- de??fen??es??trate /(")dE-'fe-n&-"strAt/ transitive verb

Swayze

stertorous STUR-tuh-ruhs, adjective:
Characterized by a heavy snoring or gasping sound; hoarsely breathing.

In the cinder-block motel room he set the alarm, but his own stertorous breathing woke him before it rang.
-- E. Annie Proulx, "The Half-Skinned Steer", The Atlantic, November 1997

Swayze

And a fav...

flib??ber??ti??gib??bet (flbr-t-jbt)
n.

A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person.

Danno3000

Defenestration[/b]

Main Entry: de??fen??es??tra??tion
Pronunciation: (")dE-"fe-n&-'strA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: de- + Latin fenestra window
: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window
- de??fen??es??trate /(")dE-'fe-n&-"strAt/ transitive verb

This word has suprisingly wide application.

On_the_Red_Clay

equipoise[/b]
Pronunciation: 'e-kw&-"poiz, 'E-

1 [/b]- Function: noun
1 : a state of equilibrium

2[/b]- Function: transitive verb
1 : to serve as an equipoise to
2 : to put or hold in equipoise



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pillock[/b]
noun
(stupid, stupid person, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock)

a person who is not very bright

funky16corners

I always liked this one...

Main Entry: aman??u??en??sis [/b]
Pronunciation: &-"man-y&-'wen(t)-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural aman??u??en??ses /-(")sEz/
Etymology: Latin, from (servus) a manu slave with secretarial duties
: one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript

lotusland

OLIGOPOLY

A market condition in which sellers are so few that the actions of any one of them will materially affect price and have a measurable impact on competitors.

-record game?

sticky_dojah

as a nonnative speaker i always found the word "procastinate" very interesting, not the actual meaning though, cause that's what i'm doing all the time....