I would like to celebrate my promotion to Journeyman by having you tell the most obscure word you know. Mine? rebarbative- tending to irritate, You probably all know that from either it always being in your vocabulary or you heard me saying it about my cat.

-Scott

Asyndeton

(Not going to give the meaning -- that would be too easy. LIU)

Hmmm, how about entheomaniacal? dipoldism?

or maybe hebesphalmology?

[cherubic smile]

I don't know about this one. The most obscure word I know seems to change from day to day since I have joined AWAD.

This week Poshlost is my favorite. And I love the sound of gerund. I know they are not WAY out there but I also know that if I say either one of these words in casual conversation people will look at me as if I am from an other planet.

Atwizzle (thank you wow) I have now used three times. Twice on the Board messaging and once in real life .

Thank you dear belM. Keep up the good work.

Perhaps The Great Anu will hear of it ... Oh! my heart's all atwizzle at the thought.

It's just that I'm green with envy of "One Among Us" who got into the OED!
At least it's the right color for March 17th.
wow

Not really obscure, but phobophobia.

jimthedog

antidisestablishmentarianism - purportedly the longest word in the English language that is not the name of a Welsh town or a chemical compound.

antidisestablishmentarianism

This has been discussed before. Floccinoccinihilipillification is longer.

I don't know, this is a tough one. Let's see,

Black, of course.
Is, as aptly explained by Clinton

as well as certain words recently fallen into disuse, but once common, but only among school children in the United States

aising, wichistans, and elameno

"not the name of a Welsh town" - I'm just about to post in "About Towns" forum on this:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch


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