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Originally Posted By: BranShea
Celerloquent does not run that smooth and celeriloquent smells of celery. Tachyloquent looks nice as long as it means fast and veloquent (trombion) reminds of bicycles.


I agree on celerloquent. Celeriloquent is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable. And yes, the tachy- in tachyloquent is from the Greek for fast.

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zoomiloquent or tsuwmiloquent

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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
zoomiloquent or tsuwmiloquent


If mixing Greek and Latin roots isn't edgy enough for you.

And tsuwmiloquent would mean 'using obscure or worthless words.'

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that's as may be, but I was using the really obscure (Hebrew) sense of tsuwm, meaning 'to fast' (as apposed to zoom, 'too fast').

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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
that's as may be, but I was using the really obscure (Hebrew) sense of tsuwm, meaning 'to fast' (as apposed to zoom, 'too fast').


Is that 'to fast' as in not eat food?

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yep.

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Celeriloquent is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable. Wha-at?? Cel-AIR-iloquent is impossible; cel-AIR-IL-oquent is just too...mooz.

And, tsuwm, NOW you tell us, after fourteen years, that your name is from Welsh?!

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>Welsh?!

Welsh?? are you accusing me of welching?!


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Originally Posted By: Jackie
Celeriloquent is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable. Wha-at?? Cel-AIR-iloquent is impossible


Impossible for you, maybe. Rolls right off MY tongue. But then I grew up in a part of the country we we learn to speak distinctly. And you've got it divided up kinda funny-like. It's suh LAIR uh luh kwent.

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But then I grew up in a part of the country we we learn to speak distinctly.

Oui oui or wee-wee?


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