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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Journeyman #21787 03/09/2001 11:16 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 68 jimthedogII journeyman jimthedogII journeyman Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 68 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21788 03/09/2001 6:51 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Asyndeton (Not going to give the meaning -- that would be too easy. LIU) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21789 03/09/2001 10:34 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered Hmmm, how about entheomaniacal? dipoldism? or maybe hebesphalmology? [cherubic smile] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21790 03/10/2001 3:45 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 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 . Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Atwizzle ! #21791 03/10/2001 3:55 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21792 03/24/2001 5:05 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. jimthedog enthusiast jimthedog enthusiast Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. Not really obscure, but phobophobia. jimthedog Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21793 03/24/2001 8:53 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 Rouspeteur member Rouspeteur member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 antidisestablishmentarianism - purportedly the longest word in the English language that is not the name of a Welsh town or a chemical compound. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21794 03/24/2001 9:01 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... antidisestablishmentarianism This has been discussed before. Floccinoccinihilipillification is longer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21795 03/26/2001 2:20 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Journeyman #21796 03/26/2001 2:07 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom rodward addict rodward addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom "not the name of a Welsh town" - I'm just about to post in "About Towns" forum on this: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Ro* Ward Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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