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Words That Should Be Used More Often

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Buck Turgidson, Feb 9, 2024.

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  1. Buck Turgidson

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    Melifluous (hat tip to Max and Otto)

    Bozo (hat tip: @Ziggy)
     
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    Wherewithal.
     
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    Uncouth
     
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    M E T A
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    Penultimate is a good one.
     
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    Stupefaction
     
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    pettifogger
    pusillanimous (h/t succession)
     
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    Pettifoggery is a great word. Worked with an attorney who would routinely include that in pleadings lol. So good
     
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    This word annoys me because my wife says it EVERY SINGLE TIME we're watching the second-to-last episode of a TV show season. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
     
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    Has anyone ever called someone "couth"?
     
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    Thats funny you ask, cause me and a friend one day wondered if couth was even a word and had to look it up.
     
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    There's a couple of other words like that, that have been topics of discussion, but I just can't think of them in this moment.
     
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    Overmorrow
     
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    Fisticuffs would be had if "pettifogger" were slung at my direction, I do declare!
     
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