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By *ryan... OP Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Antidisestablishmentarianism..

( to keep the state church..)

What other uncommon words can you give us .

( The winner gets to be prime minister..

p.s. there are no winners)

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Springle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Posh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

These days, please and thank you hurr durr durr

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By *callycatMan
over a year ago

Mid Wales

Precidented

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dangleberries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thundercunt

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By *ryan... OP Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Lollygag !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t know any but my fomo is kicking in and I want to be part of that thread so here you are my contribution that isn’t really one.

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By *ildmanYorksMan
over a year ago

Doncaster & Bembridge

Floccinaucinihilipilification!

The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eccedentesiast - hiding pain behind a fake smile

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford

My very favourite English word is ealuscerwen, a hapax legomenon in Beowulf.

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By *skyouneverknowMan
over a year ago

Calne

Accismus

A great word for behaviour on this site

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By *rgasmaddict3Man
over a year ago

stourbridge

Debaser

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Codswallop (one of my favourites)

Mrs

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Rapscalion

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Betwixt

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Defenestration.

(I'm sure I've given this on a previous thread like this, so apologies for the repetition)

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk

Ceraunophile.. Just love it

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By *istyPeaksCouple
over a year ago

braintree

Seminal

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"Defenestration.

(I'm sure I've given this on a previous thread like this, so apologies for the repetition)"

Sorry, it's the act of throwing someone out of a window!

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By *cloversCouple
over a year ago

Hull

Sonder - when in a quiet moment when in a crowd you have the realisation everyone around you are also living complex lives - relationships, problems, feelings & thoughts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Couthy

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By *thfloorCouple
over a year ago

Hove

"a hapax legomenon"

It's all greek to me.

I'll go with liminality and subsumption.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

floccinaucinihilipilification

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Floccinaucinihilipilification!

The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Sorry you beat me to it.

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By *ryan... OP Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Cromulent

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"floccinaucinihilipilification "

It’s not that uncommon, that’s twice it’s appeared on this thread

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

Ribaldry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apotheosis

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By *ittlemiss Hal O weenCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

Discombobulated... Love that word

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Empyrëan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"floccinaucinihilipilification

It’s not that uncommon, that’s twice it’s appeared on this thread

Made famous by Jacob Rees Mogg when he used it in a speech in the House of Commons

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Rumbunctious

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By *abonWoman
over a year ago

L’boro/Ashby & Cheltenham

"Antidisestablishmentarianism..

( to keep the state church..)

What other uncommon words can you give us .

( The winner gets to be prime minister..

p.s. there are no winners)

Always wondered what antidisestablishmentarianism meant! I mean I could have looked it up all these years, but somehow always found something better to do! I don’t get the fact that it has anti AND dis in it…surely they cancel each other out, so why have either? Why not just say establishmentarianism?

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By *ryan... OP Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Gay...as in happy/ pleasant/ cheerful ...

seems to have gone the way of long lasting prime ministers

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

My favourite words are not English.

Mogollón

Fussballweltmeisterschaftpokal

Are just two

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"Sonder - when in a quiet moment when in a crowd you have the realisation everyone around you are also living complex lives - relationships, problems, feelings & thoughts"

I love that. Committed to memory!

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford

"Antidisestablishmentarianism..

( to keep the state church..)

What other uncommon words can you give us .

( The winner gets to be prime minister..

p.s. there are no winners)

Logically and gramatically, you are entirely right! But the word 'disestablishmentarian' existed and the word 'establishmentarian' didn't. English back-formations are rarer than words formed via prefixes, so the longer word won.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

The last uncommon word I remember using is flabbergasted

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In all seriousness - sonder. An absolutely brilliant word.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In all seriousness - sonder. An absolutely brilliant word. "

“The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.“

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Ostler

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By *abonWoman
over a year ago

L’boro/Ashby & Cheltenham

"Antidisestablishmentarianism..

( to keep the state church..)

What other uncommon words can you give us .

( The winner gets to be prime minister..

p.s. there are no winners)

Oh my…to get the answer AND be told that I am entirely right, logically and grammatically, is a full mind and body sensation…thank you!!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Poleaxed

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"My favourite words are not English.

Mogollón

Fussballweltmeisterschaftpokal

Are just two

German words are always great! What does that mean: Football-world-master...?

I love zusammenbruch!

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"Antidisestablishmentarianism..

I don’t get the fact that it has anti AND dis in it…surely they cancel each other out, so why have either? Why not just say establishmentarianism?

First there was the establishment.

Then there was a movement against the establishment. Their work was labelled disestablishmentarianism.

Finally, there was a movement against the movement that was against the establishment. Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Keep up!

Gbat

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By *ed MartinMan
over a year ago

Shefford

Petrichor- the smell of rain on dry hot soil.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"My favourite words are not English.

Mogollón

Fussballweltmeisterschaftpokal

Are just two

German words are always great! What does that mean: Football-world-master...?

I love zusammenbruch!"

It means the "football world cup"

It's true that I woke Mr KC up during our honeymoon, to tell him that I'd remembered that word. He was very pleased

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bastardize

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Petrichor- the smell of rain on dry hot soil."

Awesome word

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Discommoded.

I like to think it means that you are upset because someone has removed your commode

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pollard

if you know you know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buttnugget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Buttnugget"

Why did you also PM me that hahaha

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"My favourite words are not English.

Mogollón

Fussballweltmeisterschaftpokal

Are just two

German words are always great! What does that mean: Football-world-master...?

I love zusammenbruch!

It means the "football world cup"

It's true that I woke Mr KC up during our honeymoon, to tell him that I'd remembered that word. He was very pleased

I'm sure he was delighted! It's what honeymoons are for!

Only the Germans would need 'meisterschaftpokal' to mean cup!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"My favourite words are not English.

Mogollón

Fussballweltmeisterschaftpokal

Are just two

German words are always great! What does that mean: Football-world-master...?

I love zusammenbruch!

It means the "football world cup"

It's true that I woke Mr KC up during our honeymoon, to tell him that I'd remembered that word. He was very pleased

I'm sure he was delighted! It's what honeymoons are for!

Only the Germans would need 'meisterschaftpokal' to mean cup! "

He's not let me forget it for the past 13yrs

Fussball - football

Welt - world

Meisterschaft - mastery

Pokal - cup

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Wurly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lobbus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tuchus

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By *ryan... OP Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Diffident

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By *irty-pairCouple
over a year ago

South Essex

Flibbertigibbet

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By *irginieWoman
over a year ago

Near Marlborough

Petrichor. I only found out that the smell after rain has a name recently. What a wonderful word I never knew.

V x

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By *abonWoman
over a year ago

L’boro/Ashby & Cheltenham

"Antidisestablishmentarianism..

I don’t get the fact that it has anti AND dis in it…surely they cancel each other out, so why have either? Why not just say establishmentarianism?

First there was the establishment.

Then there was a movement against the establishment. Their work was labelled disestablishmentarianism.

Finally, there was a movement against the movement that was against the establishment. Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Keep up!

Gbat

I’m trying, but I’m also sensing that you are making that up!! Surely that third movement was just the first movement trying to bring back the status quo…?! So what’s the point, is my point

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford

Oh my…to get the answer AND be told that I am entirely right, logically and grammatically, is a full mind and body sensation…thank you!!"

Delighted to be of assistance!

In my deluxe special offer package, as well as grammatical validation, I also throw in a free 'Your hair/skin looks amazing today' (delete according to anxiety), as well as opening jars and Prosecco.

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By *ussieChrisMan
over a year ago

Walsall

Mastication

Means: To chew

Always a good laugh with the younger people that thing your saying Mastibation.

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By *arkjackMan
over a year ago

West Cork

Non sequitur. A jump in logic that doesn't follow from what was said.

Journalists don't want you to know about non sequiturs because their thoughts are mostly composed of non sequiturs.

Sometimes it means they haven't formalized their thought because it is difficult to both understand and articulate but more often it means somebody is not too bright. You can use socratic reasoning to figure out which is which, because the person who has a real idea will be able to answer or "backfill" the missing part - but the other type won't acknowledge or understand why you're asking the questions.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Flibbertigibbet"

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Char (as in, cup of char)

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"My favourite words are not English.

Mogollón

Fussballweltmeisterschaftpokal

Are just two

German words are always great! What does that mean: Football-world-master...?

I love zusammenbruch!

It means the "football world cup"

It's true that I woke Mr KC up during our honeymoon, to tell him that I'd remembered that word. He was very pleased

I'm sure he was delighted! It's what honeymoons are for!

Only the Germans would need 'meisterschaftpokal' to mean cup!

He's not let me forget it for the past 13yrs

Fussball - football

Welt - world

Meisterschaft - mastery

Pokal - cup

How on earth is 'mastery' needed there?

Thosecrazygermansandtheirridiculouslylongwords

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By *callycatMan
over a year ago

Mid Wales

Crapulent

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

Butthurt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

floccinaucinihilipilification a staple of the game show catchword back in the 80s [not to be confused with catchphrase]

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Buttcrastination

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"I’m also sensing that you are making that up!! Surely that third movement was just the first movement trying to bring back the status quo…?! So what’s the point, is my point

No!!! It's true. It's all over a period of time.

Gbat

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Pinguescent is my favourite.

I have a new word every day. I may not remember them but I like knowing them for an hour or two.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crepuscular

To describe animals active at dawn and dusk.

Also crepuscular rays are shafts of sunlight seen through gaps in clouds

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By *idnight RamblerMan
over a year ago

Pershore

mephtonious

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By *ildmanYorksMan
over a year ago

Doncaster & Bembridge

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

A lung disease caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust

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By *rolicUsCouple
over a year ago

Alluringly mysterious

Oleaginous and Crepuscular

Words make me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Syntax. Thank goodness you don’t have to pay it.

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Rambunctious

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jumentous catamite gewgaw

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