Jan
4
Debauchee
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French words stolen for use in the English language are the cornerstones of pretentiousness, and a debauchee, or one prone to debauchery/excessive sensual indulgence, might just be apt to indulge in a little pretentiousness by uncorking this and maybe a few other choice French cognates for a splash of conversational panache.
Evan
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Jan
2
Dichotomy
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The first time I heard this word used, I thought the speaker sounded so intelligent. I like the way it sounds with the hard consonants. Most of the time when I use this word, I’m arguing passionately about something.
Amy
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Jan
2
Debauchery
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A high class word for when you feel like your night on the town is high class. Plus, you can’t help but smile when you say it, that hard b is so pleasing.
Stephanie V.
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Jan
1
I could just go on and on about this word.
Chuck Boulais
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Dec
30
Defenestrate
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When I first read it somewhere, “defenestrate” was a word I had to look up immediately. As someone with very little knowledge of Latin, I didn’t see any connection to windows, but the mere sound of the word struck me as mischievous and a bit dirty. Even so, I wasn’t disappointed to learn that assassination-by-throwing-from-a-window had its very own word. Where are all the other words in the English language for useful stuff like this? I want an elegant word for death by being tied to railroad tracks, or murder by encasement in a concrete foundation…. You get the picture. And even though it’s not very useful, “defenestrate” is worth learning just for the simple pleasure of telling off an annoying idiot by saying “Go defenestrate yourself” and watching his dumbfounded, and often disgusted, reaction.
Amy Lange
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Dec
21
Disassemblable
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My favorite word has to be disassemblable. It’s not really
an “offocial” word - yet. But my goal in life is to make sure that
before I die, that word is in the dictionary. It’s fun to say, and has
a true meaning (able to be disassembled). Many things can be
disassembled, and many can’t. This word separates the two
possibilities from each other.
Larry Berg
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