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What words do you wish you used more often?

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    I enjoy the lecherous connotation. If I was a lady I should be so honored

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    Wow, I came to the comments section to drop the word "lecherous" only to find you casually fitting it into a reply...

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      chagrin

      reify

      robust

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      Heretic. Something about that word feels very relevant in modern society...

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      • J [email protected]

        Wow, I came to the comments section to drop the word "lecherous" only to find you casually fitting it into a reply...

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        Do it anyway, itll be top-level so nobody will even see little old mine, probably šŸ˜‰

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        • mossyfeathers@pawb.socialM [email protected]

          Heretic. Something about that word feels very relevant in modern society...

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          The -tics are all very powerful

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            chagrin

            reify

            robust

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            Nonplussed and forbearance. Got the latter into a work email earlier, easily the highlight of my day

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              chagrin

              reify

              robust

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              I'm the sort of weirdo who uses all kinds of stilted vocabulary in not-terribly-formal situation. Just a few words that I use regularly that I remember getting shit for using:

              • Ostensibly
              • Indeed
              • Escarpment
              • Thrice

              I do use "chagrin" not infrequently. I can't think of a time when I've used the word "reify", but it feels like the sort of word I'd use.

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                The -tics are all very powerful

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                erotics is my favorite power to summon

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                  chagrin

                  reify

                  robust

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                  Toxicognaths (toxic jaw)

                  Chilopoda (lip foot)

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                    Not necessarily words, but a simple phrase: "I like you."

                    I think people should say that to each other more.

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                    "I fink you freaky, and I like you a lot..."

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                    • C [email protected]

                      chagrin

                      reify

                      robust

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                      I don't hear flibbertigibbet or flabbergasted enough in my life.

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                        chagrin

                        reify

                        robust

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                        Widdershins

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                          "Madam"

                          but apparently Yankees have some weird association between that word and age

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                          Just some women, usually named Karen...

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                            chagrin

                            reify

                            robust

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                            Hitherto

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                            • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

                              I don't hear flibbertigibbet or flabbergasted enough in my life.

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                              Shakira Flabbergasted

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                                Widdershins

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                                Aue aye, Cap'n

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                                  I'm the sort of weirdo who uses all kinds of stilted vocabulary in not-terribly-formal situation. Just a few words that I use regularly that I remember getting shit for using:

                                  • Ostensibly
                                  • Indeed
                                  • Escarpment
                                  • Thrice

                                  I do use "chagrin" not infrequently. I can't think of a time when I've used the word "reify", but it feels like the sort of word I'd use.

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                                  I use ostensibly a lot lately. Seems like an appropriate word for our times.

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                                  • mossyfeathers@pawb.socialM [email protected]

                                    Heretic. Something about that word feels very relevant in modern society...

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                                    Arbiter ?

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                                      I'm the sort of weirdo who uses all kinds of stilted vocabulary in not-terribly-formal situation. Just a few words that I use regularly that I remember getting shit for using:

                                      • Ostensibly
                                      • Indeed
                                      • Escarpment
                                      • Thrice

                                      I do use "chagrin" not infrequently. I can't think of a time when I've used the word "reify", but it feels like the sort of word I'd use.

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                                        I'm the sort of weirdo who uses all kinds of stilted vocabulary in not-terribly-formal situation. Just a few words that I use regularly that I remember getting shit for using:

                                        • Ostensibly
                                        • Indeed
                                        • Escarpment
                                        • Thrice

                                        I do use "chagrin" not infrequently. I can't think of a time when I've used the word "reify", but it feels like the sort of word I'd use.

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                                        I had to look up escarpment. How do you regularly have the opportunity to use that word?

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                                          chagrin

                                          reify

                                          robust

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                                          anisotropicĀ /ăn-ī″sə-trŏp′ĭk, -trÅā€²pÄ­k/

                                          adjective

                                          1. Not isotropic.
                                          2. Having properties that differ based on the direction of measurement.
                                          3. HavingĀ propertiesĀ thatĀ differĀ according to theĀ directionĀ ofĀ measurement; exhibitingĀ anisotropy.

                                          The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More atĀ Wordnik

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