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What words do you wish you used more often?

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  • F [email protected]

    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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      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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                          anisotropic /ăn-ī″sə-trŏp′ĭk, -trō′pĭk/

                          adjective

                          1. Not isotropic.
                          2. Having properties that differ based on the direction of measurement.
                          3. Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.

                          The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

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                            chagrin

                            reify

                            robust

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                            Penultimate is a useful word I never use in speaking.

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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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                              Last time I remember getting shit for using it, I was streaming on Twitch and randomly forgot the word "cliff". Heh.

                              The viewers (all two of them, lol) responded with "indubitibly"s and the "like a sir" rage faces. Lol.

                              That was probably... 3 years ago? I'm sure I've used it at least a few times since then, but I can't remember a specific time aside from talking about the aforementioned incident.

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                                anisotropic /ăn-ī″sə-trŏp′ĭk, -trō′pĭk/

                                adjective

                                1. Not isotropic.
                                2. Having properties that differ based on the direction of measurement.
                                3. Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.

                                The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

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                                Please give the definitions if its abstruse or uncommon, folks

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                                  Last time I remember getting shit for using it, I was streaming on Twitch and randomly forgot the word "cliff". Heh.

                                  The viewers (all two of them, lol) responded with "indubitibly"s and the "like a sir" rage faces. Lol.

                                  That was probably... 3 years ago? I'm sure I've used it at least a few times since then, but I can't remember a specific time aside from talking about the aforementioned incident.

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                                  Pfftt... "Aforementioned." Well la-di-da.

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                                    chagrin

                                    reify

                                    robust

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                                    Serendipitous
                                    Oligarchical
                                    Slaying

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                                      Hitherto

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                                      heretofore

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                                      • jerb322@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

                                        Toxicognaths (toxic jaw)

                                        Chilopoda (lip foot)

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                                        "ol girl had chilopoda but I still ate that 🥴"

                                        I like it

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                                          chagrin

                                          reify

                                          robust

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                                          Don't
                                          Worry
                                          About
                                          The
                                          Squirting

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