Under-used Words

Jika · Post by **Jika** » Sun May 22, 2005 9:19 pm

Words. There are so many to choose from and so many that are overlooked.

What are some of your favourite under-used words?

Here's a few of mine; :wah:

cackle

betwixt

hyperbole

giblets

flange

paltry

gumption

cantankerous

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:20 pm

Loyal

Honest

Committed

Devoted

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

john8pies · Post by **john8pies** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:53 am

Well I try to give them all a turn so they don`t feel underused. Despite this I did manage to slip "machinations" into a conversation this morning!

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:26 am

I like the way we have come up with names for groups of things.

a Murder of Crows

a Gagle of geese

a Pod of whales

a Clench of clients at a protologist office

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:12 am

Dangle

Poltroon

Behove

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:15 am

Wolverine wrote: I like the way we have come up with names for groups of things.

a Murder of Crows

a Gagle of geese

a Pod of whales

a Clench of clients at a protologist officeA smack of jellyfish

A quiver of cobras

A tiding of magpies

A parliament of owls ( got a few old buzzards in our houses of parliament! )