Sesquipedalian: A user of big words
I like that saying sesquipedalian makes you sesquipedalian.
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This is my favourite too. I have a very sesquipedalian friend, and I had the honour of introducing him to the word.
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Vituperative. Means vicious.
It's German but 'Rucksackriemenquerverbindungsträger', the thing between the straps of a backpack that you can connect to lighten the load on your shoulders.
I made the word up but I use it pretty often.
Well .... I knew exactly what you meant, as you know what I mean when I say: "Rucksackriemenquerverbindsungsträgerersatzschnalle" and I think it's beautiful.
Also: "Getriebeschmiernippel"
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Gloam/gloaming
The onset of twilight/becoming gloomy
Spotted the Radiohead fan
I'm honestly not sure what you're referring to. Is that a word they use a lot in their lyrics?
They wrote “Roaming In The Gloaming”, I guess?
Meant to say in my Nero Wolfe comment - there's a Lemmy community for interesting words at [email protected] - it's not very busy, but still.
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