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    I don't know about you, but I love words. I love the type of words that when you read them feel like you're biting into a giant loaf of bread. Please post whatever dime, quarter, half-dollar*, dollar, three-dollar words that catch your fancy. To kick off, I came across an article using the word "subcutaneous," which just sounds lush and a little bit dirty. Definition: situated or applied under the skin. Etymology: from the Latin sub (under or below) and cutis (the skin). Taking some transliterational liberties: Beneath the Skin. Which we should all have watched by now.

    To be clear: this is not meant to be a pissing contest about who has the biggest vocabulary. Instead, it's meant to be a thread where we put up some interesting words and try to figure out why they're interesting. This absolutely includes non-English words that can be explained in English (bc this is the shitty language we all converse in). Of course, if there happens to be a bit of vernacular grandstanding, that's to be expected... this is a message board after all.

    So let's affiliate around Appolonious expression!


    * half-dollar ain't such a bad word itself.
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    I like "Behooves".
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    I use the phrase "in cahoots" every conceivable chance I get. (It is also technically correct to say "they have/are a cahoot," but my guess is you'd get funny looks.)

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    Quote Quoting Idioteque Stalker (view post)
    I use the phrase "in cahoots" every conceivable chance I get. (It is also technically correct to say "they have/are a cahoot," but my guess is you'd get funny looks.)

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    I was looking up the etymology and apparently it comes from two French words that mean hut. More interesting is the example sentence Merriam Webster a gives:

    "In contrast, Nora and her foul-mouthed grandma are often in cahoots."
    — Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: 'Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens' and the Freshness of Angst-Free Asian Americans," 26 Feb. 2020
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    I like "Behooves".
    Exactly! What else would we call the feet of a bee?
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    I like the word "jackassery".

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    Quote Quoting quido8_5 (view post)
    Exactly! What else would we call the feet of a bee?
    Sometimes a word comes along and fills a conceptual/practical void. Thank the lord for behooves.


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    I like the word "jackassery".
    Curious about the etymology for this one.

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    It's probably not even an accepted word, but if information is conveyed, and vocabulary is understood, isnt that enough for language?

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    I've always been a fan of the word copacetic. The fact that it is a fancy word that is derived from French Creole makes me love it all the more.
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    Quote Quoting Skitch (view post)
    It's probably not even an accepted word, but if information is conveyed, and vocabulary is understood, isnt that enough for language?
    Bingo. I like Meriam-Webster's definition: "a piece of stupidity or folly : DOLTISHNESS". Couldn't find etymology, but I think it's safe to assume it was probably a really pissed off and exasperated mother of two boys.

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    I've always been a fan of the word copacetic. The fact that it is a fancy word that is derived from French Creole makes me love it all the more.
    Word! I use copacetic on the regular. Didn't know about the derivation-- that's so cool!
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    I find reasons to use apoplectic all the time, but I always get side-eye like I'm trying to sound smart and have a word-of-the-day calendar so I dont.

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    "Verklempt" is such an apt, vivid word for its meaning, but I always forget to use it.
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    Verklempt sounds like what it means. I love it. Also, cannot hear it without thinking about Coffee Talk.

    Apoplectic is a great word and also expresses a fairly specific emotion. People can be stupid when they're insecure. That being said, "side eye" is a pretty great phrase in itself.
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    Schadenfreude

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    Schadenfreude
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    Speaking of words, my MC Handle was my IRC handle back in the 90s. I chose it because Spun and I at the time had determined bacon to be the funniest sounding word in the English language (especially when Spun employs his Phillip Barcudia accent). #themoreyouknow
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    I've always been found of "marvelous." It just rolls off the tongue.
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    Quote Quoting bac0n (view post)
    Speaking of words, my MC Handle was my IRC handle back in the 90s. I chose it because Spun and I at the time had determined bacon to be the funniest sounding word in the English language (especially when Spun employs his Phillip Barcudia accent). #themoreyouknow
    That's funny, because now-a-days I think the word "butt" is much funnier. You should change your name to that.
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    Started watching Stranger Things season three (after skipping season two) and a very interesting word popped out in one of the episodes: apophenia. M-W defines it as: "the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas), [and] gives rise to conspiracy theories." Interestingly enough, it was first coined by psychologists around 1980 to define people who see patterns where one does not exists. The article below discusses current research in this area where those with apophenia are "more receptive to pseudo-profound bullshit."

    https://www.psypost.org/2018/11/peop...bullshit-52657

    At first I thought this had to be some kind of Onion-like prank, but I looked into it and found the study the article references. The actual title of the actual research study is: Openness/Intellect and Susceptibility to Pseudo-Profound Bullshit: A Replication and Extension. This is, indeed, a field of research and has been since around 1986, when the idea of "bullshit" was first researched and individual differences were found in "bullshit receptivity." The article defines pseudo-profound bullshit (PPBS) as "any statement designed to inspire feelings of profundity without any direct concern for meaning or truth, with profundity defined as something ‘of deep meaning.'"

    Example: 'Hidden meaning transforms unparalleled abstract beauty.’
    Non-example: ‘Unparalleled transforms meaning hidden abstract’.

    Both are meaningless, but the former has a syntactic structure and we want to attach meaning to it. The latter, on the other hand, doesn't have abide by the rules of syntax and easily identified as meaningless.
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    I find the word "crisp" super satisfying to say.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    I find the word "crisp" super satisfying to say.
    I'm trying to think of something that isn't good crisp...bacon, lettuce, cookies...

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    I'm trying to think of something that isn't good crisp...bacon, lettuce, cookies...
    Ummm...bowel movement?
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    Ummm...bowel movement?
    ffs lol

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