Word of the Day!

[Bigsammy610]

YUPPIE

yup-pie

A well-paid young middle-class professional who works in a city job and has a luxurious lifestyle.

 

[Bigsammy610]

BEATNIK

ˈbētnik
noun
A young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

 

[zombywoof]

Was a guy from Utrecht who used to work with us couldnt believe a word that came out of his mouth so he was called the Lying Dutchman.

prevarication

 

[zombywoof]

Preposterous


contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
"synonyms: absurd, ridiculous, foolish, stupid, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, comical, risible, hare-brained, asinine, inane, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, insane, unreasonable, irrational, illogical


it just rolls off the tongue and sounds so good

 

[Erikmen]

palatable

adjective

1. acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste;savory: palatable food.


2. acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feelings:palatable ideas.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Somehow in women's fashion 'demur' came to mean modest. A demur dress shows less leg and less cleavage.

Ah! Thank you herby

I love learning about words.

 

[Erikmen]

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[TD="align: right"]Cynosure[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]A focal point of admiration.[/TD]
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[Junkiegirl23]

ailurophile


lover of cats



i dont trust anyone who says they don't like cats

We keep having more and more in common haha
This is fucking awesome. I had no idea there was such a word. I'm an ailurophile.. I'm loving it

ken
the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge

 

[Erikmen]

Felicity

noun

Intense happiness;

the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts.

Synonyms: happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, bliss, delight, cheerfulness

 

[zombywoof]

quintessential

of the pure and essential essence of something:


of or relating to the most perfect embodiment of something:

 

[Erikmen]

Compassionate

adjective

Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others
Synonyms:

Sympathetic, empathetic, understanding, caring, solicitous, sensitive, warm, loving.

 

[Junkiegirl23]

Loquacious
lōˈkwāSHəs/
adjective
tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

 

[Erikmen]

efflorescence


noun

1. the state or a period of flowering.

2. an example or result of growth and development.

 

[Papaverium]

Pareidolia

noun

The phenomena in which one perceives faces or other recognizable features in something of no relevance.

ex: seeing faces in the patterns of raindrops on a window

 

[Junkiegirl23]

^

Love it, great word.

acatalepsy
(EY-kat-i-lep-see)
1. incomprehensibility; a word much used (in its Greek form) by the later Academics and Skeptics (Carneades, Arcesilaus, etc.), who held that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability, and who advocated a suspension of judgment upon all questions, even upon the doctrine of acatalepsy itself.

2. uncertainty in the diagnosis or prognosis of diseases.

3. a weak understanding; mental deficiency.

 

[zombywoof]

Tittynope

a small quantity of something left over

 

[Erikmen]

Brood
To think alone.

 

[zombywoof]

Triskaidekaphobia

extreme superstition about the number thirteen

 

[Junkiegirl23]

Phobophobia

The fear of phobias

 

[zombywoof]

umbriferous

shady