Blatteroon
Blat`ter`oon´
n. 1. A senseless babbler or boaster.

Blatherskite


blatherskite
1
: a person who blathers a lot
2
: nonsense, blather

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Syzygy.

An alignment of three celestial bodies, as in aa solar or lunar eclipse.

The best hangman word ever, unless you are playing one of my kids.

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Please
Thank you.

Words you hardly hear any more.

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Lickspittle: A suck-up, a toady, a sycophant.

Reckon. My grandmother used it lot.

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"sesquipedalian", adjective.

Describes big words, as well as speech and text using big words with many syllables. Can also be used to describe people who produce such language, like folks who'd actually use the term "sesquipedalian".

I learned that word in college in a pub that had a "word of the day" up on their reader board, and I stared at it all night on one oaccasion while slowly getting plastered. That's how you learn things for life.

Latus rectum: A chord through the focus of a conic section perpendicular to its axis. (difficult to keep a bunch of sophomores quiet once you've mentioned that in class)

Phlegm: Mucous

Logorrhea: Medical Definition of logorrhea. : pathologically excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness that is characteristic especially of the manic phase of bipolar disorder.

Often referred to as diarrhea of the mouth by people dictionarily challenged.

ram·e·kin
ˈraməkən/
noun
a small dish for baking and serving an individual portion of food.
a quantity of food served in a ramekin, in particular a small quantity of cheese baked with breadcrumbs, eggs, and seasoning.

Fetching: Meant as a compliment meaning very appealing.

Guying: Meaning publicly humiliating someone.

Mothersbreath : A unit of measurement in old cookbooks.

* Lollygag - verb

To dawdle, procrastinate, waste time, goof off

* Jabberwocky - noun, adjective

senseless words or speech, gibberish
Originates from the Lewis Carroll poem Jabberwocky

Both of these words are fun to say and I use them occasionally.

You're welcome. These days you get, "no problem".

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exhaustipated: too tired to give a @#$%

I use ramekins for dishing up ice cream so I limit the quantity. If the dish is bigger I want to dish up more. We also use them for dipping sauce when serving artichokes, and other foods too.

I reckon it's use must be a geographical or cultural thing. It's use is quite common in my neck of the woods.

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Common in Australia, at least in the part I was at...

bloviate
verb
talk at length,especially in an inflated or empty way

Smellsmock. Look it up.

When Elizabeth Taylor was in Charleston making a movie about the Civil War [War Of Northern Aggression], she was asked what was the most interesting "Southern" word she had learned she said..Idn't.

Exsplateration: excessively boring verbosity

Transmogrify: a fanciful or unusual transformation

ETA a couple more (curtesy of Mr.Roy Blackwell):

Connogonize (verb): heavy thinking

Hosebeast: an unsavory woman that you shouldn't associate with

Hijondaconda: a disease you can catch from the hosebeast

My grandmother who was born in 1907, when describing anything in abundance would characterize them as forty eleven. Such as, there were fortyeleven snakes under that piece of tin roofing.

terry

I did! Interesting.

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When I was growing up my grandmother her siblings and my mother and aunts used this all the time, but it has been about 30 years since I heard it used

The word is conniption. A good chance I was the reason for many of the conniptions or sometimes called conniption Fit

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The President in Dr. Strangelove was Merkin Muffley. Merkin is a word, but you will need to Google it...

I don't know!

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Thing-a-ma-jig When you dont know what it is. Shes flatter than a flitter. Flat tire at a bad time.

Ah yes, brings back many fond memories of "Calvin and Hobbes". I have the complete set of "Calvin and Hobbes" books. About twice a year, I get one out and use it for my evening reading. IMHO, Bill Watterson is a wonderful artist and a better intellectual. .......

Niggardly.

My grandmother was born in 1892. She has been gone many years now. A few words she used often and I still remember.

Grip - suitcase - Pack you grip for the trip.
Wraps - Coat/sweater/etc. "Don't forget your wraps".
Picture show - Movie at a movie theater. "Going to the picture show".
Sweeper - Vacuum cleaner.

This is a good one. I have used it on occasion in recent times and gotten funny looks from young unlettered adults. I vaguely recall a story of someone being severely criticized for using a racist word i.e. niggardly.

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SWCA 1821

I reckon Faulkner is right. Certainly common to our part of the world as well.

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Any Carpetbaggers around?
A few ago was working on my genealogy.
The local expert lady was helping me.
We were working on some of my Mother's folks.
They came down from MO to MS after the war to buy cheap land.
Mildred the expert said 'Those are Carpetbaggers.'
So I'm kin to Carpetbaggers.
That fact did not please my Mother.

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Spigot.
Dilly dally.
Otherwise I'm exhaustipated...

Found correct word for my body style: abdominous. (_look it up_)

Bekeart

Did you hear the one about the married English teachers who had identical twins? Named them Metonymy and Synecdoche.



You couldn't tell them apart.

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Don't forget General Turgidson....

Sadly, I didn't have to.

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Can open, worms everywhere.

First cousin to a "Doohickey" isn't it?

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Can open, worms everywhere.

Hippie
I wonder what happen to them?

hippie?
i'm right here....

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Mendacity - a tendency to lie

That's a good one...

pontificate / to speak in a way that expresses your superior knowledge or authority even though you don't know what your talking about.

younz / word that means a gathering of people, very formal. Better than the hickish term "you all". Danny Webster

Verisimilitude

1. The appearance or semblance of truth

"His incessant bragging about his extensive collection of fine Smith & Wesson revolvers lacked verisimilitude, since no one had ever seen any of them."

Archaic English wording, still common in my Tennessee family when I was a kid:

"I'll be there directly," meaning "shortly".

And then there was "toilet water" for a light cologne. Came from "eau de toilette" (spelling?), I think.

When was the last time you heard "bay rum"?

"Watch fob".

"Contralto"--they're all mezzo sopranos now.

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I was a few years too old for hippiedom but one of my college buddies took off for San Francisco in '63. Many/most hippies grew up to be solid citizens. But, when they go to a Clapton or Eagles concert the air is thick with reefer fumes. Wife and I are ex-smokers and she wondered why the venue wasn't enforcing NO SMOKING signs. All we had to do was breathe deeply.

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SWCA 1821

In the Central Pennsylvania hills it's "you'uns". My wife comes from there.

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SWCA 1821

Jumping Jehoshaphat

sidegoddillin- un level or not straight

larrupin'

A few years ago I hosted three Arkansas boys at the B&B. One was a cook, one was his sous chef, and the third fella and I drank beer while the meal was prepared. They insisted I join them for dinner. (The things I did for my guests....)

After dinner, the other beer drinker rared back in his seat, rubbed his belly, and said, "Oh, my, that was larrupin'."

The chef asked, "What does that mean?"

I immediately offered, "He's telling you it was a great meal."

I guess folks who drink beer know such things.

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Bob