Seldom used or odd words; I'll start

[Deuce Caboose]

Balderdash
Noun
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.

Way back when the earth was flat, (in my youth), I worked for a Physician and this was his favorite word. When he used it, the topic of conversation, ended abruptly.

 

[CustomChevyGuy]

We play a game called "fictionary". Maybe it's similar, but the only things you need are a dictionary and paper/pencil.
One person picks a word from the dictionary, writes the correct definition keeping it hidden. The other players, after hearing the word, write their perceived definition. The "definitions" are read aloud and the players vote on which is the correct definition. Points are awarded accordingly.

Lots of chuckles and laughter ensues because the words chosen are always unusual, the the "made-up" definitions are often hilarious and clever.
Dave

With Balderdash a random, seldom used word is read from a card. Each player has to write a definition on a piece of paper. Then all the definitions plus the real definition is read off. Players have to choose which definition they think is correct. You get a point for ever each player who chooses your definition. On top of that you can get point for choosing the real definition, and a point if you write down the real definition.

Naturally the answers, like you said, can be quite funny.

 

[bill2000]

Puckerbrush...same as willywacks.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Antidisestablishmentvegetarianism

 

[jscheck]

"Axt"-as in " I axt you a question".
"Momicked" - as in "He momicked that up!"

*Momicked is extreme southeast NC only as far as I know.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

"Momicked" - as in "He momicked that up!"

Okay, I give up. What did he do when "He momicked that up!"?

When I was little my Grandmother would often say, "Boy, you're a little thick." Guess I still am and maybe this is one of those times.

 

[the ringo kid]

Or:
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Do you remember the "Poison Ivy" one? I barely do.

 

[the ringo kid]

Grandpa was always worried that Grandma would have a conniption fit!

Apoplexy is just another version of Conniption Fit.

 

[tlawler]

"Defenestration" is usually a winner in that game. The answer I liked best is a type of humor used by the Marx brothers.

I just learned that word the other day from a Stephen Hunter novel.

 

[steamloco76]

Antidisestablishmentvegetarianism

Uh, I believe the actual word is antidisestablishmentarianism, but nice try on slipping a vegan post by us carnivores here on the old interweb

My grandmother taught in a one room school during the 1920's.
She used to tell pupils who were faking illness that they had whoflungdung of the doohickey .

 

[Gulfecho]

The longest medical term I know:
Endoscopic-retrograde-colyangiopancreatography. Yep I believe that's a record...its a device used to visualize the bile ducts and the pancreas. Please forgive the spelling errors.

 

[swsig]

Do you remember the "Poison Ivy" one? I barely do.

Nope, I don't think I've heard that one. How's it go?

 

[Erich]

Interstitial - adj. - of, forming or occupying the spaces between things

 

[swsig]

"Honey.....you're wrong!"

Seldom used, because if it is spoken to her, it may be the last word he'll ever speak.

 

[swsig]

Tootin' (Gabby Hayes version)
As in, "Yer dern tootin'!"

 

[Fishslayer]

Deinfestation.

Trusty shellbacks will know that one...

 

[GaryS]

Defenestration.

 

[FifthWheel]

Deinfestation.

Trusty shellbacks will know that one...

Titivate definition, to make smart or spruce.
"titivate the ship"

 

[Cellar Hound]

If I remember correctly...... "Davenport" - is what my grandparents called a sofa. They called an ottoman a "hassock".

 

[Cellar Hound]

How about in the 70's when you went to the bank to take out money.... you gave them your "passbook" to record the transaction.