Seldom used or odd words; I'll start

[swsig]

Two words that haven't been heard in Washington D.C. for many years:
Cooperation
Collaboration

 

[Faulkner]

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.

Yeah, my grandparents used that one regularly. I know of a local diner in the next county that has a logo on their sign which says "our fried chicken and biscuits are larruping".

 

[DWalt]

""Penultimate" - Next to last. "
Amazing how frequently that word is misused.

I like Defenestration - act of throwing something out of a window.

 

[Gamecock]

I like Defenestration - act of throwing something out of a window.

Good one. And "fenestration" is actually a word. Seldom used, and odd, too.

 

[Watchdog]

Chunk - meaning to throw.

You don't quit that, I'm fixin' ta chunk this dirt clod at cha.

I've heard that one, and also the word "chuck" used for the same meaning..."He chucked a rock at the window."

 

[S42N8]

Harridan: A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one. Don't ask how I know

floccinaucinihilipilification: the act or habit of describing or regarding something as worthless. Don't try pronouncing that at home.

Hoplophobia: Doesn't apply in the Forum.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: the fear of long words. Irony, taken the long way.

 

[kthom]

"bilious" , from being sick on account of the liver (bile). Also describes something extremely unpleasant or distasteful, or someone peevish, irritable, or cranky.

Which probably applies to all of us at one time or another. And to a few of us all the time!!

 

[GaryS]

Jiminy Cricket!

Jumping Jehoshaphat

 

[pmanton]

Pellucid--transparent, clear

 

[okiegtrider]

I want to scream when I hear that!

"no problem" rubs me a little raw too. But, it does help me know exactly how much to tip them.

 

[Chuck24]

Episoodics. Any generic or unknown disease.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Flummoxed.

adjective
bewildered or perplexed.
"This new administration has me flummoxed"

 

[Stevens]

Skedaddle: Get away from here, fast!
My Mom was from Oregon and used this a lot.
Steve W

 

[Mexican Kerry]

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. .......

That's what I thought of when I read the post too. My daughter loves Calvin and Hobbes, a rare thing we can say we share.

 

[Alpo]

Also know as Suicide Knob.

Around here, it was a Honey Hugger.

 

[armorer951]

Curmudgeon (noun) a bad-tempered or surly person.

 

[Cyrano]

Here's a few:

Larboard: Archaic naval term for port (that's left for you landlubers).

Larboards: Works like a centerboard on a small sailboat, but the two larboards are attached on the sides of the boat. They are pivoted at the front and can be lowered when sailing against the wind, and raised to decrease the draft.. Often used by Dutch sailboats, probably because their waters are fairly shallow.

Thwart: Noun: a seat that goes from one side to the other of a small boat.

Diurnal: Adj: happening during the day, opposite of nocturnal.

Claque: A group hired to attend an event an applaud the performer or performance.

My favorite: boustrophedon: a type of writing in which each line is written in the opposite direction from the preceding line. If one line is written to be read left to right, the next is written right to left.

 

[Old TexMex]

inaccrochable : Unpublishable writings because of sexual content, or artwork, as paintings unfit for display, for the same reason.

Larrikin: I have been called one.

Obamises: Unfulfillable assurances.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

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

Actually I have heard that also here in Missouri.

My wife is a retired teacher and she would get on me that younz or you unz are not real words so I would give her some cock and bull story that they were until she just shook her head.
While she was reading her historical fiction (that's a different story, is it history or fiction) she read the word younz and she had to show me.
Told her I win!

 

[yaktamer]

Disputation=dispute