Abstemious-meaning moderate or sparing, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol.
Seldom used or odd words; I'll start
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Tyrod
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I'll give it a shot.
jeet
Used in a sentence. Jeet?
A southern colloquial contraction of "Did you eat?".
jeet
Used in a sentence. Jeet?
A southern colloquial contraction of "Did you eat?".
kthom
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Titivate definition, to make smart or spruce.
"titivate the ship"
Is that anything like "titillate"?
Abstemious, like parecious and facetious, is a word, one of very few, which uses all five vowels in alphabetical order.
I thought this thread was for odd or unusual words.
I reckon it extends at least to western North Carolina.
Old TexMex
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Frisbyterian: a religion in which the faithful believe that upon dying, the soul of the believer ascends to the roof and gets stuck up there.
I remember a radio program on NPR that was similar. It consisted of two teams of three "celebrities." They took turns trying to guess the correct definition of unusual and archaic words. I believe it was called "Says You." It was tremendous fun. I don't know if it's still on the air. I lost interest in listening to NPR a few years back. Might have something to do with their political slant, although there were a few programs I really enjoyed.
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Absalom
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Actually, I think that means throwing someONE out of a window, as in the notorious "Defenestration of Prague" in 1618 that prefaced the Thirty Years War.
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Actually, I think that means throwing someONE out of a window, as in the notorious "Defenestration of Prague" in 1618 that prefaced the Thirty Years War.
It can mean either. Webster's defines it as "the act of throwing someone or something out of a window". I think it is more popularly used in the way you described, though.
Idiolect.
Idiolect is an individual's distinctive and unique use of language, including speech. This unique usage encompasses vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Idiolect is the variety of language unique to an individual.
Idiolect is an individual's distinctive and unique use of language, including speech. This unique usage encompasses vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Idiolect is the variety of language unique to an individual.
Not a seldom used word but used incorrectly a lot:
Irregardless, there is no such word the correct word is regardless.
Going in the opposite direction a word that is overused:
Like, young folks like use this word to like explain anything like that they need to like explain.
Irregardless, there is no such word the correct word is regardless.
Going in the opposite direction a word that is overused:
Like, young folks like use this word to like explain anything like that they need to like explain.
I like your post, irregardless of whether or not it's true.
While we're at it, can some explain the difference between "inflammable" and "flammable"?
While we're at it, can some explain the difference between "inflammable" and "flammable"?
Not a seldom used word but used incorrectly a lot:
Irregardless, there is no such word the correct word is regardless.
Going in the opposite direction a word that is overused:
Like, young folks like use this word to like explain anything like that they need to like explain.
Interestingly they mean the same thing unlike decent and indecent or famous and infamous.
Normally the prefix "in" turns the word into the negative as in the examples above but not so in the case of flammable and inflammable. That is just the crazy English language.
Imagine coming here and trying to understand the difference between read and read or lead and lead or lead and led for that matter. One of the reasons why many times a post is misinterpreted because the author means one thing and the reader reads it another way.
susieqz
Absent Comrade
i'm getting impressed by the depth of knowledge
you guys have displayed in this entire thread.
most of those words aren't nearly as rare or unusual as you think, tho.
hugzzz to you.
you guys have displayed in this entire thread.
most of those words aren't nearly as rare or unusual as you think, tho.
hugzzz to you.
Imagine coming here and trying to understand the difference between read and read or lead and lead or lead and led for that matter. One of the reasons why many times a post is misinterpreted because the author means one thing and the reader reads it another way.
My dad complained about the English language to me for years.He was fluent in German and French,but English baffled him.Even more entertaining was that none of us spoke his mother tongue worth a damn [emoji1]
tbgunner88
Member
I haven't heard it used since my grandfather was alive, but he would use hort in place of drink, as in-get ya a little hort. I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling or if it is even an actual word, but that is what came to mind.
sapiosexual - a person who finds intelligence to be the most sexually attractive characteristic of another person.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Antimacassar. Both the word and the item were common when I was a boy. And I didn't make that one up.
kthom
Member
you are correct, suzieqz. We mostly just tend to use words that mean the same thing that are easier to say and use and spell and generally are more intuitively understood! If nothing else, the words we generally use are much more well known by most and therefore make communication much easier. The crowd I hang out with always scolds me if I use a fity cent word when a nickel word would do better (in my crowd ... and which I am proud to say involves most of us here on this forum!!)
What this thread reminds us is that we should never underestimate one another even though we might not sound like we are long off the farm!!!
