Seldom used or odd words; I'll start

[Rustyt1953]

Pudge, you are spot on.

This just proves that word recognition is due to exposure not to IQ. Some of the wisest people I have known had a very limited vocabulary and I would sit at their feet to learn anytime.

Given an unabridged dictionary, there are those who's extracted list of unfamiliar words would be a short one.

Others would find it more expeditious to just pull out the ones they know.

 

[bobcat3388]

Also...

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

I was wrong.

I apologize.

These days all you get is the cover all response for all of those that irks me to no end......."my bad."

 

[ron_c]

How about the unfinished sentence.

Well, I'll be a................

 

[kthom]

Pudge, you are spot on.

This just proves that word recognition is due to exposure not to IQ. Some of the wisest people I have known had a very limited vocabulary and I would sit at their feet to learn anytime.

Given an unabridged dictionary, there are those who's extracted list of unfamiliar words would be a short one.

Others would find it more expeditious to just pull out the ones they know.

Amen!!! and Amen!

 

[GaryS]

Persnickity.

 

[BornToLooze]

Sir and Ma'am. Think I'm one of the few people my age that have heard of them.

 

[Absalom]

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.

I think Webster actually expanded its meaning because he liked it so much .

From the etymology dictionary:

"A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window (they landed in a trash heap and survived) of the castle of Hradschin by Protestant radicals."

 

[soFlaNative]

Antimacassar. Both the word and the item were common when I was a boy. And I didn't make that one up.

I kept knocking them off at Grandma's house.
I'd make sure to put them back or get my neck wrung.
She could give a mean Indian Burn. Heard that one lately?
Guess they phased out with the disappearance of hair gel.

 

[soFlaNative]

I think Webster actually expanded its meaning because he liked it so much .

From the etymology dictionary:

"A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window (they landed in a trash heap and survived) of the
castle of Hradschin by Protestant radicals."

Doesn't one have to be fenestrated before being defenestrated?

 

[Absalom]

Doesn't one have to be fenestrated before being defenestrated?

I think it's like being disgruntled.

People always look at me funny when they ask how I'm doing and I tell them I'm perfectly gruntled.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Ausgespielt - Played out, gone, empty.

 

[Gamecock]

Ellipsis . . . .

 

[mikey460sw]

Here in western Pennsylvania you hear YINS alot. Try finding that in your dictionary.

 

[M E Morrison]

Here in western Pennsylvania you hear YINS alot. Try finding that in your dictionary.

Also "youns"

 

[03hemi]

"Butterface"
...as in, "I'd do anything but her face.
"Azlikes disease"
Your face looks just like your azz.

 

[rcnixon]

Oscitant - Means drowsy or inattentive.

Russ

 

[GaryS]

Disputatious.

 

[tekarra]

While we're at it, can some explain the difference between "inflammable" and "flammable"?[/QUOTE]

Flammable means it can be ignited while inflammable means it cannot be ignited. The prefix "in-" means not, the same as : inattentive and attentive, inappropriate and appropriate, inconsiderate and considerate, compatible and incompatible to mention a few.

 

[g-dad]

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

If you're saying 'you all' ya'll ain't from around here. justsayin

 

[GaryS]

Then, explain this,

in·flam·ma·ble

(ĭn-flăm′ə-bəl)adj.1. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable. See Usage Note at flammable.
2. Quickly or easily aroused to strong emotion; excitable.

While we're at it, can some explain the difference between "inflammable" and "flammable"?

Flammable means it can be ignited while inflammable means it cannot be ignited. The prefix "in-" means not, the same as : inattentive and attentive, inappropriate and appropriate, inconsiderate and considerate, compatible and incompatible to mention a few.[/QUOTE]