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Post by dreamer on Sept 28, 2006 20:00:06 GMT -5
A new thread for words that you think are cool or different that you have heard lately. I happen to be married to a guy who thinks,as I do, that certain words are cool to use but are not used everyday. Try to use them in a sentence so that others can see their coolness!
For example:
My word for the day: fraught
The outing to the grocery store was fraught with danger.
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Post by karenee on Sept 29, 2006 10:43:58 GMT -5
elocution
It was her elocution that persuaded the audience she knew what she was talking about.
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Post by dreamer on Sept 29, 2006 10:49:17 GMT -5
My word for the day: sojourn
I'm getting out the suitcases in preparation for my sojourn.
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Post by DanTheMan on Sept 29, 2006 10:52:52 GMT -5
Peril
That sojourn may be fraught with peril.
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Post by karenee on Sept 29, 2006 10:55:10 GMT -5
advisable
It may be advisable to proceed with all caution. (hehe)
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Post by dreamer on Sept 30, 2006 8:24:46 GMT -5
forewent
"As you are late, you'll have to forego the the fish and soup courses." "Consider them forewent."
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Post by karenee on Oct 3, 2006 12:27:46 GMT -5
irredeemable
The craft was such a mess that she wrote it off as an irredeemable project.
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Post by Daae on Oct 5, 2006 15:47:30 GMT -5
loquacious
"Let your sword do the talking!" "I will, it will be loquacious to a fault!"
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Post by dreamer on Oct 5, 2006 21:07:46 GMT -5
beholden
"I'm beholden to you, Mike, so beholden. "
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Post by DanTheMan on Oct 6, 2006 12:01:44 GMT -5
bequeath
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Post by Tegid on Oct 6, 2006 19:03:56 GMT -5
sated
Should I send those other CDs now, or are your ears sated with the one you received yesterday?
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Post by karenee on Oct 9, 2006 15:09:44 GMT -5
illuminate
I do not understand you. Please illuminate me.
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Post by dreamer on Oct 9, 2006 21:02:29 GMT -5
preposterous!
That is preposterous!
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Post by Danath on Oct 13, 2006 11:01:54 GMT -5
indefatigable
I shall be indefatigable in my reading.
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Post by dreamer on Oct 14, 2006 19:49:26 GMT -5
brouhaha
There was a brouhaha concerning where to have the party.
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