Tremendous Words

[Silas Thorne]

Here's an area for us to stare fixedly off into space or pixels, amazed at the possibility of such tremendous words existing.

My new favourite word today is:

ullage: the amount of liquid lost from a container it is stored in, or the amount by which a container falls short of being full.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ullage

I love this negative word which affirms the existence of nothing.

[Emil Miller]

disambiguation - clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity

vehicular - of, relating to, or designed for vehicles and especially motor vehicles.

[MANICHAEAN]

Visceral :

Felt in, or as if, the internal organs of the body.
Not intellectual.
Dealing with crude or elemental emotions.

e.g "Political arguments were, however, of secondary importance for the majority of the population. Their real stimulus came from a visceral patriotism".


On the other hand, I was obliged today to attend one of those so called "management workshops" where the latest buzz phrase apparently is "matrix synergy". A useful couple of words that one can introduce into everyday conversation, and which can be succinctly defined as, "Something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form, that is a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct business participants or elements (as resources or efforts)". Try it on the milk man in the morning!

[solaris]

a word i hoarded for years before getting an opportunity to use it in a poem is chryselephantine - referring to objects constructed from/overlaid by gold and ivory. and here it is in its context :D

chryselephantine castles spore
superior cachet but are
no more than empires built on ruins

[Maximilianus]

Discombobulation: An embarrassing feeling that leaves a person confused.

I happened to learn this word on this very forum yesterday and I want to use it repeatedly, not only because I like its sound and don't want to forget it, but also because it looks stylish :p

[jajdude]

Ah I forgot ullage.

I love words. Don't we all.

Now I forgot what I was going to say.

Oh yeah, obfuscation, like that one too.

I do a lot of crosswords.

This site is a fine place for words.

Ensconce, also good.

Unctuous, can't say I like that one.

Mellifluous, nice.

Abscond is a good word.

Rigmarole, solid.

[Emil Miller]

sesquipedalian - A person who uses long words.

[papayahed]

I like pedantic.

[AuntShecky]

You're absolutely right, Manichaean. Business lingo is almost as bad as educationese. I can never figure out if school administrators want to "implement the facilitation" or "facilitate the implimentation.






Try it on the milk man in the morning!


Wait -- you mean there's still a place on this planet where milk is still actually delivered to one's door?

[MANICHAEAN]

Sorry Aunty, but I've reached the age where I live in a time warp of imagery relating to when there were milkmen delivering to the front door.

I lived once in a small village outside of Cambridge, where the milkman was called "Ernie" (not to be confused with the Benny Hill one). He was the local gossip and had the habit of interjecting into a conversation the words "They say that -----". Bit like hearing abstract voices in the head.

He also had the very Christian habit of attending all funerals in the district, whether related to the deceased by blood line or not. It struck me as amusing, that even if nobody else attended your formal demise, Ernie would be there to see you lowered into the ground!

[MANICHAEAN]

Tartarean.

Infernal.

"Thrown headlong into the Tartarean abyss".