Odd Seldom used Words

[Mr. Dazzle]

The world is a poorer place for the declined use of tickety boo

Poppycock!

[gremlin]

I hear the word bifurcated all the time at work . I would consider it a 'normal' word, given how often I use/hear it.

Same here. Words go through periods of being the latest buzzword in finance. Bifurcated was one a while back.

Can I chuck in 'contiguous'?

A while ago all my colleagues remained cognisant of things, rather than just keeping them in mind.

I use 'cognisant' a fair bit.

And I do like to use the word 'Magnificent' as much as possible.

[KungFooBob]

Practicable.

One of the HSEs faves.

[Count Steer]

I hear the word bifurcated all the time at work . I would consider it a 'normal' word, given how often I use/hear it.

Same here. Words go through periods of being the latest buzzword in finance. Bifurcated was one a while back.

Can I chuck in 'contiguous'?

A while ago all my colleagues remained cognisant of things, rather than just keeping them in mind.

There should be a matching BYP thread for the annoying, trendy use of words that reek of feeble attempts at pomposity. Like 'whilst'. (The Merkins start a lot of these fashions and they should stop it). It gives me conniptions.

[gremlin]

I'd like to see the word 'Minge' brought back into common usage.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Practicable..

Does actually mean something different to practical TBF.

I enjoy saying "more massive", sounds dumb but actually correct . Something which is more massive has more mass.

[Cousin Jack]

The word litotes is rarely used today, even by those who actually use the construction.

[Count Steer]

Oh, I like 'otiose'.

Also - I've used it on here before and someone liked it - 'flâneur' an idle stroller who saunters around. I suppose 'mooch' is similar but flâneur seems more elegant.

[Cousin Jack]

Dearth doesn't get used much, you could say there is a dearth of dearth.

[Count Steer]

Dearth doesn't get used much, you could say there is a dearth of dearth.

Oh I dunno, scorch dearth gets used quite a lot.

Ineffable for indescribable is quite a nice one.

[Horse]

Flaccid

That doesn't come up very often.

[Skub]

Dearth doesn't get used much, you could say there is a dearth of dearth.

I use that one,so the death of dearth hasn't quite arrived yet.

[Horse]

'whilst'.

Does have a different meaning to 'while'.

While is used to describe time, whilst is used to describe contrast. For example: "I shivered in the bathroom while I ran a bath whilst my sister stayed in her warm bed."

And you never heard a song

# I'd whilst away the hours

[Horse]

I'd like to see the word 'Minge' brought back into common usage.

For a short word, it's a bit of a mouthful

[Skub]

I like the occasional use of the word carnaptious,plus I suffer from it the odd time...

[cheb]

The world is a poorer place for the declined use of tickety boo

Poppycock!

The opposite of poppycock being stront. Dutch for soft and hard shit. Technically the first is pappycak IIRC.

Contrafibularities needs more use too.

[Count Steer]

'whilst'.

Does have a different meaning to 'while'.

While is used to describe time, whilst is used to describe contrast. For example: "I shivered in the bathroom while I ran a bath whilst my sister stayed in her warm bed."

And you never heard a song

# I'd whilst away the hours

Yup. One, as a noun, is a period of time (but may also be a conjunction, preposition or verb) the other is during a period of time, so it takes a while to understand and whilst (or while) one is whiling away the time considering the difference, others appear to be using the words at random while others don't appear to use whilst at all.

[cheb]

Turbary: The right to cut peats.

[Jody]

Succinct


And

Literally (but used correctly, not like Literally like every like Literally other like word )

[ZRX61]

Querulous

Latifundia

Palaver

Kibosh

Garrulity