"I am so punctilious."
Punctilious! A big word that I'd never heard. I made a mental note to look it up when I got home, and was ever so proud that I even remembered to do so.
Just so you know, "Punctilious" is an adjective, meaning
"extremely attentive to punctillos."
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Leave a big word for me in the comments. I'll let you know which ones I know.
some favorites:
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miasma
pertinacious
syzygy
agog
mercurial
Specificity
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Passive-aggressive disorder
Transubstantiate
Apparently it's impossible to pronounce these drunk!
My favorite:
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Other odd ones I've had to look up lately:
corpulent
endogenous
exculpatory
internecine
pugilist
and the one possible reason why we learn all these odd ball uncommon words:
sciolistic
Things I've heard in my earphones while transcribing:
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palletize
barrow and/or tumulus
ecumenical
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malaise
catechumenate
Lectionary
pedagogical
Welcome to my world.
How about scatological?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the brilliant and ever wise PT Shank in "Test Words You Should Know", punctilious means "very aware of the rules of conduct or ettiquette; knowledgable of every small detail."
ReplyDeletenugatory, preternatural and vituperative (and vituperation)are other favorites of hers, I happen to know.
much better source of information than dictionary.com, don't you think? >:)
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Yay! Word fun! Antidisestablishmentarianism, floccinoccinihilipilification and monoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis are aall words that don't get said enough in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteand obviously 'aall' which is like 'all', but classier.
ReplyDeleteHere's a word for you:
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I love word games. Scrabble, crossword puzzles and lately I'm hooked on the word game at www.freerice.com
Try it. I'm addicted. Once I played it for over an hour. Or maybe it was two!
Yeah, I think most of us who blog enjoy words. It's gross, but I've been fascinated by the word "coprophagic" ever since I discovered a nest of baby bunnies on the preschool playground and did some research to learn what to do with them....
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