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fryguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:54 AM
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Expand your vocabulary - add to the list (real words only)
defenestration - noun: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window

callipygian - adjective: having shapely buttocks

flibbertigibbet - noun: a silly flighty person
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:56 AM
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1. phrenology
phre·nol·o·gy (frĭ-nŏl'ə-jç)
n.
The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity.

phren'o·log'ic (frĕn'ə-lŏj'ĭk, frç'nə-) or phren'o·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
phre·nol'o·gist n.
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:56 AM
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2. here's a LONG one
Floccinaucinihilipilification: The act of making a statement which deems someone or something else to be worthless or without merit.
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kiahzero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:56 AM
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3. Antidisestablishmentarianism
http://brandt.kurowski.net/projects/lsa/wiki/view.cgi?doc=436
Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political philosophy that is opposed to the separation of church and state.
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 11:03 AM
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4. half-right
Edited on Tue May-11-04 11:04 AM by kgfnally
Properly used, antidisestablishmentarianism refers to those who were against the disestablishment of the Church of England. Disestablishmentarians believed the Church should be dismantled; antidisestablishmentarians wished to leave it intact.

Or some such.

edit: I followed your link and it said what I did. Silly me; you were right all along! :)
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markus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 11:04 AM
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5. Transmogrify
To transform, usually in a horrible or fantastic sense
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 11:06 AM
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6. unctuous
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous George Bush."
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 11:07 AM
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7. And if you have a fear of long words,
you have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
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Servo300 Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 11:18 AM
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8. plethysmography
plethysmography - the measurement of lung volumes by having the subject sit in an airtight box and breathe agains a closed valve.
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 11:59 AM
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9. Supererogatory
work that exceeds expectations. To work above and beyond the call of duty.
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 04:06 PM
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10. vituperative
i've been saying this word under my breath all day subconsciously
without knowing its meaning... a vocabulary lesson from god. :-)

vituperative - adj. harshly critical, abusive censure

nota de plata va roc - receipt please (in romanian).
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 04:19 PM
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11. malacissation
noun the act of making soft or supple
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 05:06 PM
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12. Brobdingnagian
Brobdingnagian \brahb-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\, adjective:
Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- as a noun: a giant.

``The final triumph of my Brobdingnagian persecutor.'' --William Godwin, The Enquirer

``A brand-new brobdingnagian hotel.'' --Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair

``Known to our Brobdingnagian intelligence as grains of sand.'' ---Grant Allen
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