Favorite new words??

ggchamplin · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:19 am

Ok as I read this my vocabulary is being stretched, so what is some new words that you have learned and you thought were odd or different?

so far mine is :Wen

valerie2776 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:26 pm

I am a big fan of locutions, anfractuous, and nepotistic.

ggchamplin · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:12 pm

Amanuensis

EverybodyHurts · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:03 pm

FANTODS!

helloitslaura · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:27 am

I'm dying to know what Byzantine erotica is all about but, sadly, Google and Wikipedia are of no use. DFW probably could have told me that.

Webslog · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:58 pm **Posts:** 13

Kekulean

in this context, a running/interlocked pattern wherein the beginning of the pattern element arises from its end. After Kekule, the German organic chemist whose dream/vision of a snake eating its tail lead to his understanding of the chemical structure of benzene.

Hal is staring at one of the Deans' ties during the interview just before he begins speaking.

Medusa4303 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:51 am **Posts:** 43

Dysphoria. . .my dictionary is getting a real work out!

CodyVanDer · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:45 am

I personally like "quincunx." It would be hard to pull off, but can you imagine the look on a person's face when you throw THAT down on the Scrabble board? It'd be good for a bingo plus a REALLY good chance to draw out a failed challenge! Seventy-six points plus any bonus squares... Wow.

aarongetsrich · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:55 am

Post-prandial, in the same paragraph as quincunx

Prandial meaning "of or related to a meal, esp. dinner."

As in "Schtitt favoring a post-prandial pipe."

dannymears · **Joined:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:21 am **Posts:** 11

So so many.

Just a few:

amanuesis
Kekulean
phlacteryish
apocopes

Infinite Summer

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