Expand your Vocabulary!

[Keron Cyst]

Found this on another forum. Hilarious, and weird stuff I'll go learn some of this and freak out a few buddies, heheh...

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AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
FEAT - A dangling curl of hair.
FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER - A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)
HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA - The fear of long words.
JARNS, NITTLES, GRAWLIX, and QUIMP - Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.
MINIMUS - The little finger or toe.
NEF - An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
OBDORMITION - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep'.
OCTOTHORPE - The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo- (as in eight) with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
OPHRYON - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
PEEN - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
PHOSPHENES - The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
PURLICUE - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
RASCETA - Creases on the inside of the wrist.
ROWEL - The revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs.
SADDLE - The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
SCROOP - The rustle of silk.
SNORKEL BOX - A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
SPRAINTS - Otter dung.
TANG - The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling.
ZARF - A holder for a handleless coffee cup.
I can't believe I only knew one of these terms upon reading it And I thought I had decent vocab.

[jrgp]

I fucken love SAT words, and such like this.
Thanks for giving me something to do instead of studying

[Eagles_Arrows]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

[-Vis-]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

That's the only one I knew. I don't think much of it, since the irony is quite obviously intentional.

[Sticky]

I use hemidemisemiquaver on a semi-regular basis 

[Krillious]

i knew that fear of long words one and dragees

[Dascoo]

Feat......kekekeke

[AlphaVergo]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

These are interesting words I only knew about 9 of these, cool more to be smart about.

[a-4-year-old]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

These are interesting words I only knew about 9 of these, cool more to be smart about.

You "shure" have a lot to be smart about.

[-Vis-]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

These are interesting words I only knew about 9 of these, cool more to be smart about.

You "shure" have a lot to be smart about.

"The're" not gonna like that one bit. Maybe they should do some more "reserch".

[a-4-year-old]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

These are interesting words I only knew about 9 of these, cool more to be smart about.

You "shure" have a lot to be smart about.

"The're" not gonna like that one bit. Maybe they should do some more "reserch".

I saw the "the're" but where was the "reserch" from?

[-Vis-]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

These are interesting words I only knew about 9 of these, cool more to be smart about.

You "shure" have a lot to be smart about.

"The're" not gonna like that one bit. Maybe they should do some more "reserch".

I saw the "the're" but where was the "reserch" from?

His profile. Where else?

[Graham]

I knew "harp" because I work with lamps

[Death MachineX350]

"HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA" is my favorite because of the irony behind it.

LOL. Fear of long words!