Just came across this:

savate / sa-vat / noun

- fighting with the feet

How would you use it in a sentence? 

Maybe this might help:

Heard this one in a history video and had to check an unabridged dictionary in the school library to find out what it meant:

Main Entry: ver·tig·i·nous

Pronunciation: (")v&r-'ti-j&-n&s

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin vertiginosus, from vertigin-, vertigo

1 a : characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness b : inclined to frequent and often pointless change : INCONSTANT
2 : causing or tending to cause dizziness <the vertiginous heights>
3 : marked by turning : ROTARY <the vertiginous motion of the earth>
- ver·tig·i·nous·ly adverb

It was used in the phrase, "the speed of development was vertiginous"

vertiginous.... i like that word!

*vertiginously added to word list* 

 It's not really obscure............but it's big.............................

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

 Pronunciation: [?su.p??kæ.l??f?æ.d??l.?s.t?k??k.spi.æ.l??d??.??s]

 Roots of the word have been defined as follows: super- "above," cali- "beauty," fragilistic- "delicate," expiali- "to atone," and docious- "educable," with the sum of these parts signifying roughly "Atoning for extreme and delicate beauty while still being highly educable.

  So look that up in your "Funk & Wagnall's"

Holy crap! It has a meaning?

According to Webster Millinium new dictionary:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious   - adj

lol, and I thought andromeda is just kidding

hahaha

oops

me too 

I've always liked the word insitu

I once knew a guy called Situ

I like the word zeroth, (used same as first, second, third) It makes "normal" people think I am crazy

Is that a real word??

How is it used?

I came in zeroth in the race....

I'm thinking no 

How can something be zeroth?

It is a nice word tho 

Not sure if it's a real word, but I have seen people using it in programming, like zeroth value in array.

Or if you start your lists with "0" as I do, then to reference the zeroth item

But there can't be a zeroth item.... whichever sequence you use, the zeroth term is actually the first is it not?

*confuzzled* 

oops....

The zeroth item is the initial item of a zero-based
sequence (that is, a sequence which is numbered beginning from zero
rather than one), such as the non-negative integers (see natural number).

This kind of numbering is common in array references in computer systems, so hackers and computer scientists often use zeroth where others might use first, and so forth.

I'm obviously not a programmer 

Thanks for bringing this up! I just got reminded of the zeroth law of thermodynamics

lol, see, for few moments you were considering me crazy too

hahaha no, no, not at all

I was just trying to figure out how to use the word! 

I like "salubrious". It's not an unusual word but it's so much fun saying it.

... I just did a search and have realised I have been using it in the wrong context. I always thought it meant rather palatial or extravagant - when describing something. I just asked Phil and he said the same thing. Then I found this on the Net...

We just had a scrap at work.... A colleague asked what salubrious
means and I explained it. He then wanted to know why everyone uses the
word in the context of a "salubrious establishment," normally meaning a
pub or bar.... At least seven other colleagues joined in the discussion
with one of them explaining, very confidently, that it really means a
place with nice decor, comfortable, not down-market....

It actually means "health-giving"!

Anyone else been using it incorrectly? 

heh heh I never knew it existed

But I have a few words I always use wrongly.... except that I can't recall any now 

I am shocked because I often use that word!

Henry (my 5 yr old) loves "stupendous" (Amazing, exceedingly great). it was on a TV show the other day and he kept replaying the scene over and over and then saying the word. 

I also regularly want to use "ubiquitous" (found everywhere) but can never say it

I like Zeroth - will start all lists from zeroth now.

HOw would you use Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in a sentence?

I've always liked Serendipity even before i knew what it meant.

Dun always use it though.

"S' words are pretty popular then... Phil used to say "superb" all the time but pronounce it as soo-perb to accentuate the excellence of something

quidnunc  KWID-nuhngk  noun

 : One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who
  knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip.

SYNONYMS: * chatterbox
         * busybody
         * blabbermouth

WORD WISE: Quidnunc comes from Latin quid nunc?, "what now?"

"One who is curious to know everything"

That part defines me 

 I used to know everything when I was a teenager. (and some teenagers still do)

Yeah, now I know it's not possible to know everything, but that doesn't mean I am not curious anymore

Being curious is fine.... as long as you're not a cat I suppose

Constripedation

The feeling of anxiety over a mild condition temporarly effecting human bowel movements.

Okay I made that up.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

Like confuzzled.... except I think that confuzzled should be added into the dictionary!!!

confuzzled is incredibly descriptive. I love words like that.

me tooooo

spoony  SPOO-nee  adjective

 1. Foolish; silly; excessively sentimental.
 2. Foolishly or sentimentally in love.

Like it! 

absterge / ab-sturj / verb

   : to wipe clean or purge

(sounds very purge-y) 

Quidnunc is fantastic.

The ABC's Richard Glover has a Dags Dictionary. They make up words based on an idea. Eg.   Challenge 1: We needed a word for the cold water we waste,
waiting until it is warm enough to use, at the beginning of every
shower. Challenge 1 was set by Farah Magrabi.

Richard's suggestion was moanstream.

Here's our shortlist:
# Chill- spill – Jennifer Bucknell
# Pout-spout – Dave Cahill
# Sillilitre – Neville Roper
# Spilly-litre – Nicole Anthony
# Chillolitre – Lyn Spratt
# Waste-2-O – Sharon Doust
# H2 Woe – Kevin Murray
# H2 – Noooooooooo!! – Ned Tesic
# Taporation – Jeff Cross
# Tappetiser – Matthew Cross
# Preluge – Trevor Lucas
# Aquabrr – Mitch Howard
# Jettisum – Murray Neish
# A Drip Tease – Richard Murnane
# Wetrobate – Benjamin Pace
# Fore-spray – Helen Barton
# Wait-water – Pauline McLoughlin
# Whuss-water – Mick Medcalf
# Eauperitif – Ruth Umenberger
# Premature Aquatation – David Parker
# Eau de cold-zone – Carol le Roux
# Wetritus – Garth Clarke
# Dripulater – Dennis White
# eau no-no – Peter Kenny
# Super-chilli-frigid-aqua-splash-in-on-my-tosis – Shannon Rochester
# Keith Richards (because it's been wasted for as long as anybody can remember) – James Thomas

I like "eau no no" and "Waste 2 0" 

HAHAHAHAHA That's a great list!!

I can't pick one 

apogee  AP-uh-jee  noun

1. The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial
  satellite that is at the greatest distance from the
  center of the earth.
2. The farthest or highest point; culmination.

I love words.

onanist

It's a good word.... makes it sound 'professional'

Today I like scalene.

Isosceles is also a good one.

But then comes equilateral. Somewhat of an anticlimax in my opinion.

I used to know what scalene was

i know.....that word is like a blast from the past!

i think it means a triangle with 3 differents lengths...

Wow you're good. I think you are right!

Mathworld

A scalene triangle is a triangle that
has three unequal sides, such as those illustrated above.  
 

i have selective memory kellie.

You'd think it at least had scales....

The sine rule is good for solving scalene triangles

ok, now that I remember

TOA CAH SOH 

I rock!

A/sin a = B/sin b = C/sin c

and then there was that goddamn cosine rule...

...which i can't remember at all....only the fact that it had plenty of alphabets all over the place 

That takes me back. (not saying how far back)

Those that I hated were the complex  sin-squared ones

Geometry, Trigonometry, and Locus. (only a hazy memory now)

sin A = (b^2 + c^2 - a^2) / 2bc

 i think....but it looks wrong somewhat...

i used to get a kick out of doing 3-D trigo...loved it...

The thing about trig is if your sins are rather bad you will be forgiven.

Cos thats what I was told.

Tan is a matter for the solarium

HAHAHAHA

Psycho! 

Swinger, yeah, something like that

woot

Hiya XyU!

Looking back a bit, you guys were discussing zeroth (or zeroeth). I remember in P-chem our teacher told us about the Zeroeth law of Thermodynamics. We made fun of her for a week. 

why is our A Maths text in the office?!??! what are tangler ppl up to in their free times???

I like the word 'bonify.'  Aside from its sexual innuendo, it has a deep meaning - to convert into, or make, good.

Is that related to bone fide, the legal/latin term for real?

Looking at Dictionary.com, it may have a similar root, 'bona' or 'bonus,' which means good. 

Nice avatar. You from Vegas?

Hey, and throw the link up to dicitionary dot com. Tangler is link friendly.

Lol, changed my avatar, because it was pissing me off.  dictionary.com

Why Seizure?

Because the animated gif can give you a seizure.  If used properly.

Looking back a bit, you guys were discussing zeroth (or zeroeth). I
remember in P-chem our teacher told us about the Zeroeth law of
Thermodynamics. We made fun of her for a week.

@psychoselya - That darn law was the bane of my existence for so long.... well, that one and the truck load of other laws which came with it

grrrrrrrr 

why is our A Maths text in the office?!??! what are tangler ppl up to in their free times???

@ Swinger - Looooong story.... I brought it with me when I first came here - being the good student n all. Tried to sell it, no one wanted it, but I couldn't part with it, so I kept it. And then Marty needed it, and then there's a hole in the story until I started working here and spotted it on the bookshelf....

Now that was an experience - when I picked up the book - almost felt like I was in a time warp or something.... the office had suddenly been replaced with high school.... was so confuzzled! (I'd forgotten that I'd given it to Marty) 

i have it too actually....in as pristine condition as 10 years will allow it...and i had to flip thru it a couple of weeks ago....time warp surely!

that's weird 

what??? me reading a book?

No you psycho!

The book re-entering our lives at roughly the same time

i thought u should be used to things like this by now...

hehehehe True....

Does words in other languages count?

Sure

deosculate - To kiss affectionately

The sound of the word and its meaning don't match 

aa   ah-ah  (noun): lava having a rough surface.

From Hawaiian, apparently from the sound one emits on touching the hot lava surface 

The words--most obsure and not--are here:  http://www.orchy.com/dictionary/index.html

for the record, the cosine rule is c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab * Cos C

(lowercase letters are lengths, upper case letters are angles, angle A is opposite from side a and the same for b/B and c/C) 

How I wish I didn't have to see that again!

I always find 'jocular' a very funny word.... not cos of it's meaning - : Given to joking or jesting
: Characterized by joking

it's funny cos it always reminds me of jugular.... which then brings up an image of going for the jugular and blood spurting out etc in my head

which is kinda funny! I saw it in my imagination as an animation though

ooooohhhhh

Have I got an animation for you...... 

Someone I love a lot sent me this the other day! The poor dear. She hates her job. As you may very well see by her choice of animation! I thought it was hilarious.

hehehehe This is one of my fav animations.... I love it!

Dave Barry's 'Some words of wisdomality'

Excellent news and quite the funnestest thing I have read today.

hehehehehe It's a good word isn't it?

If you can pronounce it that is.... I don't think I have been able to 

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence
in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The
Idiot’s activity is not confined to any special field of thought
or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole." He has the
last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets
the fashions of opinion and taste, dictates the limitations of
speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.
    ---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

I thought this was in interesting list..... had no idea where some words came from!

1. dunce - C: Dull-witted or ignorant person. Used by
Renaissance humanists to ridicule followers of John Duns
Scotus (1265?-1308), a Scottish theologian.

2. ampere - A: Standard unit for measuring the strength of
electric current; as, a 15-ampere fuse. Named after French
physicist Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836).

3. leotard - C: Close-fitting, one-piece garment. After
Jules Leotard, a 19th-century French aerialist.

4. mausoleum - D: Magnificent tomb; large, gloomy building.
After the tomb for King Mausolus, fourth century B.C., one
of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

5. Annie Oakley - C: Free ticket or pass. After Annie Oakley
(1860-1926), an expert shot whose playing-card targets
resembled punched tickets.

6. maudlin - D: Foolishly sentimental; emotional. Old French
Madeleine for Mary Magdalene, a follower of Christ often
portrayed as weeping.

7. mesmerize - D: To hypnotize, spellbind, enchant. After
German physician Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815).

8. Lucullan (sorry about the spelling error) - D: Sumptuous
or lavish, usually pertaining to banquets; as, Lucullan
meals on cruise ships. After Lucius Lucinius Lucullus (110?-
57?B.C.), a Roman general famous for staging elaborate
banquets.

9. chauvinistic - C: Smug, superior in attitude as to race,
sex or nationality; as, chauvinistic women or men. Also,
fanatically patriotic. From Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier
fiercely loyal to Napoleon.

10. shrapnel - C: Scattered fragments from an exploding
shell or bomb. After Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), a British
artillery officer.

11. platonic - D: Spiritual or intellectual; nonsexual;
especially as describes a close relationship between a man
and a woman. After Plato, Greek philosopher (fourth century
B.C.).

12. draconian - C: Very harsh; unusually severe or cruel;
as, draconian punishment for dissenters. After Draco, Greek
lawgiver (seventh century B.C.).

13. Doppler effect - B: Change in the pitch of sound, to
higher frequencies when the source approaches and lower as
it recedes, as with a train whistle. After Austrian physi-
cist Christian Doppler (1803-53).

14. Caesarean - A: Surgical operation to deliver a baby -
called a Caesarean section in medical terminology. From the
folklore surrounding Julius Caesar's birth.

15. martinet - D: Strict disciplinarian; as, Our Marine
Corps sergeant was a martinet. After the 17th-century French
drillmaster Jean Martinet.

16. Pyrrhic victory - B: Victory achieved at such great cost
that it is nearly a defeat. From the victory of Pyrrhus,
king of Epirus, over the Romans (279 B.C.).

17. Machiavellian - A: Crafty, deceitful or amoral; as,
Machiavellian political intrigue. After the Florentine
writer Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527).

18. maverick - C: Nonconformist; person with unorthodox or
independent views. After Samuel Maverick (1803-70), a Texas
rancher who chose not to brand his cattle.

19. spoonerism - B: Slip of the tongue; as, calling a "well-
oiled bicycle" a "well-boiled icicle." After the Rev. Will-
iam A. Spooner (1844-1930), who was noted for such slips.

20. cardigan - B: Open-front sweater. After the seventh Earl
of Cardigan (1797-1868), a British general.

Boycott - to abstain form use or purchase etc... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott

Gerrymander - to construct an electoral constituency so as to give an unfair advantage to a minority party.  Named after a one-time governer of Massachusetts.

Filibuster - hijack a debate with a long and never-ending speech so as to prevent any further discussion on a motion.  American.

I like Filibuster!!!

I knew that ampere was named after someone, but not who and that mausoleum was named after a King who was buried in a particularly good example (although I thought his name was just Mausol rather than Mausolos). If you had asked me I would have assumed that the Doppler effect was named after the guy who discovered it. Caesarian I knew.. Phyrric victory I kinda new, and Machiavellian and Spoonerism

 7 out of 20 isn't too bad right? 

Gorillas were named after a particularly gorilla-like ancient Greek group (city-state or tribe or something) - they were loud, vulgar, brutish etc. so when the animal was named, it got named after them

Crossing off my list of things to do - 332) reply to friends who wanted "gelinggaman" references

From only one place I could find on the net:

gelinggaman = the feeling you get when something is overwhelmingly,
meltingly cute! It's from the Bengkulu people in Indonesia.

The rest of the links said gelinggaman = creepy, shudder.  Esp. this immensely creepy site (you don't have to click everything)

I first heard the term at a brilliant talk: Steps toward an evolutionary psychology of emotion, by UCLA evolutionary anthropologist Dan Fessler, at the Third Neuroesthetics Conference in January 2004.  I'm trying to find the video from that talk, to put it online. 

As he put it, gelinggaman was from the Bengkulu people in Indonesia, and means to be overcome by cuteness."  "Ooooh!  Look at the puppy-wuppy!" -- that
kind of thing.  Which I actually think is kind of creepy.  BTW, those
of you not teenagers, google "OMG Squeee!" for current gelinggaman = x

I'm seemingly unable to generate this emotion for dogs or
cats, which has caused me no end of difficulties in girlfriend
relations. But I like bunnies, so, in the generosity of those of you
who don't yet know about this site which is screaming through
attentions of the blog world, click here: http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/bunnies/index.html

preview (not my words below) (hint: hold your mouse cursor over the picture):

Domobunnrigato
Beware, this is a Japanese bunny, which means it is EXTRA DEADLY, PEOPLE

The Japanese know cute. Unlike us Amurrrricans, who are
cute posers at best, the Japanese live, eat, eat, sleep and breathe
cuteness. Here is another example of them handing our asses to us on a
silver Hello Kitty platter

Behold:

Well, that didn't post right.  I can't seem to edit it to fix leetle error. 

Ewwwwwwwww

Is that a rabbit??? 

It doesn't look like it has a neck, just some weird  head body combination.

Well, I managed to edit it, but hey beta boys, you need a better editor to obviate the current pain of using it.

Yeah, that is on the list mc2.... thanks

That rabbit is plain scary.... where's the cuteness factor?

I've seen cuter things than that trying to eat chicken out of my bin

(I find my dog cute, despite the odd bad habit) 

This one is far cuter (and its the same bunny) 

hehehehe yeah, that is cute....

The first one looked pissed

I like the way you described your dog SK... heheheh 

he was super-cute as a puppy, now he's bigger and he's still cute, but bigger 

I have some blurry puppy-photos on my computer, and some not-blurry, more recent pictures in the form of actual photos, if I remember tomorrow I'll scan and/or upload some, but now it is 2 in the morning and SK must sleep

Nite nite SK....

(I might bring out some pics of a buddy I used to dog sit too)

aww adorable!

From Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier
fiercely loyal to Napoleon.

That Napolean has a lot to answer for! 

I thought it'd be Chauvin who has a lot to answer for!

True! But I'm sure he mentored him and therefore influenced him wrongly.

There are some things in this world that I bet you never
knew had names! I know I didn't!

Rowel: the revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs

Columella: the bottom part of the nose that separates the
nostrils

Saddle: the rounded part on the top of a book of matches

Ophyron: the space between your eyebrows

Rasceta: the creases on the inside of your wrist

Purlicue: the space between the extended thumb and index
finger

Nittles: the punctuation marks designed to denote swear
words in comics

Ferrule: the metal band on the top of a pencil that holds
the eraser in place

Peen: on a hammer, the end opposite the striking face

Obdormition: when an arm or a leg "goes to sleep" as a result
of numbness caused by pressure on a nerve

Keeper: the loop on a belt that holds the end in place after
it has passed through the buckle

Armsate: the hole in a shirt or a sweater through which you
put your hand and arm

Ophyron

Will have to use that one with the kids:

"LOOK AT MY OPHYRON WHEN I AM TALKING TO YOU!"

Rasceta

And a new way to flatter...

"You have the most delectable rasceta... Can I buy you a drink?" 

Obdormition

And to scare away undesirable people who want to become your friend:

"I have a debilitating obdormition problem which tends to happen in the most embarrassing and unlikely places..."

I can't wait to add this when I go off on one of my rants...

*Insert Nittles Here*

heh heh

Would it be funny if started talking in the sentences you came up with Kasta?
heheheh

I'm going to try it on my boys later today. I am certain one of them will do something wayward later.

sanguine is a great word.

Flocci­nauci­nihili­pilification.

I think it is used to describe something that is "estimated as being worthless" but I can't ever say I've used it in conversation or in writing or any other occaison that I can recollect.

victuals - food;

in the southern US it became vittles, but still not commonly used

who can combine the largest number of these words in a single sentence?

Sanguine victuals suffer from flocci­nauci­nihili­pilification.

Yes?

yes.

YAAAAAAAYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

hehehe

HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS....

such a big word! You'd think.. big meaning... but...

"with honor."

hahaha

I always liked Hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - its largely made up, as it has three terms meaning large. Sesquipedal(i)ophobia is a far more common word for the same purpose. A word I stumbled across in the book "The Northern Lights" (one of the few books I've ever read twice, even if the first time was seven years ago) that I had never heard of was phantasmagoria, which sounds really nice IMHO

My brain can't process those words....

This is a word I came across when studying for my GREs (basically the SATs for grad students for those who don't know), it is a simple word that I could not figure out for the longest time.  Raza- to completely destroy as in a building or town (the village was razed to the ground).  Just an odd word....

Raza..... I like that.... it could be a name!

Yeah whenever I get a new pet that is probably going to be their name, and if it is a puppy it will be well suited

YEAH!! Good idea!

omg - raza is the name of a us semiconductor company making multicore processors. my old product is based on them. Obsure name, obsure product  :p

not to mention raja, our hardware designer.  

Yeah, Raja is a common Indian name...

hahaha that a great cheesy pic!

El Cucuy is a morning talk/variety host on spanish language radio.  In the LA market, his show is #1, beating out the english-language stations there.

Vittles. o.o

vittles = food?

vittles = southern US hack of victuals a la Daniel Defoe

Grandma used to use the word vittles regularly and especially when her little boy Jethro was around...

Reminds me of Skittles

Woah, this topic is too much for me right now....

Svargenelsgoinon

phuctifino

Wait wait.... I demand definitions!!

Dek plays the innocent...  again.  Didn't you get a drubbing from our old mate Tasha for that?

Who cares abt T?

I demand definitions as proof that those words exist!

*throwing tantrum*

Ok here is the construct for the word "phuctifino"

Start with the word DUCT and replace the D with an F.  That makes it too obvious so instead use PH (as in PHysics)...  Do you see where this is going yet...?

It too early for me.... don't get it

Like a lot of husbands throughout history, Webster would sit
down and try to talk to his wife. But as soon as he would start
to say something, his wife would say, "... And what's that
supposed to mean?"

Thus, Webster's Dictionary was born.

I don't think it's in Websters, Oxford or whatever dictionary.  Although I haven't seen the latest version of Rogers Profanisaurus, it might be in there...

Ok Dek.  I'll lay it all out.  phuct-if-i-no  pronounced "fucked if I know".  I think perhaps you have too great an IQ to stoop down to the idiot level of made up word recognition, for that you are to be admired (I hope the word "fuck" doesn't offend)

ahhhh.... no, you see, I was reading it as an obscure word...

that's not obscure at all!

And I came here looking for deipnosophy !

No one's having dinner around here!

.

There you go with the food again...

I was going to add that all I find is morosophy (before you interrupted me in mid mouthful -- midnight snack actually)

So lets stick to the real words ok... not real cannot be obscure  imo.

I think i'll jump over to the MOTU group in my search for pansophy (or is that pantosophy) I always get that one wrong.

Meanwhile , please excuse me as I think I'll go try glossophagine (well that said, I really don't know any other way that's really worth the trouble).

I can find glossophagine bats, and all sorts of other things, but nothing in the form of a definition of the word

In my defence I was only responding to Ruskie's post.  So he was the "scofflaw" who started the deviation.

glossophagine = eating using the tongue

Didn't mean to point too harshly Arthur... I  just found an opportunity to use a word I've never used before!

eating using the tongue.... interesting....

Of course Arthur, you could have just told me "Get thee to a growlery."

growlery..... sounds like my kinda place....

Ahh well I'm too tired for my usual lucubration but I want to comment on the "zeroth" post from way back ^^^(Feb 19) The most important Law of All in Robotics is Asimov's Zeroth law  ... Im actually writing a serious piece suggesting a similar construct for the field of software development!

dekrazze1: "sounds like my kinda place" -- I had decided in might be impolite to mention it.

hehehehe no worries Bric

Oh!! Interesting... full circle, here we come!

did you get lucubration before I go?

You know what's funny? Google keeps throwing up results which are typos!

Oh, and yes, I got it!

In that case, I will absquatulate.

Ta ta!

svargenelsgoinon is regularly used in liquor premises after 11pm.

So he was the "scofflaw" who started the deviation

... or the deviate who started the scofflaw.

I don't get some of these people.  You try to bring them some colour to their speech and we get nocked back.  The telling off I got affected me so much I became a "temporary emotional wreck" (so what's the big word for that then...?) and grassed you up...

temporary emotional wreck..... psycho?

Calibrate