Incomprehensible.

Dec 01, 2005 16:59

EVERYBODY WHO IS CURRENTLY READING THIS, LJ OR NO: Give me a word. I do not want an ordinary word, I want an extraordinary word which I can actually utilize. My favorite word is desideratum, but where the can I use that outside of haiku? (See, it has 5 syllables.) Look in my userinfo to see if it's a possilbility that I already have the word you're ( Read more... )

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_reticence December 2 2005, 01:54:55 UTC
parallax

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it_is_just December 2 2005, 05:00:48 UTC
Entropy.

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mizugami December 2 2005, 06:18:12 UTC
In accordance with what your 12 days thing gave you... rubicon.

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ebcahavoc December 2 2005, 12:45:06 UTC
samoom. it's one of my all time favorites.

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ankle_grabber December 3 2005, 21:16:41 UTC
Oooh! I'm a-drinking!

Here's my word:

onomatopoeia

I'm not sure you can do much with that, but I've always prided myself by the correct spelling of it.

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_reticence December 3 2005, 21:56:21 UTC
Desideratum is what my name is derived from.

I try to use it once a week.

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vaya___ December 3 2005, 23:26:28 UTC
Well, duh, desire. Now, you must tell me how you actually use it in sentences, master.

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_reticence December 3 2005, 23:57:44 UTC
Um. Just use it?

For example, when all of the drool-worthy features of the Canon 300D are laid before me, it becomes quite apparent that it is my desideratum of the Christmas season.

Manolo Blahniks are the quintessential desiderata. No one can resist.

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vaya___ December 4 2005, 02:47:47 UTC
Damn. See, that's just too fancy of a word for my general school/karate/choirs/Jersey conversations. However, there are several people who buy Manolo Blahniks up here.

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