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I don't really have a favourite, but I'm partial to "plethora".

I also like "be-" words like "bedraggle", "befuddle", "bedazzle", etc.

And I'm always looking for an opportunity to use "xebec", but its not often you see a small mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails ;)
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Try saying that 5 times rapidly.
Fuck, i can't even say it once. :?
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Lord Pounder wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Try saying that 5 times rapidly.
Fuck, i can't even say it once. :?
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Try saying that 5 times rapidly.
I can't even say it once :?
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I can say it once, but very slowly.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Try saying that 5 times rapidly.

Guinness Book of World Records... ? ;)

An infection of the lung caused by the inhalation of fine silicon particles.. if I remember correctly.

I vaguely remember "flauccinaucinihilipilification" (sp?, the act of estimating something as worthless) as being their longest non-medical word in some dictionary. As in, "I shall put an end to your flauccinaucinihilipilification of Voyager!"
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"Clusterfuck," "circlejerk," "gangbang."

Particularly useful for describing what every non-Georgia football team in the NCAA does in their spare time.
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Schmeg... don't care if its real, I just like using it.
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Fuck. But I hold a special place in my heart for oooorah, too.
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Discombobulation :D

and it does not mean what certain sick minded people think.....
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i'd almost forgot about discombobulation. a very fun word.

another of my personal favorite: droog. droog just has so much more sophistication than 'thug'.
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Droog? wheres that from?
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you know not of clockwork orange! Blasphemy! >ahem< yes, from clockwork orange.
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I like words that begin with arch, like archenemy, archangel, and archetype, but my favorite is archnemesis. Nemesis is a cool enough word as it is, but add arch to it and it just becomes uber. :D
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Darth_Zod wrote:you know not of clockwork orange! Blasphemy! >ahem< yes, from clockwork orange.
what the film which i only have seen once and hopefully will not see again if my life depends on it?


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eh, clockwork orange is typically considered excellent by a lotta peeps, myself included, though i can understand how some might not like it.
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Erm, my favourite word is probably 'hyperbole', or 'defensestration'. Both aren't used very often, but get good looks when you use them on people.
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Tosser. I never use it, but it just conveys the meaning so perfectly. Virtually all of the other words are good too, though.
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Joe wrote:"Clusterfuck," "circlejerk," "gangbang."

Particularly useful for describing what every non-Georgia football team in the NCAA does in their spare time.
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Endoplasmic Reticullum. You can biobabble with it so nicely.
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Omnipotent
Heirarchy
Leviathan

Couple of my favorites.
Oh, and dreadnought, too. :D
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I like alot of words, but the only one thats coming up for me right now is "Billabong", a pool of water created by a river when it overflows with rain. Ok, maybe it's austratlian.. whatever.
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condescending. That means to talk down to, for all you lesser people out there. :twisted:
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