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« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2004, 09:03:20 pm »
Finagle
Potentate
Recidivism

Good one from mathematics:
Infinituple
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« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2004, 12:45:31 am »
Asymptote
Masticate
Nabob
Spatula
Candelabra
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« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2004, 12:47:25 am »
In no particular order:
1.  penumbra (Learned it from Allen Ginsberg)
2.  hegemony
3.  esoteric
4.  sinister
5.  quintessential

And a bonus nonanglophone word, "se méfier", basically to be wary.  Very useful.
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« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2004, 09:19:44 pm »
Bone.

I'm glad to see that callipygian made the list, though.
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« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2004, 09:36:26 pm »
Man, so many good words already mentioned. If I make an attempt:

Words I Would Like to Use More But Honestly Never Have a Context For
Ersatz
Pyknic (no, not like eating outdoors, smartass)
Infundibular

Words Suitable for Everyday Use
Magnanimous
Asinine
Vector
Haploid (.. well, okay, suitable for everyday use for me)
Philanthropy

Non-English Words
Geschmacksache
Bikkuri and iraira (among other Japanese onomatopoeia)
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« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2004, 03:21:42 pm »
I try to use schadenfreude as often as possible. I also try to create contexts for it, if I can.
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« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2004, 10:47:17 pm »
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I try to use schadenfreude as often as possible. I also try to create contexts for it, if I can.


My stars, yes, this is important.  The Germanism also reminded me of another word that I love and use to ridiculous excess, being zeitgeist.
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« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2004, 11:02:20 pm »
unscrupulous
sanguinous

... indecision!

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Words I Would Like to Use More But Honestly Never Have a Context For
Ersatz


I use ersatz all the time. Well, fairly often. I guess it's just because of how much I complain about capitalism, corporations and consumerism.
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« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2004, 11:13:54 pm »
"Schadenfreude" and "zeitgeist" are both excellent, excellent words.

I also am quite fond of "sybaritic" and "whimsy."
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« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2004, 11:46:05 pm »
The German conjunction "trotzdem" is, as far as I am concerned, one of the most pleasurable words I've spoken.
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« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2004, 01:01:45 am »
"Trotzdem"?  Ain't that what a trainer does with his hosss?
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« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2004, 02:39:00 am »
German conjunctions are generally wonderful. I've long been a fan of "gegen."
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« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2004, 02:40:56 am »
DOGFU!

Durch, Ohne, Gegen, Fur and (und) Um!

Obviously an effective mnemonic to have stuck those German pronouns in my head for 20 years.  If only I could remember why I needed to remember them.
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« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2004, 03:16:49 am »
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Durch, Ohne, Gegen, Fur and (und) Um!


Delightfully dissonant though they may be (he said, channelling, somehow, Stan Lee), those are prepositions, babycakes.

Still, I have to echo: the notoriety of the German language as re utility is matched, in a certain light, by its (if not exactly beauty) aural satisfaction / symmetry.
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« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2004, 03:49:38 am »
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Durch, Ohne, Gegen, Fur and (und) Um!


Delightfully dissonant though they may be (he said, channelling, somehow, Stan Lee), those are prepositions, babycakes.


I knew that.  No really, I did.  Aren't they like prepositions that take the dative case or something like that?
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