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Pedants. What is your favourite word?

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Sixofone · 02/02/2008 23:27

Mine is trundle. Although, squiffy is a close second.

Yes, I've been at the wine.

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RoxyNotFoxy · 03/02/2008 16:37

I used to like "flange". Not any more, obviously.

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Sixofone · 03/02/2008 18:45

chortle is quite a good word too.

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smugmumofboys · 03/02/2008 18:49

I love (and possibly overuse) the word 'ostensibly'. 'Nevertheless' is a fave too. Have never posted in Pedants' Corner before!

Off to do bath 'n' bed.

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RoxyNotFoxy · 03/02/2008 20:47

Tincture

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 03/02/2008 20:48

Plinth

Am also quite fond of 'plethora'

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RoxyNotFoxy · 03/02/2008 22:27

Filigree

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EllbellTheBluestocking · 03/02/2008 22:30

OMG smugmum... I came here specifically to post that I massively overuse the word 'ostensibly'.

My absolute favourite word is sdrucciolo, but it probably doesn't count, because it's not English. (Incidentally, is there a word in English for a word that is stressed on the ante-penultimate syllable?)

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FAQ · 03/02/2008 22:32

I'm not really a pedant - but my favourite word is pedantic .....it's the only English word I've ever managed to find and use around DH which he's had to look up in a dictionary LOL

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jura · 03/02/2008 22:41

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gigglewitch · 03/02/2008 22:45

it is definitely However. (with capital "H")
aka "I'm about to p1ss on your bonfire..."

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Snippety · 05/02/2008 17:24

cabochon, curmudgeonly, and hamfast

Most over used "F**K off, Kipper !" (DH's cat with whom I have a difficult relationship). I am seriously worried that these will be my son's first words. Trying to say "Shoo, puss" instead

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hanaflower · 05/02/2008 17:25

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Buckets · 05/02/2008 17:26

lesbotic

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StealthPolarBear · 05/02/2008 17:31

moist

ha

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squishee · 18/09/2012 22:30

To jettison. Especially when referring to a man heading for a good dumping.

I love this thread! Was about to start an identical one when I found all you fellow pedants wordsmiths.

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GobblersKnob · 18/09/2012 22:32

Onamatapaeic and all the words that are.

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Ponders · 18/09/2012 22:32

fortuitously

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cq · 18/09/2012 22:39

Curmudgeon.

Also love snudger.

For any foul-mouthed pedants out there, you have to look that one up in the Viz Profanisaurus. I can highly recommend it - the only book that DH and I have quoted out loud to each other in bed and laughed so hard the bed shook. Grin Grin

Always wanted to get a dog and call him Snudger.

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squishee · 18/09/2012 22:40

"Spurious" comes a close second.

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SpeckleDust · 18/09/2012 22:42

Serendipitous.

I managed to use it in my (scientific) thesis. Just because I liked it.

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squishee · 18/09/2012 22:44

I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid cq!
The Viz Profanisaurus! I haven't read that in ages, thanks!

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cq · 18/09/2012 22:51

Pets with Tourettes was another literary gem that had us in stitches. Picked it up in Waterstones. Very non-pc.

But I digress.

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squishee · 19/09/2012 21:52

Ooh I've googled, it, that does looks good, thanks again :-)

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HolofernesesHead · 19/09/2012 21:57

My current favourite word is 'trifle' to denote inconsequentiality, as in 'a mere trifle', closely followed by 'stripling'.

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TodaysAGoodDay · 19/09/2012 21:59

Manuscript. What a wonderful, almost vocally tactile, word.

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