Words you don't usually see used

[sybarite_1]

I'll start with

unsexier

It came up in a scrabble game.

Do you know words that exist but people rarely use?

 

[lovecraft68]

Yes

Common sense.

It exists, but people rarely use it.

 

[oggbashan]

Hundreds of them. See this long-running thread:

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1011822

 

[BubblyBookworm]

Yes

Common sense.

It exists, but people rarely use it.

Tantamount

 

[lovecraft68]

To make a real post.

I like the word Laconically...but rarely see it used.

 

[sybarite_1]

Hundreds of them. See this long-running thread:

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1011822

Well, I haven't been here for over 30,000 posts so I wouldn't know about the long running thread...but thanks

 

[Handley_Page]

I'll start with

unsexier

It came up in a scrabble game.

Do you know words that exist but people rarely use?

Is that a real English word? (it ain't in my Oxford)
Even Wiki has a bit of a problem.

It sounds to me like a portmanteau invention (ie., a load of tosh!).
Personally, I'd challenge that one.

 

[oggbashan]

Is that a real English word? (it ain't in my Oxford)
Even Wiki has a bit of a problem.

It sounds to me like a portmanteau invention (ie., a load of tosh!).
Personally, I'd challenge that one.

There are some very odd words in the Official Scrabble (tm) Dictionary.

Here are a few un- words from the Cassell Dictionary of Slang:

un-ass 1940s-60s [US Black] hand over, give up.

unbelt late 19th C [US] to hand over money

unbenefit 1990s [US teen] to disassociate oneself from after a disagreement or an unpleasant occurrence. [lit. to withdraw one's benefits from]

unbetty early-mid 19th C to unlock

unbridle 1920s-50s to remove one's hat

undercarriage 1990s the vagina

undercover 1950s [US Black] sexual intercourse

underdimple 19th C the vagina

under-entrance 19th C the vagina

undermeat 1990s the labia majora

underput early 17th C a mistress

A large percentage of the whole dictionary is words for sexual items.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'll start with

unsexier

It came up in a scrabble game.

Do you know words that exist but people rarely use?

Lots of 'em. I'm fond of "orthogonal".

A large percentage of the whole dictionary is words for sexual items.

"Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies" (18th-century guide to London's horizontal ladies) has some great euphemisms for sex, e.g. "when the blind boy weeps".

 

[legerdemer]

Lots of 'em. I'm fond of "orthogonal".



"Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies" (18th-century guide to London's horizontal ladies) has some great euphemisms for sex, e.g. "when the blind boy weeps".

Orthogonal is one of my faves too.

Nice euphemism there....

 

[Athalia]

There are some very odd words in the Official Scrabble (tm) Dictionary.


unbridle 1920s-50s to remove one's hat

I've heard of unbridled optimism or arrogance, but not hats.

 

[legerdemer]

Here's a couple of mine:

limerence and palimpsest

 

[Hypoxia]

vihuela
shamisen
ahenk
baglamas
ramkie
bandurria
yueqin
hualaycho
tzouras
rajao
timple
sargija

 

[legerdemer]

vihuela
shamisen
ahenk
baglamas
ramkie
bandurria
yueqin
hualaycho
tzouras
rajao
timple
sargija

I've only ever seen two out of the 12 (shamisen and tzouras). Off to a dictionary she goes....

 

[Hypoxia]

I've only ever seen two out of the 12 (shamisen and tzouras). Off to a dictionary she goes....

Not to a dictionary -- here.