The "Exhilarating Word" Game

[ikaiyoo]

Eldrich spooky... also a character class on Dark Age of Camelot.


tachydidaxy

 

[Dave2112]

I've actually not heard this word before, so I'm gonna take a stab at it by breaking it down. Tachy being a prefix dealing with either speed or swiftness and didaxy, I believe, relating to a method of learning or knowledge, I'm going to guess that Tachydidaxy is a fast method of learning something. Close?


Parsec

 

[Musicroxmysox]

A split part of a second....something about less then an actual second.

Just to be annoying lol:

Antidisestablishmentarianism.

 

[ikaiyoo]

to be opposed to the removal of the Church of England's status as the state church of England.

Also sometimes cited as the longest word in the dictionary.


sciolism



oh and dave, tachydidaxy is fast teaching so not bad.

 

[Dave2112]

Superficial or vague knowledge of a topic or subject. More specifically, the act of pretending to know more about something than you actually do, to be precise.


Dissociative

 

[ikaiyoo]

sperated from... usually used to describe a groupe of mental conditions where the brain creates blocks from highly traumatic events.



polylemma

 

[Musicroxmysox]

A problem that has multiple choices to go with it. A Dilemma.

Quintessential

 

[Dave2112]

The most typical of


Hidebound

 

[ikaiyoo]

Hidebound

narrow minded


hierofastidia

 

[Mister Scruff]

Hatred for religious iconography.






Puirt a beul (OK it's three words, but tell me they're not interesting ;D )

 

[starburstz91]

Literally means "tunes from a mouth") and is a traditional form of song native to Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.



Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

 

[Mister Scruff]

Straight from the OED: 'a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs'. Note "factitious". Also, nice lips






Factitious

 

[Dave2112]

Made-up


Impresario

 

[Mister Scruff]

An old word for a musician's agent type person.







Barrio

 

[Dave2112]

Spanish-language-originated slang for "the bad part of town", or a poor neighborhood.


Ellucidate

 

[Mister Scruff]

Misspelling of "elucidate" Make something clearer through explaination, as in "would you care to elucidate upon your decision to buy a Vauxhall Cavalier?"





Lucent

 

[Dave2112]

Yeah, sorry for the mispelling. Anyways..."lucent" has two main definitions...either "giving off light" or as a shortened version of "translucent", ie: clear.


Pernicious

 

[Mister Scruff]

Subtly sinister or evil.









Malodorous

 

[Dave2112]

Having an unpleasant or offensive odor.


Misanthropic