quantulate: to calculate the magnitude of

etymology: classical Latin quantus "how great" (see quantum) + -ulate (in calculate).

5/9/2011 9:08:19 AM

troll - this is how i do it!

5/9/2011 9:11:05 AM

touché

a. Fencing. An exclamation used to acknowledge a hit.

b. A pleasant admission of a valid point or justified accusation made by another person

Etymology: French, past participle of toucher "to hit".

5/9/2011 9:12:52 AM

Nigger p. noun - black person

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5/9/2011 9:16:37 AM

what about cool names?

someone named steven griffin emailed me

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5/9/2011 9:31:24 AM

Cool in definition or just in some form?

I like to say phlebologist.

5/9/2011 9:45:10 AM

^
whatever form you want!

5/9/2011 10:01:49 AM

in before the inevitable "magnanimous"

5/9/2011 10:09:39 AM

http://www.news.com.au/world/scrabble-goes-street-as-slang-terms-like-innit-added-to-dictionary/story-e6frfkz9-1226052509680

5/9/2011 10:13:21 AM

zymergist - n
Definition: a scientist who studies the chemical process of fermentation in brewing and distilling; also, by extension, a brewer

5/9/2011 10:15:18 AM

^^ that depresses me (and I don't even like Scrabble)

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5/9/2011 10:15:26 AM

anachronism: Something out of place chronologically

5/9/2011 10:26:48 AM

Sheiskopf (I think that's how you spell it)

Hypospadias

5/9/2011 10:46:33 AM

^scheisse

Scrumtulescent

5/9/2011 12:02:45 PM

haha how did i fail and not add magnanimous

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5/9/2011 12:03:43 PM

I have no clue how this thread has gone on for this long without

defenestrate - To throw someone or something out of a window.

5/9/2011 12:37:13 PM

mensch - a human being, upright, honorable, decent person, someone to admire.

YAY!!! German Yiddish words!

5/24/2011 3:37:29 PM

^ that sounds dirty... "yeah, he is such a mensch"

as for cool words... shit load (500+) of them from the SAT/GRE

truculent
subterfuge
alacrity
celerity
frenetic
turgid
senescence
turpitude
tintinabulation
trepidation
temerity
tumultuous
arcane
obstinate
tortuous
500 more

5/24/2011 6:47:51 PM

"ulate" is not a fucking latin root, you dolt. calculate is practically the whole damned latin word

moreover, quantulate isn't even a fucking word. fail thread is fail

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5/24/2011 6:50:00 PM

I love to use the word gank as often as possible.

7/9/2011 7:06:20 PM

indubitably

7/9/2011 7:08:57 PM

can we post words from other languages itt

7/9/2011 7:44:25 PM

vacillate

7/9/2011 9:48:16 PM

Refrigerator

7/9/2011 10:01:33 PM

wRiggle

kapowEE!!!!!!!!!!

7/9/2011 10:02:37 PM

obsequious

taciturn

promulgate

protuberance

7/9/2011 11:19:53 PM

shrift
Noun:
Confession, esp. to a priest: "go to shrift".
Absolution by a priest.

11/20/2011 8:32:21 PM

gargantuan - huge lol

11/20/2011 8:34:28 PM

why, yes.. It is

11/20/2011 8:36:37 PM

epicaricacy

11/20/2011 8:37:54 PM

syzygy - noun - the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system

11/20/2011 9:11:45 PM

vajazzle

11/20/2011 9:12:38 PM

a·mal·gam [uh-mal-guhm]
noun
1.an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals.
2.an alloy that consists chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals and is used as a dental filling.
3.a rare mineral, an alloy of silver and mercury, occurring as silver-white crystals or grains.
4.a mixture or combination: His character is a strange amalgam of contradictory traits.

11/20/2011 9:39:43 PM

Fun fact, syzygy was also the original name for Atari.

11/20/2011 9:43:13 PM

indubitably - without doubt

11/20/2011 10:19:27 PM

bifurcated

4/25/2012 11:45:36 AM

cannibalize

I used it in a legit manner once while working retail through undergrad. The customer wrote a letter to my boss saying she approved of his hiring of people with intelligence.

4/25/2012 11:48:47 AM

Really? You get a letter for using cannibalize? Which Wal-mart was this?

4/25/2012 11:58:06 AM

Buttmunch

4/25/2012 12:05:13 PM

^^Because I'm sure the clientele at Walmart writes letters over use of words they don't understand. Fwiw it was a ritzy boutique in Cary. Quit being a dick.

4/25/2012 12:07:35 PM

Rockingham - the tragic mecca of NASCAR

4/25/2012 12:55:51 PM

Dudical

It's like saying "Dude, This is Radical!" in one word.

Dudical.

4/25/2012 1:16:57 PM

gelatinous

4/25/2012 1:31:43 PM

damn you roflpack

4/25/2012 1:34:11 PM

rofflefries

4/25/2012 1:48:35 PM

animonculory

4/25/2012 1:50:33 PM

Gaggle

We thought we made this word up one night and used it in dirty sounding phrases

Like
She's got a floppy gaggle

turns out it is a flock of geese

4/25/2012 1:55:01 PM

Indubitably - Without doubt

4/25/2012 1:59:44 PM

Quote :

"in before the inevitable "magnanimous""

that's a good word.

Anachronism is good too. I'm going to use both of these words in class tomorrow somehow.

4/25/2012 2:05:57 PM

Oh wow, didn't realize I had already posted in this topic.

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4/25/2012 2:15:48 PM