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  1. avalon96

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    http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/pedant

    You can apply it to grammatical scrutiny, but it encompasses much more.

    It amazes me too--but now I am just being pedantic.
     
    avalon96, Sep 5, 2006
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  2. frefan

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    enunciate

    As in - "I thought she woulda been full after eatin that whole pizza, enunciate another!"

    Larry the Cable Guy
     
    frefan, Sep 5, 2006
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  3. robert_c

    robert_c F1 Rookie

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    I actually had to look up a word today from F-Chat.

    puerile- childish.

    And my pet peeve is "irregardless"
     
    robert_c, Sep 5, 2006
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  4. robert_c

    robert_c F1 Rookie

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    How about misspellanalphobia. thats when someone who just ranted an entire page in F-chat, and the only retort was "your an idiot because you had typos."

    And yes, I'm aware of the mistakes, its supposed to be ironic.
     
    robert_c, Sep 5, 2006
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  5. FarmerDave

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  6. vegas1

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    Acquiescence
     
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  7. kovachian

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  8. Little Joe

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    zorch - a person who sniffs farts
     
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  9. FarmerDave

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    mirkin
     
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  10. ylshih

    ylshih Shogun Assassin Honorary Owner

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    That's a hill in New Zealand. In Maori! Bzzt! Back to English...

    Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
    alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
    gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
    leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
    serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
    glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
    glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
    alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
    alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
    glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
    glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
    lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
    leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
    asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
    tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
    aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
    glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
    alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
    prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
    alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
    isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
    tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
    alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
    glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
    glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-
    valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
    glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
    isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
    prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-
    alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
    lserine
     
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  11. jimpo1

    jimpo1 Two Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    Relevant to nothing, but do any of you know the longest word that can be typed by the left hand using standard finger positioning on a QWERTY keyboard?
     
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  12. Robin

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    And your right hand isn't on the keyboard because???? :)

    Anyway, big fan of:

    factotum
    cloaca

    -R
     
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    I do now, after using both hands to query Google. :)
     
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  14. F1Ace

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    Time for the "This thread SUCKS without DEFINITIONS!!!"
     
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  15. BigAl

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    like this Wes?

    verbose /adjective, characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy:
     
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  17. NeuroSpeed

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    one of my personal favorites:

    Sphygmomanometer: A.K.A. a blood-pressure cuff.

    Also ylshih - I applaud you on the most unwieldy molecule name I've ever seen. I feel very, very sorry for whoever had to NMR that thing. My favorite organic molecule: ethane.
     
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  18. Robin

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    Time for dictionary.com, you languorous gomeral!

    -R
     
    Robin, Sep 6, 2006
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  19. fiorano94

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    :( me getted ownd buy a fancee spellir
     
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  20. Rachane

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    Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which
    produced an impressive set of callouses on his feet. He also ate very little,
    which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad
    breath. This made him...

    A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. :D
     
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  21. Rachane

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    "Smiles"

    (There's a mile between the first & last letter.) :D
     
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    Antithesis

    Languor
     
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  23. ski_bum

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    LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH

    A town in North Wales. The name roughly translates as: St. Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of Llantysilio of the red cave. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
     
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  24. Stolit

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    Sesquipedalianism, which is ironic considering the thread at hand.

    Obsequious.

    Insipid.

    Segacious.

    Egregious.
     
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  25. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliaphobia...! Aha...! Take that, Yin and you others...! I didn't have to look it up or copy and paste - I'm just naturally a dork...!

    ...um, wait...


    Ok, for real words, I think everyone should know what an aglet is and I think everyone should know what onanism is and I think everyone should know what unctuous means... I can't think of any others at the moment, but obsequious was a good one ('oblique' is another favorite word that starts with an 'o' and has a 'q' in it)...

    This is a great thread...!
     
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