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  1. F1Ace

    F1Ace F1 Rookie

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    Hey, let's help each other's word power here.

    I'll start:

    PEDANTIC: Dwelling on petty grammatical rules.

    It always amazes me how many people don't know this word.

    How about you?

    Wes
     
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    Forte: pertaining to streangth or talent. pronounced 'fOrt' not 'fOrta' i know it's probably pedantic.

    the pronunciation of 'fOrta' is in reference to a musical note.


    my personal pet peve.
     
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  3. MarkPDX

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  4. yzee

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    I understood your corn smut and will go there now.
     
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  5. JCR

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    To pronounce them as "fawr-tey", or "fôrt-tay" is also considered correct. Both the one and two syllable pronunciations are considered standard.
     
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    That reminds me of a Family Guy clip....anyone know what I am talking about?
     
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  7. Kds

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    Embiggen

    Crumulent
     
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  8. wax

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    If you don't know what a clodpate is, you are a clodpate.
     
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  9. jordanair45

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    I know what you're talking about. Family guy is the best.
     
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    "Well, Lois, I find this food to be rather shallow and pedantic."

    :D
     
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    I've always found 'anile' and 'scrofulous' to be worth working into an insult or two.
     
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  12. DGS

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    I'm still amazed how many young people (in the US) don't know "Alfa Romeo".

    Watch guys get angry when you ask "Are you rally homologated?" ;)

    Let's get egregiously abstruse ...
     
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  13. F1Ace

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    Gee wize guys, do we all gotta look up the definitions for each one ourselves? :(

    If you in fact DO know the word, how 'bout throwin' us a bone.
     
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  14. amenasce

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    Peculiar

    Secluded
     
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  15. Webby

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    you must have lived a secluded life because there's nothing peculiarly fancy about those words
     
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  16. Robin

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    The Superior Person's Book of Words is a great read...

    -R
     
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  17. sgcullen

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    Ummmm...read below (from Dictionary.com)...

    forte1  /fɔrt, foʊrt or, for 1, ˈfɔrteɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawrt, fohrt or, for 1, fawr-tey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

    –noun 1. a strong point, as of a person; that in which one excels: I don't know what her forte is, but it's not music.
    2. the stronger part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt (opposed to foible).


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    [Origin: 1640–50; earlier fort < MF (see fort); disyllabic pron. by assoc. with forte2]


    —Synonyms 1. talent, skill, excellence, strength, specialty; knack, bent.
    —Pronunciation note In the sense of a person's strong point (He draws well, but sculpture is his forte ), the older and historical pronunciation of forte is the one-syllable /f&#596;rt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation or /fo&#650;rt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fohrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. The word is derived from the French word fort "strong." A two-syllable pronunciation /&#712;f&#596;rte&#618;/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawr-tey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation is increasingly heard, especially from younger educated speakers, perhaps owing to confusion with the musical term forte, pronounced in English as /&#712;f&#596;rte&#618;/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawr-tey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation and in Italian as /&#712;f&#596;rt&#603;/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawr-te] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. Both the one- and two-syllable pronunciations of forte are now considered standard.
     
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  18. F1Ace

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    I was trying to narrow it down just a little bit. ;)
     
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  19. CAS

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    Myopic.
     
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    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!:)
     
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    assuage
    "these words cannot assuage the thirst for peace in your soul"

    self-aggrandizing

    "The primary purpose of the P&R section is often the self-aggrandizing of the right-wing poster over his proletarian opponents"
     
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    Badonkadonk [buh-donk-uh-donk] n. A big ol' juicy bootay.

    ex. "Dayaaaam shoh-tee dat badonkadonk be stupid fly! How boutchoo lemme ride up on dat bumpa an smack dat monkey?"
     
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    gottapee


    my pointless words+ one real one*
     
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    Holy Sh*t I really did LOL. Dont forget Sacrelicious.
     
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    defenestrate tr.v. de·fen·es·trat·ed, de·fen·es·trat·ing, de·fen·es·trates
    To throw out of a window.

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    [Back-formation from defenestration.]
     
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