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As the list gets longer, it'll be useful to see what words have already been posted (if you'd rather not duplicate). It may be interesting to see what kinds of words have been used, too.
To that end, I've started this alphabetical list. When you post a new word to the thread, please also add it here.
Alpenglow
amativeness
apropos
autodidact
bivouac
buckminsterfullerene-esque
chthonic
denouement
enigmatic
evanescent
ginormous
harf
hemidemisemiquaver
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
iconoclast
inception
metrosexual
molybdenum
oxymoron
paradigm
paradox
penultimate
peregrinating
petulant
quaff
quibble
Quibbles and Bits
recumbent
refudiate
troll
If the list gets too cumbersome, somebody can divide it up.
Anna Mae
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Chief Joseph Member


Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 4501 | TRs Location: What Verlot Forgot.
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Amativeness..... stands for the relating to or inclined toward love, especially sexual love; amorous.
Amativeness is also a concept of phrenology.[1]It is the faculty concerned with physical love and sexual attraction. When it is strongly developed, it may represent carnality and licentiousness. When underdeveloped: coldness, frigidity, indifference towards the opposite sex.
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tmatlack Member


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Blivet(n): Cowboy slang...10 pounds of manure in a 5 pound bag. From cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses . It's also really fun to say.
Go ahead, call the local bully a "blivet" and see what happens.
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Scrooge Famous Grouse


Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs Location: wishful thinking
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molybdenum - Element 42 in the periodic table, molybdenum is a metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in many properties, is used especially in strengthening and hardening steel, and is a trace element in plant and animal metabolism. (from Merriam-Webster)
I know. It's not a very interesting word, not very useful on Twitter, but I just like saying it. ...... "Molybdenum".
You've probably heard of molybdenum-steel. You may not have come across Molybdenum Falls. But you can see it.
Well, no, you probably can't. ...... It's on the trail from Mineral City to Poodle Dog Pass, but it's right below where the trail (old road) crosses Molybdenum Creek (a tributary of Silver Creek), and it's just about impossible to get into position to see. Maybe that's why neither Sore Feet nor aywolfpac have included it on their waterfall websites.
 Molybdenum Falls, in the shadow where the arrow's pointing. - (inverted Google Earth screen capture)
Silver Creek crosses the picture, Molybdenum Creek comes in from the top (south).
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Here's the Flash Earth version, covering more territory. If you look at it 'full screen', Silver Lake is at the upper right and the site of Mineral City at the lower left. Molybdenum Falls would be just about dead center.
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=47.956306&lon=-121.418755&z=15&r=9&src=yh
Molybdenum. You probably had some for breakfast.
Hey Bryan (anybody). What do you do to get those Flash Earth links to display the target picture?
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aywolfpac Member


Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 1283 | TRs Location: Burlington, WA
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Scrooge wrote: |
Maybe that's why neither Sore Feet nor aywolfpac have included it on their waterfall websites. |
Is this a challenge? I'll go down there right now if I have to.
Wait! Where is this again?
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Scrooge Famous Grouse


Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs Location: wishful thinking
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I was going to reserve the challenge for the waterfall thread.
................................ Still am. ............................... 
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awaygirl Member


Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 131 | TRs Location: Seattle
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Trollette:
One who purposely and deliberately (that purpose usually being self-amusement) starts an argument in a manner which attacks others on a forum without in any way listening to the arguments proposed by her peers. He will spark of such an argument via the use of ad hominem attacks (i.e. 'you're nothing but a fanboy' is a popular phrase) with no substance or relevence to back them up as well as straw man arguments, which he uses to simply avoid addressing the essence of the issue.
Instigator:
–verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
1. To cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
2. To urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course: to instigate the people to revolt.
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RayD the griz ate my pass


Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 1476 | TRs Location: Vacaville
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I came across a trollete doing her toilette in a twee trailer park whilst I was toodling across the tundra.
My words failed me. I was tood-la-dooed! |
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panachronic Member


Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 93 | TRs Location: onward through the fog
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THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:
1. Innovative
2. Preliminary
3. Proliferation
4. Cinnamon
THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:
1. Specificity
2. Anti-constitutionalistically
3. Passive-aggressive disorder
4. Transubstantiate
THINGS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:
1. Thanks, but I don't want to have sex.
2. Nope, no more booze for me!
3. Sorry, but you're not really my type.
4. Taco Bell? No thanks, I'm not hungry.
5. Good evening, officer. Isn't it lovely out tonight?
6. Oh, I couldn't! No one wants to hear me sing karaoke.
7. I'm not interested in fighting you.
8. Thank you, but I won't make any attempt to dance, I have no coordination. I'd hate to look like a fool!
9. Where is the nearest bathroom? I refuse to pee in this parking lot or on the side of the road.
10. I must be going home now, as I have to work in the morning.
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Josh Lewis Up up and away!


Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 4629 | TRs Location: Lynnwood,WA
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I can go either way, but in my opinion it would not be a big deal if someone posted a word later down in this thread that was already used way earlier on. Basically what I'm saying is I don't think the wiki is needed, although an interesting idea. |
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awaygirl Member


Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 131 | TRs Location: Seattle
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twitterpated
1)to be completely enamored with someone/something.
2) the flighty exciting feeling you get when you think about/see the object of your affection.
3) romantically excited (i.e.: aroused)
4) the ever increasing acceleration of heartbeat and body temperature as a result of being engulfed amidst the exhilaration and joy of being/having a romantic entity in someone's life.
When he smiled at her, the rush of warm, fuzzy, excited sensations that filled her made her realize she was completely twitterpated with this man.
twitterpated
1)to be completely enamored with someone/something.
2) the flighty exciting feeling you get when you think about/see the object of your affection.
3) romantically excited (i.e.: aroused)
4) the ever increasing acceleration of heartbeat and body temperature as a result of being engulfed amidst the exhilaration and joy of being/having a romantic entity in someone's life.
When he smiled at her, the rush of warm, fuzzy, excited sensations that filled her made her realize she was completely twitterpated with this man.
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Blue Dome Now with Retsyn


Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 3144 | TRs Location: Cleaning up the dogma.
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Refudiate

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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?


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Enervate
en·er·vate
/v. ˈɛnərˌveɪt; adj. ɪˈnɜrvɪt/ Show Spelled [v. en-er-veyt; adj. ih-nur-vit] Show IPA verb, -vat·ed, -vat·ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
—Synonyms
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.
"The work we did today was so tedius and mind numbing that it was thoroughly enervating."
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touron Member


Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10305 | TRs Location: Plymouth Rock
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peregrinating: "to travel especiallyl on foot"
I was talking with my sister on the phone tonight and she said ~"...so the next time you are peregrinating around..."
And of course I stopped the conversation right there in its tracks and told her to prove that she knew the definition of such a high-falutin' word which had obviouly only been employed to demonstrate sisterly superiority. For shame! 
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RichP Member


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The English word "pilgrim" comes from the Latin peregrinus.
The peregrine falcon lives in many parts of the world.
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