Favorite word you never get to use

[hakuna matata]

I saw this thread posted on another message board I go to and thought it was a fun question. What is your favorite word that you rarely get to use?

For me it is 'ta-da'. Unless you are a magician you never get to use that word, but I have always wanted to have my client at a meeting, and have the design boards all covered up, and then with a flourish, rip off the cover and say 'ta-da!'

I also like the word 'egregious', but rarely find a place I can use it.

So what is your favorite word you rarely get to use?

 

[MuirWannabe]

Uranus

 

[mickeyd]

mickeyd, Billionaire

 

[martyb]

Uranus

 

[Dawg52]

There is a word I sometimes use, but rarely get to do.

 

[Nords]

Defenestrate.

 

[calmloki]

Plethora - thanks to the Three Amigos it's got a whole different feel now.

YouTube - Three Amigos-What Is A Plethora?

 

[braumeister]

Abstemiously is one of the two English words with all the vowels in alphabetical order, he said facetiously.

 

[martyb]

Plethora - thanks to the Three Amigos it's got a whole different feel now.

YouTube - Three Amigos-What Is A Plethora?

lol...that movie cracked me up! I think I'll stream it from Netflix tonight & watch it again!

 

[haha]

I also like the word 'egregious', but rarely find a place I can use it.

Just have more political discussions. Egregious describes about 75% of what goes on in that arena.

Ha

 

[WB52]

I've always liked the phrase "eschew obfuscation".

 

[REWahoo]

indubitably

 

[REWahoo]

Defenestrate.

This is one of those English words I really dislike because it does not mean what it says. How exactly do you castrate someone on a fence by throwing them out a window?

Oh, never mind...I get it.

 

[studbucket]

Interstitial.

I like it, I just always forget to use it when I can.

 

[Sarah in SC]

All I can think of is a favorite phrase: confirmation bias.

 

[haha]

All I can think of is a favorite phrase: confirmation bias.

A very usefull phrase to keep in mind.

Ha

 

[slingshot]

my favorite word is ovulate!
if this mare would ovulate, we could quit ordering semen and driving to the airport to pick it up!

 

[bbbamI]

I've always liked the phrase "eschew obfuscation".

Gesundheit

 

[Sarah in SC]

my favorite word is ovulate!
if this mare would ovulate, we could quit ordering semen and driving to the airport to pick it up!

This is why context is important, or impotent, as the case may be!
I wish you luck with your mare!

 

[devans0]

No, dear.

 

[TromboneAl]

For me it is 'ta-da'. Unless you are a magician you never get to use that word...

I use it during sex.

 

[Silver]

I like the word "bogus". Because so many things people say are........but I never say it.

 

[GregLee]

All I can think of is a favorite phrase: confirmation bias.

Luckily, that is actually not a phrase -- it's a word, specifically a compound noun, made from two nouns. If it were a phrase, since "bias" is a noun, the phrase would have to be a noun phrase, but that would make "confirmation" an adjective. Obviously, though, "confirmation" is a noun. Also, compound nouns typically have more stress on the first word, while noun phrases typically have more stress on the second word (if it is the noun). Here, "confirmation" has more stress than "bias", which is additional evidence that "confirmation bias" is a compound noun, and hence a noun.

 

[Nords]

Abstemiously is one of the two English words with all the vowels in alphabetical order, he said facetiously.

Might be a tad too subtle for this crowd...

 

[Bestwifeever]

Conjugal visit.