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Let's increase our vocab /r9k/ perspicuity, n.: insight
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Let's increase our vocab /r9k/

perspicuity, n.: insight or acuteness

The perspicuity of Ed's comments during the board meeting did not go unnoticed, and he was fast-tracked to a promotion.
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maudlin is a good word
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Feminization: the process of transforming an ugly underdeveloped guy into a cute girl
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>>29582151

maudlin, adj.
self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.
"the drink made her maudlin"
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itt: dictionary words
not used in common speech unless explocotly trying to sound smart
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I love the word juxtaposition
>>29583037
Also works great with this
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>>29583037

>muh conversational language

Words are tools. Pick the right ones. "Dipsomaniac" might express something that "drunk" does not.
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>>29583037
>anti intellectualism and shaming

slink back to negro twitter
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>>29583037
>explocotly

well you certainly aren't trying to sound smart, i'll give you that.
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yall nigz hatin
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This is a good thread.

moribund (adj)

>1 : being in the state of dying : approaching death
>2 : being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence
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superfluous - adj; excessive, being more than is required or sufficient.

"Come to /r9k for superfluous shitposting!"
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>>29583037
Explocotly = totally a Mayan deity.
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lugubrious
adjective

looking or sounding sad and dismal.
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>>Do euphemisms count?

Giggle Switch - The selector lever on a select-fire firearm or the safety on an automatic firearm

Blanket Wizard - Tabletop gaming enthusiast

Rice Rocket - Souped up Jap motorbike

Input - The most cyberpunk term for a woman

Leberkleister - Jagermeister ("liver glue")

If not here are some great words:

Nacreous - Iridescent

Obstreperous - Boisterous and unruly

Antediluvian - Ridiculously old-fashioned, literally from before the biblical flood

Pandiculation - That exaggerated stretching you do when you yawn

Imbroglio - An incredibly confusing or embarassing situation

Personal favourite:
Lexiphanicism - The use of excessively learned and bombastic terminology
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