Back by popular demand...its the expand your vocabulary thread.

[Sluggo]

OK, not so much popular demand, so much as I really like it.


Use the word left by the previous poster in a sentence, then leave a new word for the next person.

EXAMPLE


I leave the word kentledge

I reply using that word in a sentence:
The divers found a large quanity of kentledge, so they were sure they were close to the wreck site.

Then I leave a new word.

I will start with the word kyphosis

 

[RU482]

A famous bell ringer from the Cathedral of Notre Dame suffered from kyphosis


My word is... stratum

 

[Martin]

IBM's SOI technology includes a stratum layer of silicone, which helps reduce power consumption.


my word: asinine


btw, Cool thread

 

[Demosthenes]

This thread is considered asinine by many because the only ones who read it are the ones who don't need an expanded vocabulary.

haha.. just kidding.

Here's mine: egregious

 

[Poncherelli]

The poster of this thread made an egregious mistake by starting something of this nature.

My word: Ineluctable

 

[Rastus]

Al Gore and Dan Quayle are Ineluctable.

nomothetic

 

[TheAvenger]

Judge Dread thinks he is nomothetic but we know it's only in his dreams.



scrim

 

[airfoil]

We've used scrim before, it works out best in summers.

fey

 

[Jfur]

the fey turkey approached the darkened shed
new word: abderian

 

[Martin]

TheAvenger's icon suggests that he is abderian.

gangly

 

[UCBPride]

Pilate from Song of Solomon is gangly like "a tall black tree"

inconsequentiality

 

[Muadib]

Many people, after losing their jobs, feel that great inconsequentiality will be their legacy.
My word: xylophagous

 

[syzygy]

protect any outdoor wooden furniture against xylophagous insects by applying
special chemicals.


new word: crwth

 

[SilverThief]

darn too slow. sorry

 

[Jfur]

He plucked the crwth and the princess swooned...

word: anacalypsis