NEW CHALLENGE! Post a word rarely seen in the forums in the last year

[Perknose]

malodorous

Just 3x in the last year.

 

[Perknose]

quadroon

None in the last year, only 3 ever.

 

[Perknose]

poltroon

Once in the last year, another winner!

 

[Perknose]

prehensile

Only twice in the last year.

 

[Perknose]

obscurantism

3 listings, but only one used directly by the poster, so I claim another winner.

 

[Perknose]

parsimonious

5 listings, only three user generated, and only 2 of those used the word correctly.

 

[Perknose]

topiary

Just one listing, too bad the word was used incorrectly.

 

[Perknose]

trenchant

2 listings, just one user employed, another winner!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Rigmarole, used three times this year and quoted a few more.

Leitmotif, used once this year but as a song's name.

Castrato, used twice this year but both times as incomplete sentences and Wikipedia articles.

Lutefisk, used three times this year.

Pogrom, used three times this year, twice as a pun.

Inconspicuously, used four times this year.

EDIT: Annelid, twice this year, once as a short description for a Worms demo.

Hermaphroditic, twice this year.

 

[Zebo]

What y'all did not know is Perk wrote the last edition of Merriam Webster. (unabridged of course)

 

[Paratus]

blackinches

 

[guyver01]

If ever the title no-lifer applied, it would be to perky

 

[gaidensensei]

What y'all did not know is Perk wrote the last edition of Merriam Webster. (unabridged of course)

So that's where he's getting his damned iddqd status in this thread.

 

[Rubycon]

So that's where he's getting his damned iddqd status in this thread.

God mode is OK but the BFG rules the roost!

 

[kalrith]

propitiate

2x in the past year and 7x total.

 

[preCRT]

contretemps

used 5 times total, though none since 2005

 

[preCRT]

What y'all did not know is Perk wrote the last edition of Merriam Webster. (unabridged of course)

But what did he get on the verbal section of his SATs?

 

[SunnyD]

That's it, Perky is going to be my official proofreader from now on.

 

[SunnyD]

(By thread count)

Febrile - used twice in the last year and several more prior.

Flotsam - came close, though 6 times.

Flocculent - used once. Ever. But 4 years ago.

Effervescent - used 4 times in the last year.

Effervesce - however, used twice in the last year, but only four times total.

Exfoliate - used 4 times in the last year.

Coagulate - used 3 times in the last year.

Spiracle - used only twice ever, neither in the last year.

Pith - used 3 times in the last year.

Surfactant - used 5 times in the last year.

Hydrophobic - used 5 times in the last year.

 

[Perknose]

Cool last two entries! I thought of two, gonna' go do a search on 'em and then post 'em and hopefully stop again.

 

[Russwinters]

Stiction

 

[Perknose]

calumny

4 listings in the last year, only two original uses, both by Moonie in P&N!

 

[Perknose]

fulminate

2 listings in the last year, but both as "fulminate of mercury." Fulminate is a non-obscure English language verb in its own right. People who say it isn't make me want to fulminate against them and rain down calumny on them!

 

[AreaCode707]

Can you get a royal flush, Perky? One use per year every year the forum's been operating?

I needed to up the ante for you because you're too good at this!

 

[Perknose]

But what did he get on the verbal section of his SATs?

I did very, very, very well both times I took 'em, thank you very much! ()

I almost posted my scores, in a post which quickly expanded into a history of my early academic achievements and adventures and such, but then thought better of it. D: