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

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Perknose

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malodorous

Just 3x in the last year.
 

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quadroon

None in the last year, only 3 ever.
 

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poltroon

Once in the last year, another winner!
 

Perknose

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prehensile

Only twice in the last year.
 

Perknose

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obscurantism

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

Perknose

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parsimonious

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

Perknose

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topiary

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

Perknose

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trenchant

2 listings, just one user employed, another winner!
 

HamburgerBoy

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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.
 
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Zebo

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

SunnyD

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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.
 
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Perknose

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

Perknose

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calumny

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

Perknose

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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

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

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

Perknose

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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: