Cool words and combos

“Apotheosis”

Just a great word to drop into any conversation about almost anything.

“Facsimile of reality”

A good phrase to use when viewing incomprehensible art.

Anathema.

I get frissons from not putting an indefinite article in front of it when I say it.

Mengililingi

An Indonesian word meaning to surround. Difficult to say under normal circumstances: basically impossible after having a novocaine injection in your jaw.

“Ganglion”

Useful for dropping into conversations about animal social groups.

“Phosphoric”

A helpful adjective when describing inflammatory forum posts.

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"Brabble"

A word to describe a lot of the comings and goings on this forum.

Frozen Shoulder

(It's not actually frozen per se)

Per se

? 🤷

"Ludibrious"

As in... "Some posters' references to Stalin render them rather ludibrious".

And “lubricious”

A good word to drop into conversations about moistened or oily smoothness.