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...and would love to use.
In the Beatrix Potter thread, I was reminded of how much I like the word SOPORIFIC.
I think it might be possible I have used the word before.
But one word I haven't used and would love to is
PERSPICACITY.
Isn't that a great word? I'm not sure I would find myself in a situation where using it would be anything less than pretentious. I'm sure I would make a wonderful Mrs. Malaprop in real life, lol!
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I finally managed to work in SARTORIAL a couple times in the last couple months.
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Glorious!
It isn't my word, really, but rather my daughter's. Her favorite word to describe all of her daily encounters. She is 5 years old, which makes it all the more precious.
... a challenge to broaden my own vocabulary, I look forward to hearing all the words you love 
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my current favorites:
lachrymose
portmanteau
avoirdupois
je ne sais quoi
great thread!
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I have to guess you are *not* talking about the portmanteau theorem 
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no, mathmama, i am not a math mama
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I was very impressed when a friend of mine used the word,
CAVALIER.
It fit so well in the context of our discussion and it effortlessly floated from her lips.
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FELICITY
"Is there any felicity in the world superior to this?"
 Makes me happy just to think about all the situations that could encompass. I LOVE using this word!
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TACITURN
“for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the éclat of a proverb.”
Seriously pretentious but I love it!
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UNPREPOSSESSING
- this is a favorite word!!
Prepare to be amazed at the source of my incredible vocabulary! This is from one of my favorite all time movies and one of my favorite all time actresses (Maureen O'Hara) -- McClintock
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well my kids say I use the word Actually all the time  I used the acconitation the other day while writing and had to look it up if I had it in the right context in the article because when do I ever use that word .
I've been big on the word Pasifism & Pasifist I love these words as they bring me great peace when I focus on them
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I just remembered EPISTOLARY and I'm working on SANGFROID.
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Against my will I had to use "longitudinally" the other day when talking with my dh about how to cut onions again.
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re: lachrymose. this past fall, my 19yo Elizabeth sang with her college choir. they sang "Lachrymosa" (sp?) from mozart's requim. i thin it's a great name for a coffee shop-la cremosa.
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Three words immediately came to mind - I love you.
When I first read the topic, without reading the posts, I thought it was about the words we love to hear from our children.
Not exactly a vocabulary booster, but I like "Awesome!"
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I love COUNTENANCE.
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Ah, yes, the context is part of the love. One reason I like perspicacity so much is because it is in my favorite scene from the Horatio Hornblower series:
Horation Hornblowerstart at 5 minutes, 30 seconds
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We use a word, not sure how to spell or pronounce kafaffle, kerflaffle used in the Anne of Green Gables movie by Marilla. My dd and I know what we mean anyway. Wish I could remember the context.
Anyone know the correct spelling?
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For a long time I have loved SERENDIPITY, or SERENDIPITOUS. It's sound matches it's meaning so serendipitously.
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Peckish. As in you're needing a snack and say, "I'm feeling a bit peckish." Its so much more refined than, "I'm hungry."
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