# Cool Words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827 "2020-10-12T19:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/81 "2020-10-19T01:41:12Z")
aquamarine ultraviolet ---
**Author:** ![Reginald\_Knutsen\_the\_3rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Reginald\_Knutsen\_the\_3rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reginald_Knutsen_the_3rd)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/82 "2020-10-19T07:54:49Z")
Filibuster Hieroglyphics Bamboozle Cocksure Shenanigans Brouhaha Truculent Spurious Lallygagging Jingoistic Rhombus Pithy Usurped Duodenum Dichotomy Caterwauling Chartreuse Cantankerous ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/83 "2020-10-19T17:35:18Z")
osmyrrah ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/84 "2020-10-19T17:50:42Z")
Rhythm: all those consonants and no real vowel. And it conjures up so much. And if you put “syncopated” in front of it, you just marvel at the combination. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/85 "2020-10-19T19:11:11Z")
ipso facto ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/86 "2020-10-19T21:57:48Z")
When I was about 12, I knew a boy who liked saying **duodenum** , which he pronounced doo-WAD-en-um. Another friend from that time was really into monster movies, and he pronounced **grotesque** as GROTS-kew. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/87 "2020-10-19T22:04:42Z")
[Gorn. Gorn – it’s got a sort of _woody_ quality about it. Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than ‘newspaper’ or ‘litter bin’.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/wood.php) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/88 "2020-10-20T02:20:48Z")
skulduggery ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/89 "2020-11-03T03:50:48Z")
I forgot to include a favorite that my dad used all the time: **cogitate**. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/90 "2020-11-03T13:48:42Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > When I was about 12, I knew a boy who liked saying **duodenum** , which he pronounced doo-WAD-en-um. > … As best I can read IPA **[wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenum)** suggests that’s a decent alternate pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/91 "2020-11-07T07:00:00Z")
Susurration, scintillation, and succotash ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/92 "2020-11-07T14:09:03Z")
Nice. Extra points for alliteration. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/93 "2020-11-07T18:44:46Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Extra points for alliteration was trying for syncopation ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/94 "2020-11-07T20:54:14Z")
Maundering trollop Desquamating lymphohistiocytic dermal excoriation with eosinophilic fasciitis ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/95 "2020-11-08T09:56:19Z")
Dorothy Parker once said that based on sound alone, overlooking meaning, the loveliest words in English (imagine them with her elocution lessons, trans-Atlantic accent) are “Cellar door.” Say them over a few times, and she has a point. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/96 "2020-11-08T23:52:05Z")
Zephyr Bum’s rush ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/97 "2020-11-09T00:56:28Z")
Besotted 😢 RSVP > [@si\_blakely](#): > > - _Garbanzo_ beans Garmonbozia > [@saucywench](#): > > Supersonic I have some Supersonic Shoes. Really. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/98 "2020-11-09T01:06:16Z")
Supersonic shoes? I’m listening. Another one I like… Hoodoos (or fairy chimneys). I have some cool pictures of some of the ones near here ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/99 "2020-11-09T01:13:59Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Supersonic shoes? I’m listening. My Dad flew the F-86 and F-100 Super Sabre, first operational SS fighters. He kept a pair of old boots that had exceeded the sound barrier (this was a much bigger deal back in the day). They are sitting over my beer fridge in the garage. The leather is petrified and all curled up. Not much to look at if you don’t know what they are. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/100 "2020-11-09T01:48:53Z")
That’s badass! My dad was in the Air Force (not a pilot), and my grandpa was in the Army Air Corps I love jets! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827.md?page=6)