# 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:** 6
**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, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/101 "2020-11-09T02:32:25Z")
Sorry to reply to my own post, but I need to make a correction. My grandpa was career Army (WWII and Korea), by the time he went back to Korea the Air Force already existed. My dad says he thinks the pilots were Army though??? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/102 "2020-11-09T03:18:05Z")
Antidisestablishmentarianism Notwithstanding ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/103 "2020-11-09T10:23:08Z")
Ramekin ---
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/104 "2020-11-09T14:52:34Z")
subterranean ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/105 "2020-11-09T20:42:07Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Plinth That is one cool word. As is … Defibrillation. ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/106 "2020-11-09T21:02:46Z")
Nice addition ! ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/107 "2020-11-09T21:05:49Z")
This afternoon … while interminably chopping vegetables … you’ll never guess what I started uttering to myself – sotto voce. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/108 "2020-11-09T21:17:40Z")
Jambalaya ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/109 "2020-11-09T21:19:32Z")
Dieffenbachia It’s far from mellifluous, but just strikes me as cool. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/110 "2020-11-09T21:55:53Z")
Tsk! Tsk! Exsanguination (bowing) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/111 "2020-11-10T02:39:36Z")
Transmogrification. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/112 "2020-11-11T20:24:51Z")
kheer ---
**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 11, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/113 "2020-11-11T23:22:39Z")
Plop or plopped Marshmallow Resonance ---
**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 12, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/114 "2020-11-12T00:05:58Z")
fusillade fuselage phalanx ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/115 "2020-11-12T15:03:22Z")
skulduggery donnybrook ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/116 "2020-11-12T19:23:28Z")
Screever I’ll let Dick Van Dyke explain what it means: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8fHppd_KtP4/maxresdefault.jpg "Mary Poppins - Chim Chim Cheree [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fHppd_KtP4) j PS: the word has two meanings that I know of - pavement artist as in the above; but also (historically, in criminal and near-criminal circles in England) someone who could write - as in (eg), prepare the notices displayed by beggars to elicit sympathy from the passing public. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/117 "2021-01-06T04:24:19Z")
Ucalegon Which also has the one of the very best meanings, right up there with defenestrate: neighbor whose house is on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/118 "2021-01-06T07:42:29Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Dieffenbachia Bougainvillea ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@Big\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/119 "2021-01-06T08:21:21Z")
Hyacinth ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827/120 "2021-01-06T08:54:16Z")
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