# What words do you never use? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997 "2011-12-04T00:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/21 "2011-12-04T17:29:23Z")
Never. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/22 "2011-12-04T17:35:49Z")
If I used it here, it would give the lie to the idea that I never use it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/23 "2011-12-04T17:58:54Z")
There are a slew oif worjds tghat Ull use in wariting, but always agid daying them outlousss. no maftte hwo acarerfully i da I can not brgh myself to projuce them 'orrett’l ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/24 "2011-12-04T18:10:04Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I once had “persnickety” thrown at me, but I’ve never hurled it at anyone else. I don’t even take it down from the shelf to dust it off. I say “persnickety” proudly. Had one illiterate boss who never let me hear the end of it. “Soporific” is another one I use regularly that seems to constantly fall on ignorant ears. I know there was one I read recently that made me think, “huh, no one ever SAYS that but I see it in print all the time” and now, of course, I can’t remember what it was. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/25 "2011-12-04T18:20:58Z")
Cacophony. I would never use it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/26 "2011-12-04T18:23:35Z")
Semprini? ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/27 "2011-12-04T18:25:03Z")
nugatory seriously I had to read that book next to my computer because of random words like that all over the place. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/28 "2011-12-04T19:35:55Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Cacophony. I would never use it. Now there is one I use. Possibly more than necessary but it is a great way to describe the sounds of people prepping for a car race. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/29 "2011-12-05T01:21:21Z")
Anymore, I never use b_red (as in - wearied by dullness, tedium) as I found that G_d hears me when I say it and makes sure to cure me of the condition in unwelcome ways. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/30 "2011-12-05T02:35:48Z")
_Sassy_. Seems to be used a lot in online dating profiles from women, but the last time I remember hearing it was on [an 18 year old SNL skit](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92lsassy.phtml). Maybe it was mentioned on some some Sex in the City episode after that. Never had an opportunity to use it myself. ---
**Author:** ![rosella\_alm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@rosella\_alm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rosella_alm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/31 "2011-12-05T02:41:52Z")
vouchsafe ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/32 "2011-12-05T02:48:14Z")
Precocious and ninnyhammer ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/33 "2011-12-05T03:01:32Z")
Shibboleth ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/34 "2011-12-05T03:20:28Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Antiestablishmentarianism. Too negative for me. You probably meant “anti_ **dis** _establishmentarianism.” I don’t use either of them. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/35 "2011-12-05T03:21:23Z")
Moist. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/36 "2011-12-05T03:21:40Z")
Intrauterine. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/37 "2011-12-05T03:29:50Z")
Unless I’m singing the Australian National Anthem (which I try not to do ever, partly because it’s a boring tune with boring lyrics, but mainly because I can’t sing), “girt” (meaning surrounded). The line in the national anthem is “Our home is girt by sea.” Apparently one of our major achievements is to be an island, although I don’t personally accept any credit for helping that to occur. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/38 "2011-12-05T03:34:24Z")
pretty much any swear word… I rarely ever swear. More accurately though, I never EVER use the word “dude” or “man” when referring to a friend or another person. I never use the word dude period. I hate it. In fact, I have ended a friendship with someone who refused to stop calling me dude. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/39 "2011-12-05T04:05:20Z")
**lucubrate** : [ul] li To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night. [/li][li]To work or write like a scholar.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997/40 "2011-12-05T04:17:18Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > pretty much any swear word… I rarely ever swear. > > More accurately though, I never EVER use the word “dude” or “man” when referring to a friend or another person. I never use the word dude period. I hate it. In fact, I have ended a friendship with someone who refused to stop calling me dude. Dang, dude, that’s harsh. You need to, like, lighten up or something, man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-never-use/604997.md?page=3)