# Words I just don't work into enough conversations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011 "2007-06-22T16:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/21 "2007-06-22T18:17:24Z")
[ul] [li]Acquiesce[/li][li]Ameliorate[/li][li]Auspicious[/li][li]Clandestine[/li][li]Loquacious[/li][li]Obstinate[/li][li]Ostensible/y[/li][li]Platitude[/li][li]Prevaricate[/li][li]Venerable[/li][li]Verisimilitude[/li][/ul] I never miss an opportunity to use these words when they come to mind, but I wish I could use them more. There are lots of other words I could think of if I had the time, some of which will likely turn up in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/22 "2007-06-22T18:17:57Z")
I was just thinking of the word “conflate” the other day, and wondering, if I did use it in conversation, would people know what it meant? (Aside from my husband, that is… ) ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/23 "2007-06-22T18:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] But it’s a plural … 😛 [/QUOTE] Er… it is? Sorry, Ollie, I have but time for one hijink today. Perhaps more tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/24 "2007-06-22T18:49:34Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] I think the really problem is not not saying it. It’s just not sashaying enough. [/QUOTE] I can help with that. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/25 "2007-06-22T19:01:31Z")
[QUOTE=Electrical Storm] Kerfuffle. [/QUOTE] I deliberately use “kerfuffle” as often as possible. It’s one of my very favorite words 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/26 "2007-06-22T19:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=SiXSwordS] Er… it is? [/QUOTE] You mean it _isn’t_? :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/27 "2007-06-22T19:18:00Z")
Cromulent. Perfunctory. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/28 "2007-06-22T19:27:20Z")
[QUOTE=Helena] I was just thinking of the word “conflate” the other day, and wondering, if I did use it in conversation, would people know what it meant? (Aside from my husband, that is… ) [/QUOTE] Funny…I almost added this word in my post. I’ve probably heard this term used more in mainstream media the past couple of months (in a variety of stories) than I have the rest of my entire life. I don’t know if it’s just me, or if people have suddenly figured out what it means and are simply using it at every opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/29 "2007-06-22T20:24:35Z")
I’m grateful to hear of cachinnatory. Fine, fine word. Here are two that I’ve always wanted to use: crepuscular, empyrean ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/30 "2007-06-22T20:30:01Z")
Imperturbable Prehensile Combustible Propogate Fiddledeedee ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/31 "2007-06-22T20:31:41Z")
Discombobulate. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/32 "2007-06-22T20:33:44Z")
Intrepid. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. (Sorry, still at work…) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/33 "2007-06-22T20:45:48Z")
Valetudinarian Velocipede [Douroucouli](http://encarta.msn.com/media_461573542_761569669_-1_1/Douroucouli.html) ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/34 "2007-06-22T20:59:13Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Scimitar. [/QUOTE] Recall reading about some wit who was dining at a restaurant where practically everything was served flaming on swords. When asked for his order, he said, “Bring me an order of scrambled eggs. Oh, yes, bring them on a scimitar!” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/35 "2007-06-22T21:12:26Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Discombobulate. [/QUOTE] I use that all the time! I really like [blackguard](http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bla3.htm) too, but can’t seem to work it in anywhere. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/36 "2007-06-22T21:13:19Z")
“She’s always on that cell phone. She doesn’t even **loquacious** going!” **Kempt**. **Plotz**. **Unmitigated**. If Ms. Blanchett asks you how she can keep warm in the Saskatoon winter, tell her, “ **Bifurcate**.” Hold it, fellas, don’t get **ribald**. Keep your sticks on the ice. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/37 "2007-06-22T21:22:56Z")
Overmore ---
**Author:** ![Hubert\_Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hubert\_Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hubert_Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/38 "2007-06-22T21:25:25Z")
Boondoggle. Episcopalianism. Shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/39 "2007-06-22T21:29:18Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] I can help with that. [/QUOTE] Ah. I didn’t think Canadians were allowed to sachey. You could slip on all that snow and be eaten by a polar bear! But give it a shot. Cattywampus. It’s what happens when your kurfuffles get infectected. Saddy I seen a number of loved go all cattywampus. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011/40 "2007-06-22T21:34:58Z")
Avast. Any conversation where you can use “Avast” is a good conversation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-just-dont-work-into-enough-conversations/409011.md?page=3)