Yeah, me too. I love words, and this one was added to my lexicon two or three days after I joined. I will always associate it with this board.
ETA: Because this board is perfectly cromulent. heh heh heh
I believe I learned the word callipygian on 'ere. I’ve had plenty of other words explained to me too.
Solipsism-- the belief that only the self exists
(from some Dopers more than others)
cromulent
snark
meh
feh
Felching
I came in to say this one, also “ephebophile”.
I believe I learned the word faunch here.
I learned this one, along with “squicking”, “munging”, “merkin”, “obfusciatrist”, and a host of other words. Joining as a teenager certainly improved my vocabulary in unsurprising ways.
Bumping to add
“kayfabe”
brilliant wordt that
Not in the Dope, but because of it, I’ve just learned what ringworm is.
In the Dope, several cooking-related words, but the only one I can remember right now is “basting”.
I learned felch here also. And I just 10 seconds ago learned “cunting”. Thank you Zsofia.
(Not sure if I’m even allowed to post that outside of the Pit.)
A phrase more than a word, but the term “Mormon prom date”, while making perfect sense to me, was nonetheless not in my vocabulary before today. And now I won’t be able to stop using it!
Thanks to Sampiro for that, though I can’t seem to be able to link directly to it and not the whole post.
<laughs outright> However, if you google ‘mormon prom date definition’, his post comes right up!
I love the Dope. <3
Cite.
Melisma