The best (coolest) words, terms and phrases

[slickdtc]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

My favorite words are any that are similar to cockamamie, donnybrook, fuddyduddy, flibbertigibbet, gobbledygook, hootenanny, lickety-split, lollygag, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, skedaddle, tallywacker.

Catawampus or the slang caddywhompus

[daflyboys]

Someone around here uses "vapid" a lot. I'm really liking that one.


Speaking of which, on a somewhat related note .......



(and if you haven't seen Diner...what the hell are you waiting for?)

[steelerfan]

I commonly refer to the bathroom as the "defecation chamber" and my past marriage as when I was "entangled in wedded bliss".

I have more, I'll just have to post them as I think of them.

[daflyboys]

plethora


It sound's like a lot, but it also sounds like one of those Japanese monsters that may or may not have fought Godzilla.

[Blzer]

lather

Love reading it with instructions on something like shampoo or a shaving cream. It nearly works as an onomatopoeia as well. You could have never heard the verb before, and when first told it you can correctly assume what it means.

[UK0wnag3]

Props

Referring to good things as "the dog's bollocks"

[mike24forever]

Pylon.

I've been using it to describe people for 20 years now (started using it at our baseball camp). It can be used to describe a useless person, or as a term of endearment. Very versatile.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Braggadocious.