Had a very… interesting gentleman come in to work a couple months ago. Let’s just say he was as racist as can be and this somehow came into the conversation, and leave it at that. :’)

Jiggered (v.)
rearrange or tamper with

Use it in a sentence:
“Well I’ll be jiggered,” he said, and we both had to keep from snorting so we didn’t appear rude (he was still a customer, after all). 4 weeks ago

Can’t remember where I heard or found this… Downfall to taking quick notes on the iPhone; it’s quick and not detailed. But that’s my fault. xD

Waffled (v.)
to talk or write foolishly; fail to make up one’s mind; speak or write, esp. at great length, without saying anything important or useful.

Use it in a sentence:
After going through her final paper for class, she realized she waffled the whole thing; it was gibberish and she would have to start over. 4 weeks ago

Adjective
(esp. humorously) Indecent; raunchy.
Noun
Humorously indecent talk or writing.
Synonyms
adjective. obscene – lewd – salacious – filthy – smutty – ribald
noun. ribaldry – indecency

Use it in a sentence:
Albert had the grace to blush at the mention of that particularly bawdy coupling.

Can’t do my typical fare with these, so I borrowed from Google. 3; 3 months ago

When you read the same word multiple times in a huge book, it makes you stop and consider.

Hope shows up in The Lord of the Rings so many times it is almost ridiculous. Understandable, but it is in there a lot!!

Short word with a whole lot to it, though. 5 months ago

C.S. Lewis’s poem “Jabberwocky.”

D’you know how many crazy ass words are in that poem? It’s almost overwhelming, but I love it. :D

So we’ll just include the whole poem as one. :3 8 months ago

Came across this in another 43Ter’s post, had no idea what it meant, and so I looked it up. Hm.

Dystopia (n.)
an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be

Use it in a sentence:
His house was almost like a dystopia; inches of dust covered every surface, mold grew in the corners (floor AND ceiling) and rats could be heard scurrying across the floor. 15 months ago

Debacle (n.)
a general break up or dispersion; a complete collapse or failure

Use it in a sentence:
Yeah, Steve had a little debacle with the schedule and gave me too many hours, so you’re not working this week. 16 months ago

These video games of mine are too influencing…

Persnickety (adj.)
overparticular; fussy; requiring painstaking care

Use it in a sentence:
You’re so persnickety it makes me want to destroy you. 17 months ago

We were at Twin Dragon the other night and a guy across the way used this word. I almost spat out my drink, I was about to burst out laughing. His accent/drawl made it all the more amusing. :)

Rigamaroo (noun)
Definitions credited to Urban Dictionary:
Not being straight and to the point; a word which describes sillyness and outlandish ideas

Use it in a sentence:
Okay, that’s what I ordered, but don’t this come with all the other rigamaroo?

Who knows how you’re supposed to use the word… I just tried to remember what he said. Sounds much funnier hearing it rather than reading it. 19 months ago

Epiphany (noun)
a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience

Use it in a sentence:
And then, I had an epiphany; he wasn’t acting this way because he disliked her, he was doing it because he did like her. 19 months ago

Here I am playing games again and coming across words that I like… Thank you, Professah Layton, for providing me with more words to squee over.

Cantankerous (adj.)
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish

Use it in a sentence:
Well, you’ve always had a way with animals, even those of the more… cantankerous variety. 21 months ago

Why say ‘sarcastic’ when facetious sounds a lot more like a super big word that makes you feel smart? :D

Facetious (adjective)
not meant to be taken seriously or literally; amusing, humorous

Use it in a sentence:
“So I have to go meet mom later because she feels that I don’t see her enough. She’ll probably start with the soul-sucking the moment I step in the room.”
“Oh… well, good luck with that.”
“Why thank you!”
“I was being facetious. I’m actually laughing my ass off on the inside. Sucks for you!” 21 months ago

Another crazy word that I think is very interesting. I’d never heard of such a thing until playing “Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors” awhile ago. Definitely a drag, though. D:

Prosopagnosia (noun)
the inability to distinguish between faces

Use it in a sentence:
Suffering from prosopagnosia was a battle every day; not being able to tell anyone apart was like being unable to actually know anyone at all. 21 months ago

Was reading a rather randomly titled book sitting on my brother’s bookshelf a bit ago; “How Loud Can You Burp?” Something like that. I thought it was some childish crap, but it was over 200 pages, so I had to take a look. Actually had a lot of cool info in it! It was like bio and physics class, but in a witty/sarcastic kind of way, too.

Anyway, came across this word in the book and I thought it was neat.

Synesthesia (noun)
a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway

Use it in a sentence:
Psychologists and neuroscientists study synesthesia not only for its inherent interest, but also for the insights it may give into cognitive and perceptual processes that occur in synesthetes and non-synesthetes alike.

In the picture… what colors do you see?

Edit: Mmkay, the picture isn’t turning out as it should. xD So if you’re interested, here’s the page I found it on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia 21 months ago

Heard this used by McGonagall in the last Harry Potter movie today. I just liked the way it rolled off her tongue… but that might also be due to the fact she has that accent…

I like British (or rather, most European) accents too much.

Proclivity (noun)
a tendency or inclination; natural or habitual inclination or tendency

Use it in a sentence:
Seamus Finnigan has a proclivity for pyrotechnics.

Hopefully I used it right; sadly my memory is not so awesome as to allow me to remember exactly what McGonagall said. 3; 22 months ago