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This is my current favourite:

mallemaroking, n. carousing of seamen in icebound ships.

Thank you Chambers, the best dictionary in the world

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

It sounds like it should mean carousing of semen.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sure a bit of that went on as Autumn drifted into Winter in the snowy wastes of the South Atlantic

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)

cus there was fuck all else to do...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 10:18 (twenty-two years ago)

plinth
lintel
gizard
plenepetentiary-granted full powers

― lukey (Lukey G), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 10:27 (twenty-two years ago)

tweed

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)

that stuff in the south atlantic is not snow.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Vestibule
Plenipotentiary
Dragoon

― caitlin (still at her new job and still not fired), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

crapulous.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

plum duff

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

earmuffs.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

chrysanthemum

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

rhododendron

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

and, of course bougainvillea / azalea

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Not just the word itself that matters, it's the definition that I'm interested in - so great as Vestibule, Plenipotentiary and Dragoon etc are, Mallemaroking still wins

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

you mean this isnt good enough for you:

Main Entry: rho·do·den·dron
Pronunciation: "rO-d&-'den-dr&n
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, oleander, from Greek, from rhod- + dendron tree -- more at DENDR-
: any of a genus (Rhododendron) of the heath family of widely cultivated shrubs and trees with alternate leaves and showy flowers; especially : one with leathery evergreen leaves as distinguished from a deciduous azalea

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Not silly enough

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:20 (twenty-two years ago)

GAYSPACK
FANNY
NAN

― GARU G, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

skew-whiff
adj : turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:58 (twenty-two years ago)

At the moment, my favourite is "camp". Both for the loaded meanings, it's current double usage, and it's etymology.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

infarct

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

pardon you

sorry...

― smee (smee), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

WEE
POO
FANNYSLACK
GREYFLAPS
POORUNNOLOGY

― GARU G, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

STEATOPYGIA (Gr. crr~ap, fat, iru-yij rump), an unusual accumulation of fat in and around the buttocks.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

ALBUM GRAECUM: the dried dung of dogs formerly used in the treatment of inflammation of the throat

Small boy: But Mummy this tastes like shi....
Mother: Never you mind son, it'll do you good

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

laceration
vagabond

― andy, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

radiosity
grackle
scuppernong
haint
gormless
foolscap
peony
bespoke
dicty
po-faced
avuncular
elver
bolus
fungible

I think those all count as English

― Formerly Lee G (Formerly Lee G), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Anatiferous (adj.): Producing ducks. You know, as in trees: there's coniferous, deciduous, and anatiferous. Which bloom the most spectacularly.

― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Got these as Words of the Day a lil while ago:

quiddity \KWID-uh-tee\ noun
*1 : whatever makes something the type that it is : essence
2 a : a trifling point : quibble b : crotchet, eccentricity
jimjams \JIM-jamz\ noun plural
: jitters

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

vapid

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Floccinaucinihilipilification

("the habit of estimating as worthless", according to the Concise Oxford)

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

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