The Word scamp is vastly underused

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what other words are vastly underused.

― anthony, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

heterodox, foofaraw, insipid, quixotic, magnanimous

― helenfordsdale, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Scallywag.

― Jonnie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gewgaw, tergiversate, sussuration, ipecacuanha.

― Will, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

fardel, knobgoblin, derangor, caper, crepuscular, alembic

― katie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

criminy

― Alan Trewartha, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Clitorides.

― Sam, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mate Steve wrote a poem at school called "Crepuscular". It was about unrequited love and it won him the girl as well.

Let's hear it for crepuscular!

― Trevor, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ani (see i hate my job thread!)

― katie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

lambic, gueuze, mild, porter, armadillo

― Tim, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mmmmmmmmmmmm, porter.

― chris, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Prestidigitation. Scrofulous.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

legerdemain

― Will, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Vorhanden

― Jonnie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

farinaceous!

― katie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rumbumptious

― Trevor, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rebarbative. Copacetic (sp?).

― Ellie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Fahrvergnugen.

― Arthur, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oleaginous. Mmmmmmmmmmmm oleaginous.

― Will, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

fantabulous!

― Gale Deslongchamps, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Metropolicious!

coined by:

― Chris, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Holleration. Not wild about hateration, though.

― Arthur, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Roy Hattersley used *all* of these words on R4's "Parliamentary Questions" this afternoon. I'd like to see 'badinage' make a comeback.

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I second crimony. I love using it at any opportunity. I also think jackass is fun to use, plus it tends to distress people less than "motherfucker" or "complete cunt".

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Otiose", which I encountered for the first time the other day on the Stranglers thread at ILM. It's beautiful.

― dan, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

varmint

― Graham, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I thought this thread was someone standing up for the MS Word paperclip thing.

― N., Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.flmushroom.com/nb-everything.gif

― Dada, Monday, 5 April 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

All of these words are great and should be used more. Especially oleaginous.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Monday, 5 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"Monotremes" is a word you don't hear too much.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 5 April 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

sixteen years pass...

less so these days

― life is beauitul (rip van wanko), Saturday, 29 August 2020 19:07 (five years ago)

hard disagree

― scampo, foggy and clegg (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 29 August 2020 20:19 (five years ago)

pointing at someone angrily with two fingers is vastly underused

― brimstead, Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:15 (five years ago)

https://images.uesp.net/thumb/0/09/MW-creature-Scamp.jpg/600px-MW-creature-Scamp.jpg

― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:34 (five years ago)

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