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I'm serious. It's not that easy, and testament to the extraordinary wordpower and descriptive ability of all you posters out there. It makes sense that words like 'seminal' have been used over 100 times, but how about 'quixotic' (7 times), 'parsimonious' (4 times), 'balletic' (just the once: Ned Raggett's 'balletic orgy of violence'!!!), and chickenshit (an amazing 20 times - possibly not an adjective in the strictest sense).

― Kim Tortoise, Monday, 14 July 2003 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

critic-proof

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Monday, 14 July 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

'Antediluvian' has been used twice - wtf?!

― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

higgledy piggedly

― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)

badwagonesque

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Sucky?

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Thrustin'

― Alex in Rotherham (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Roomy, well-elevated

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

arsemonkeyish

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Bon Jovi-esque

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

festering

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

bulbous

― sean g, Monday, 14 July 2003 10:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Smelly

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:55 (twenty-two years ago)

scrofulous

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 14 July 2003 11:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Er... I got 15 matches for bulbous, 23 for festering and 94 for smelly (I mean, come on, we're talking about musicians here - does it get any smellier?). Are you guys guessing by any chance? Try the 'search' button at the bottom.

― Kim Tortoise, Monday, 14 July 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

no matches for bon jovi-esque?
where's jel when you need him?

― joan vich (joan vich), Monday, 14 July 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Cocktastic!

Jizzriffic!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"ass-rapingly-beautiful"

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

biro-y

Danniily-razorful

― Alex in Rotherham (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

"The new Turbonegro album was ass-rapingly-beautiful."

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

x = x in that case

Scum-puppily.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Christ-a-riffic!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

un-fucking-necessary?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

1 match found for "chthonic"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 14 July 2003 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Raggett-licious!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Opalescent is crying out to be used in a MBV thread.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Raggett-licious!

I don't think you're ready for that hairy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

roscid
contumacious

― summerslastsound, Monday, 14 July 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

geirsome!

― Jay K (Jay K), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

JodyBethRosenstatious

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

cromulant?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

consumptive
tubescent
pulmonary
anaphylactic

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Romulan

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

well-hung

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

doggone

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

avuncular

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Hitleriffic

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

way bitchin'

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Nevermind avuncular. That's been used a lot.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

1 match for "well-hung"! (And it wasn't me!)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

shpadoinkle

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

myxomatoasty!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

fuckaduckular!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

corpse-filled

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

ballsacktacular

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

back,crack'n'sackwaxy

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 14 July 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

buggerific!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 14 July 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

cute

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

dudical

― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

pulchritudinous

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

jedi-like

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I almost gave up after finding these: engorged (5), parsimonious (3), phlegmatic & obstreperous (2 ea.), and turdlike (1) (never mind that there were 22 {!!!!!!} for autistic) - but I persevered, finding no matches for amoeboid or frowsy. I have yet to check for vomitous, blood-smeared, or clot-like.

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

No matches for "irredentist".

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"electrolytic"

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

lantern-jawed

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

mandibular

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

It's fun to look up a word and see who's used it. Like, "hellacious" has been used 9 times, but 3 of those have been by Ian Johnson (once to describe the Birthday Party, twice to describe Lightning Bolt). With enough time, you could figure out an anonymous poster's identity through their vocabulary and syntax tics.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You mean "lantern-jawed" wasn't in the Jay Leno: Classic or Dud thread?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

snifferrific

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I think all this searching is taxing the server, but I can't resist just one more: "dizygotic".

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 14 July 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Find messages from I Love Music, containing craptastic.
11 results found:

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 14 July 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

It's fun to look up a word and see who's used it. Like, "hellacious" has been used 9 times, but 3 of those have been by Ian Johnson

Bob Snoom is the most frequent user of 'vainglorious'.

I also noticed there are 44 (incorrect) uses of 'masterful' and only 1 (excl. follow-up quotes) of 'masterly'.

― David (David), Monday, 14 July 2003 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

only 3 results for megalomaniacal

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 14 July 2003 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Nitsuh used the word "fusty" twice.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 14 July 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Durst-quenching

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 14 July 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"waffly" has been used thrice

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 14 July 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"schadenfreudic" has not been coined yet, so lemme do so now.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 July 2003 23:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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