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Cool words
Bearracuda:
Articulate - a. Using language easily and fluently. v. To bring clarity or distinction to
I've liked that one since the day I saw american pie for the first time. Especially since it can be an adjective or a verb, and the 2 definitions are similar, but just different enough to feel like it's a different word. You also get to pronounce it differently. It's just fun. In fact, this thread is helping teach us to articulate articulately.
Exsanguinate - To drain of blood.
Don't let the vampire stories spoil this one for you. Assuming you leave emo vampires out, this one can have very nasty implications in your story, especially when you're working with a murder mystery. Or if you get desperate you can mention meat packing.
Protanis:
I like Donkey Work and haberdasher.
1eyedjack:
Pulchritude - formal, literary, or physical beauty.
pulchritudinous - Mostly for physical beauty.
"That girl is pulchritudinous."
I also like old slang like moxie.
Snowleopard:
Moll
Gunsel
stool pigeon
saw buck
speak easy
blind pig
Orbweaver:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious! If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
^ Lots and lots of good words in that song.
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