wordsmiths, i need your help.

[stilleto]

My boss often hears a word that he likes and uses it to death for a week.

yesterday I said that my supervisor can pontificate. My boss looked like a light bulb went off in his head and then he used that word 10 times in the next hour.

so now i want to use some other words that might possibly be JUST over his head to fuck with him.

i can't think of any though, and my coworkers are useless. They keep coming up with words that any well rounded person should know.

give me some really good words (and their meanings). Don't give me words that are going to be impossible to work into a sentence though.

 

[needtogetarmy]

curmudgeon - a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man

They have audio pronunciations online too now so if someone throws a real crazy one in you can hit it up here.

curmudgeon - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

 

[stilleto]

that's a good word. I know that word though, and use it (i have a decent vocabulary).

My boss probably knows it too, but he's going to like it.

 

[needtogetarmy]

ennead - a group of nines

That would have been appropriate for today (9/9/09)

 

[needtogetarmy]

irenic - favoring, conducive to, or operating toward peace, moderation, or conciliation

That is not one you see everyday! And it is an easy adjective to work into a sentence.

 

[shirlene29]

good workplace word...

machiavellian

unscrupulous, cunning, deception


machiavelli ...italian philosopher...gotta watch those guineas

 

[stilleto]

irenic - favoring, conducive to, or operating toward peace, moderation, or conciliation

That is not one you see everyday! And it is an easy adjective to work into a sentence.

that's a great one!
is it pronounced like eye-wren-ick?

 

[stilleto]

good workplace word...

machiavellian

unscrupulous, cunning, deception


machiavelli ...italian philosopher...gotta watch those guineas

oh, yes. I like that word. I don't use it often, but i know it.

 

[needtogetarmy]

that's a great one!
is it pronounced like eye-wren-ick?

yep!

 

[Smurfy]

unctuous
unctuous - Wiktionary

a word my father used to describe my brother when we were younger. and when my brother asked what it meant, my father sent him to look it up in the dictionary and then made him carry around the written definition in his pocket at all times for about 2 weeks straight.

 

[stilleto]

unctuous
unctuous - Wiktionary

a word my father used to describe my brother when we were younger. and when my brother asked what it meant, my father sent him to look it up in the dictionary and then made him carry around the written definition in his pocket at all times for about 2 weeks straight.

omg, that's perfect.
that describes our printer, who is coming to see me tomorrow because every time I email him, he shows up rather than just replying.

i questioned his price on some new business cards and he said he'll come by tomorrow. I said NO.. I have a busy day and just want a better price.
He replied, "what's better?"
holy shit, just lower the price.

 

[chris302001]

tell him if he doesnt tone it down, you will slap the dysdiadochokinesia out of him

 

[Strongbow]

Faggott Fuck, Cawk Sucker these are just a few words I use everyday for my boss. Sometimes I even use his Muslim name Shithead, that always throws him off, when I speak Arabic.

 

[stosstruppe]

Some might find you rather obsequious towards your boss

 

[nydj66]

penultimate

Means second to last but it's almost never used.

 

[Mr. dB]

execrate - to detest utterly, abhor
execrable - abhorrent, worthy of hatred
egregious - extraordinarily bad

 

[BlueBird]

quiff
Scientific term used by Quantum physicists.
"Is that a quiff you're packed in, or are you just happy to be me?"

quiff
Latin for cherry.
"I made a quiff pie!"

quiff
Slang.
a woman, esp. one who is promiscuous.

"Mary's pie, quiffed."

You need to use it three ways for the word sublimation to take effect. Your boss will soon be asking for quiffs in his coffee.

 

[miplank]

just make something up...

 

[miplank]

and then LOL at him when he uses it all day

 

[bigtravis]

Discombobulated

 

[musclemom]

proselytize: To attempt to convert another person to your beliefs, used in particular with religion but works for anyone who gets on a soapbox about a particular issue.

anathema: a detested person; i.e., "he is an anathema to me"

 

[musclemom]

tell him if he doesnt tone it down, you will slap the dysdiadochokinesia out of him

So after she slaps him he would then be able to perform rapid alternating movements?

 

[Mr. dB]

steatopygia - an accumulation of fat on the buttocks forming a shelf

 

[PICK3]

If I analyze a plan that I deem impractical I always report it as impracticable which functionally has the nearly the same meaning.

impracticable - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

I stole the word from an overtime request form which had a justification statement that read, "Comp time would be impracticable for Mr. Smith at this time as he already has a balance of xxx hours of annual leave."

It's an inside joke between me and my boss

 

[SouthernLord]

My pot head buddy stopped by the house a few months back and burned a bowl of the Mango Haze with me. I'm far from being a stoner (no jackangel), so that shit fucked me up pretty bad.

He went to use the bathroom and asked me for some soap. I told him there was a new "cantanister" under the sink. I lol'd at the word cantanister for aobut 15 minutes. Now I use it daily. A cantanister is a cross between a container and a canister. It's funny how we say shit sometimes by accident and it sticks. Cantanister has a good ring to it.

 

[SouthernLord]

proselytize: To attempt to convert another person to your beliefs, used in particular with religion but works for anyone who gets on a soapbox about a particular issue.

anathema: a detested person; i.e., "he is an anathema to me"

Puddlemonkey in 3..2..1...

 

[Ezekiel]

congruent:

con⋅gru⋅ent  /ˈkɒŋgruənt, kənˈgru-, kəŋ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kong-groo-uhnt, kuhn-groo-, kuhng-] Show IPA
–adjective
1. agreeing; accordant; congruous.
2. Mathematics. of or pertaining to two numbers related by a congruence.
3. Geometry. coinciding at all points when superimposed: congruent triangles.

con⋅gru⋅ous

1. exhibiting harmony of parts.
2. appropriate or fitting.

 

[Mr. dB]

My pot head buddy stopped by the house a few months back and burned a bowl of the Mango Haze with me. I'm far from being a stoner (no jackangel), so that shit fucked me up pretty bad.

He went to use the bathroom and asked me for some soap. I told him there was a new "cantanister" under the sink. I lol'd at the word cantanister for aobut 15 minutes. Now I use it daily. A cantanister is a cross between a container and a canister. It's funny how we say shit sometimes by accident and it sticks. Cantanister has a good ring to it.

That's just fantabulous.

 

[SouthernLord]

That's just fantabulous.

It's a fantabulous night for a moondance

 

[Mr. dB]

It's a fantabulous night for a moondance

Van is God.

 

[SouthernLord]

Van is God.

He's pretty cool for an old guy

 

[stilleto]

congruent:

con⋅gru⋅ent  /ˈkɒŋgruənt, kənˈgru-, kəŋ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kong-groo-uhnt, kuhn-groo-, kuhng-] Show IPA
–adjective
1. agreeing; accordant; congruous.
2. Mathematics. of or pertaining to two numbers related by a congruence.
3. Geometry. coinciding at all points when superimposed: congruent triangles.

con⋅gru⋅ous

1. exhibiting harmony of parts.
2. appropriate or fitting.

i probably use the word congruent every other day already.

 

[stilleto]

proselytize: To attempt to convert another person to your beliefs, used in particular with religion but works for anyone who gets on a soapbox about a particular issue.

anathema: a detested person; i.e., "he is an anathema to me"

lol
as an atheist, I'm well aware of the word proselytize.
but I do like the other one. i will look into its pronunciation. thanks!

 

[bran987]

I am going to be all over this one, subscribing!
Your boss will feel the awful hypnosis of half understanding every word that comes out of your mouth while trying to connect the dots and failing ! which is your penultimate goal. penultimate, the 2nd to last goal. meaning your 1st goal is to destroy him. I took that rec from earlier in the thread thanks.

 

[Smurfy]

van is god.

+1

 

[stilleto]

I am going to be all over this one, subscribing!
Your boss will feel the awful hypnosis of half understanding every word that comes out of your mouth while trying to connect the dots and failing ! which is your penultimate goal. penultimate, the 2nd to last goal. meaning your 1st goal is to destroy him. I took that rec from earlier in the thread thanks.

that's a good word. I use it.
today I used the words precarious, prospective, and reactive, but none of those are uncommon.

 

[Mr. dB]

that's a good word. I use it.
today I used the words precarious, prospective, and reactive, but none of those are uncommon.

How about "precipitous"?