I Like Learning New Words Stories of Experiences (Page 5)

Anencephalous - lacking a brain.While this is actually a medical term used to describe a serious birth defect, it can also be used as a pejorative term when addressing people who seem like complete idiots.

Dear friends I beg you to pay attention to read these lovely wise words went to me from a good friend. Real I;m so grateful to him and all of you. Greetings. The don|ts to remember: Don’t wait for time make it. Don’t wait for love...

Now, I just love it when I hear a new word, and I can look it up in a dictionary and try using it in context a few times, until it becomes a part of my vocabulary.

Guess what?, today I just learned a new word. "Jubilant" meaning - expressing great joy. And to be honest, I'm jubilant everyday all day.~The End~

I started doing vocabulary as i love to learn NEW words. I do it regular and i don't miss it even a signal day. It's fun to learn new words and increase your knowledge :)
I made a copybook of that and whatever i read if i find some new...

cullion - a rude, mean-spirited person

Sci helped faerie with the word.PiN cited the example.

Xanthodont - one with yellow teeth. Reminds me of this Rodney Dangerfield joke. "I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. He told me to wear a brown tie."Yoni - a Sanskrit word for the female naughty bits. Nuff said...Zaftig...

 Ventose - windy, flatulent, puffed up with conceit.Worricow - a scarecrow, hobgoblin or frightening person.
I'm sure you can find someone to whom these words apply. Feel free to use them on the person the next time you speak with...

I was once completing an Access course in English. I decided, as part of the final written exam I decided to write a poem that incorporated the two completely new words I had learnt; callipygic, meaning pretty-buttocked, and eidolon...

Sylph - an airy female spirit or fairy creature. Anyone we know?Tyromancy - divination using cheese. "By careful examination of this Limburger, I foresee you spending many nights alone."Unctuous - slimy, oily or greasy. Can be applied...

These words are actually obsolete, but I've never heard them before so they are new to me.Phlyarologist - one who talks nonsense. Particularly applicable to politicians and reality show "stars".Quab - to throb or quiver. I'll leave it...

autophoby - The fear of referring to yourself. The fear of using the pronouns "I" or "Me".

Junoesque - Imposingly tall and shapely (woman)

I have some to share. Perhaps they're not new to you... but faerie has this uncanny ability to invent words when I have no idea what to call it. Aside from whatchamathing or thingamajig... I usually have a phrase for something, a...

I like to keep a dictionary close at hand just in case I'm reading (even a trashy novel) and I stumble upon a word or two that I don't know. I don't often use the extensive vocabulary that I understand, but keep in mind that I do...

Melolagnia - An amorous feeling inspired by music. The situation many experience when listening to songs by Barry White, Luther Vandross, etc.Neanimorphic - Looking younger than one actually is. The main goal of most forms of plastic...

1) In ancient England, people could not have sex

without consent from the King.

When people wanted to have a child,

they had to solicit permission to the monarchy,

in turn they would supply a plaque to

hang on their door...

I love words, endlessly, but some people are intoxicated by the exuberance of their own verbosity.

Adj;  foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action.