Curve's Vocabulary Builder
As a child I was always told that he who possesses a large vocabulary, possesses the best tools for self-expression. As a result I’ve always loved words and tried to shoehorn even the most arcane examples into my every day language.
The problem with trying to learn seldom-used words are finding a use for them in modern conversation, and that a dictionary can't help you with.
So what better to get you well on the road to being the biggest smart-arse on IRC, than Curve's Vocabulary Builder! Each month I’ll be bringing you a small selection of words guaranteed to have your friends scrambling for their dictionaries, and some helpful tips on how to use them.
Latitudinarian
Meaning: A person with free attitude or behaviour
Usage: No officer, this lady is not my wife - she's a latitudinarian I am in deep discourse with over a financial transaction of the personal nature.
Loquacious
Meaning: Having a tendency to talk rather a lot
Usage: I am loquacious of Borg. Resistance is futile. Life as it has been is over.....oh, what lovely wallpaper! My friend had wallpaper just like that, but that was before her husband left her...well he had a prostate problem you know, and his sister ran off with this plumber who unblocked her pipes...
Pétillant
Meaning: Slightly effervescent (bubbling)
Usage: I find myself rather pétillant after that curry we ate last night.
Lapidicolous
Meaning: Living under stones
Usage: Flood my channel again you lapidicolous little mollusc and thine rectum shall service for a bicycle rack!
Irriguous
Meaning: Well watered
Usage: I fear I can not accept your kind offer of a drink, as I fancy that my current horizontal position tends to suggest I am already extremely irriguous.
Decubitus
Meaning: A position adopted when lying down
Usage: Here sweetheart, i'd like to see you decubitus
or
Hey baby - if I buy you enough drinks, is there any chance of you getting decubital with me?
©curve (curve@dal.net) 2002
