Dave's Random Words
Just some words I think sound interesting. There should clearly be more
words like these in the English language. And there probably are...
- hullabaloo
- brouhaha
- bamboozle
- discombobulated
- bonanza
- hubbub
- imbroglio
- boondoggle
- conundrum
- flummox
- syzygy
- zymurgy
- befuddle
- skedaddle
- kibbitz
- canoodle
- shindig
- thwart
- curfuffle / kerfuffle
- brobdingnagian
- beautisad (fake word via a Ze Frank tweet)
- whippersnapper
- many many words found in the thesaurus for gadget: dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, doamajig, flumadiddle, gigamaree, hootenanny, thingamudad, etc etc.
Anti-Words: These are not words, do not use them or you will look like an idiot. (Written 2007+ and yes I am well aware of their widespread misuse.)
blog(n) (use weblog, diary, journal, etc)
blog(v) (use write, etc)
blogger(n) (use writer, author, etc)
podcast(n) (use webcast, recording, etc)
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