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|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/neologism neologism]||a newly coined word or expression||The project manager spouted neologistic shite. | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/neologism neologism]||a newly coined word or expression||The project manager spouted neologistic shite. | ||
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| − | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nudiustertian nudiustertian]||the day before yesterday | + | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nudiustertian nudiustertian]||the day before yesterday||The project manager discovered a requirement that should have been delivered in the nudiustertian. |
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| − | |[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pauciloquent pauciloquent]||uses few words in a speech | + | |[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pauciloquent pauciloquent]||uses few words in a speech||The project manager listened to the devleoper's pauciloquence with admiration and envy. |
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|https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/paucity paucity]||A lack of.||The project manager demonstrated paucity of intelect. | |https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/paucity paucity]||A lack of.||The project manager demonstrated paucity of intelect. | ||
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| − | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pernickety pernickety]||placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. ''Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"'' | + | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pernickety pernickety]||placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. ''Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"''|| |
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| − | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quorum quorum]||the smallest number of people needed to be present at a meeting before it can officially begin and before official decisions can be taken | + | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quorum quorum]||the smallest number of people needed to be present at a meeting before it can officially begin and before official decisions can be taken|| |
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| − | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vicissitudes vicissitudes]||alternation between opposite or contrasting things | + | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vicissitudes vicissitudes]||alternation between opposite or contrasting things|| |
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Revision as of 13:32, 26 August 2020
Interesting words
Words to smuggle into conversations...
| bumbershoot | an umbrella | The project manager was hit over the head with a bumbershoot. |
| juxtapose | place or deal with close together for contrasting effect | |
| neologism | a newly coined word or expression | The project manager spouted neologistic shite. |
| nudiustertian | the day before yesterday | The project manager discovered a requirement that should have been delivered in the nudiustertian. |
| pauciloquent | uses few words in a speech | The project manager listened to the devleoper's pauciloquence with admiration and envy. |
| https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/paucity paucity] | A lack of. | The project manager demonstrated paucity of intelect. |
| pernickety | placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety" | |
| quorum | the smallest number of people needed to be present at a meeting before it can officially begin and before official decisions can be taken | |
| vicissitudes | alternation between opposite or contrasting things |
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