Difference between revisions of "Words"

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Words to smuggle into conversations...

bumbershoot	an umbrella	The project manager was hit over the head with a bumbershoot.
chutzpah	Extreme self confidence
idempotent	Idempotence means that applying an operation once or applying it multiple times has the same effect. Examples: Multiplication by zero. No matter how many times you do it, the result is still zero
jentacular	To do with a very early breakfast
juxtapose	place or deal with close together for contrasting effect
kakorrhaphiophobia	An abnormal fear of failure
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.
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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 |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/neologism neologism]||a newly coined word or expression||The project manager spouted neologistic shite.