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03-21-2016, 03:13 AM
A word that has the conversational breeziness-equivalent of "pants" but is closer in definition to "trousers"
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03-21-2016, 03:36 AM
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(03-21-2016, 03:13 AM)Schazer Wrote: »A word that has the conversational breeziness-equivalent of "pants" but is closer in definition to "trousers"
BLOOMERS
PANTS. THAT EXPLODE LIKE FLOWERS.
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03-21-2016, 03:47 AM
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03-24-2016, 03:27 PM
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03-24-2016, 04:26 PM
A word that means "The most French that something can possibly be"
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04-01-2016, 07:53 AM
Prestidigitation
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04-21-2016, 01:57 AM
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Jalopy
Effervescence
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04-24-2016, 02:59 AM
Joyeux and Merveilleux
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04-24-2016, 04:06 AM
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04-24-2016, 04:55 AM
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04-24-2016, 06:04 AM
callipygian has to go here, if nobody's said it yet
Callipygian - having shapely buttocks (merriam webster)
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04-24-2016, 07:50 AM
i had a moment of sudden appreciation for the word "y'all." It's a beautiful, one-syllable contraction for a phrase that is otherwise awkward and takes multiple syllables to write/say.
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04-24-2016, 08:14 AM
but it just sounds so... texan
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04-24-2016, 09:10 AM
That's the irony of it. It's so eloquent, yet brash. Like a geode of slang and utility.
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04-24-2016, 11:41 AM
I dunno, people say it in Alberta. Then again, Alberta is basically Canada's texas
Regardless, I use it too sometimes
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04-24-2016, 03:14 PM
I'm in Edmonton and I've never heard it, maybe that's just Edmonton though.
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04-24-2016, 07:31 PM
I lived in Calgary so maybe it's a calgarian thing?
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04-25-2016, 06:41 PM
Y'all occupies a largely otherwise unfilled niche in English. I like having it around and using it, cultural preconceptions about people from the south be damned.
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04-25-2016, 07:36 PM
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Capybara is a good word. Good name for a friend-shaped rodent. In fact, the word itself seems friend-shaped.
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04-25-2016, 07:40 PM
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04-25-2016, 07:44 PM
Now that I think about it, I use "guys" as the second person plural.
For instance, when addressing a classroom I typically say "Okay guys," as opposed to "Alright, y'all" or "Now, Everyone".
"Y'all" for whatever reason feels too colloquial, with "Everyone" feeling too formal when addressing a group of students.
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04-25-2016, 08:10 PM
'Guys' is a good word. Not too formal, and it's generally accepted to mean any group of people. It's also more personal, like something you'd say in reference to your friends or people you know relatively well, so it doesn't feel distant.
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