The interesting words thread
Simon 
Hi de hi 
Whorgy,
I was highly amused as a child at finding the term...
FROTTAGE
...in the dictionary.
Quite apart from sounding funny it IS funny.
'A desire for contact between clothed persons' was the definition if memory serves.
Recalcitrant. Me to a tee.
Quote: Ray Dawson @ January 27, 2008, 9:37 PMRecalcitrant. Me to a tee.
Someone likes Porridge methinks. I think that's the only place I've heard that word.
Give that man a crack pipe
Quote: frostyboy @ January 27, 2008, 9:36 PMHow callow.
Admit it, Frostyboy, you started this thread for the sole purpose of making that post 
Is it a describing word for the average BSG poster? 
Turbulence. I had a curry for tea. 
Quote: Frankie Rage @ January 27, 2008, 9:51 PMIs it a describing word for the average BSG poster?
To be blunt and frank and in a nutshell and not beating around the bush or putting too fine a point on it
Yup 
Quote: frostyboy @ January 27, 2008, 9:31 PMThe purpose of this thread is to post interesting words which aren't commonly used, in order to expand our vocabularies and kill some time.
The first word is:
Callow
\KAL-oh\, adjective:
Immature; lacking adult perception, experience, or judgement.
One of my favorite exchanges from Mallrats.
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T.S. Quint: [Reading the break-up letter that Renee gave Brodie] Woah, she calls you "callow" in here.
Brodie: You say that like it's bad.
T.S. Quint: It means frightened and weak-willed.
Brodie: Really? Shit. That was the only part of the letter I thought was complimentary.
Well that's me done. I don't know anymore words because i don't read books, which means i have a short attention span, and makes me the lowest from of human being. Apparently. 
Bollockocity. Describes the extent to which something is bollocks.
For example, "the bollockocity of Little Miss Jocelyn is beyond comprehension."
How apt!
I like defenestration.
The act of throwing someone out of a window.
How excellent is it that there is a whole special word just for that!