Vocabulary, Lexicon, Terminology

Who possesses SL's biggest vocabulary?

~Ulrika~

I voted for Prokofy. I've learned two words from him. One is of course "feted". The other I can't recall. It had something to do with a person who wears or makes hats.

Prokofy, what was that word?

~Ulrika~

Why isn't Korg on that list? He has his own dictionary

I could probably make a 'who is the biggest attention (edited)' and only have to change the the topic!

milliner

Shucks, then it shore ain't me! I was thinkin' haberdasher.

That's the one! I felt like Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in Back to the Future III when Marty McFly says to him, "Hey, lighten up, jerk."

~Ulrika~

Hmmm, one of the folks listed in the poll lost a measure of the respect I had for him/her as a superlative wielder of weapons etymological when he/she used the word "febrile" in a recent thread; it was obvious that "feeble" was what he/she meant to say.
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"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words." -- Hippocrates

"Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific term or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent." -- George Orwell

"A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws in hopes he may hit." -- Samuel Johnson

What are you talking about? "Febrile" is a perfectly crommulent word.

~Ulrika~

Ah hah!

No no. That was Prokofy who said "febrile". I was quoting a line from the Simpsons to be funny.

~Ulrika~

I know, I just wanted to say "Ah hah!" *sigh*

Isn't it "cromulent"?

How eruditely hyperlexic.

Supercalifragalisticexbyalidocious

Gossamer.

Meringue.

Next to one another.

In a phrase.

Sexy.

Having read this thread in it's entirety I must say I am totally blown away, aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, bemused, benumbed, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, disoriented, dumbstruck, electrified, flabbergasted, horrified, immobilized, incredulous, nonplussed, overwhelmed, paralyzed, perplexed, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, stupified, surprised, taken aback, traumatized, upset. . . .

Now you made me miss BJJ He had his own language/creole/patois.

Lol! You learned a word you can't recall

Milliner?

I voted for Prokofy as well lol. I knew what feted, hector, and the other hyperbolic nonsense he has used in his colorful ramblings meant, so no vocab epiphany for me. However, the key to using a strong vocabulary is to put out the $5 words sparingly. He will repeat the same word ad naseum in his posts, so it detracts from any real eloquence and instead makes him seem even more supercilious (though it is actually a reverse arrogance, he attributes arrogance to everyone else). He is great at the forum equivalent of the sound bite though, n'est-ce pas? As far as fixated loons go, he definitely has been the most well spoken though, I give him props for that. He is definitely teh verbose.

BTW, Ulrika, I have decided Hector is your new nickname

"febrile" means feverish, from the Latin febris and can also mean "insane".

I'd have to see the context, maybe I made a mistake. I didn't mean "feeble". But I might have meant "imbecile".

My god!

That's a bit too close to home for me Cris. Could I ask you to reconsider ?

Sweet moses! It's a real word. You better win this poll, you mad Russian, you.

~Ulrika~