Revellian’s Expressive linguistics 101:Philology and psycho-linguistically descriptive dialectology
This week I introduce a fresh batch of cool words to add to your vocabulary, unless of course you already know these and use them regularly in your everyday posts!
- avarice
- indefatigable
- extravasate
- raucous
- tenebrous
- Avarice- An excessive desire of gain, greediness after wealth, covetousness, cupidity.
example: The store owner displayed a disgusting avariciousness when asking his employees to donate $100.00 to his birthday fund!
- indefatigable- Incapable of being fatigued, not readily exhausted, untiring
example: The woman looked to her friends after listening to their sob stories of sexual dissatisfaction and said, “I never have that problem. I know some of you asked about my walking with a limp and I tell you, it’s not from injury but from my husbands carnal indefatigableness!
- extravasate- to force out, to pass into surrounding tissue
example: Like a torturous hernia splitting an abdominal wall I was extravasated from the party. I thought I was on the invited list!
- raucous- Unpleasantly loud and harsh
example: The woman sported a wicked scowl after hearing the man scream at the children. She said in a most raucous tone, “They are deaf you disgusting ruffian!”
- tenebrous- shut off from the light, dark, murky, hard to understand, causing gloom
example: After four hours of the tenebrous literature seminar on using new words effectively, I was ready to extravasate myself from the room before I let off a raucous scream!
I like to use words in ways that seem out of place but add that special explosive quality needed for expressiveness.
example: I was engulfed in a scorching inferno of nuclear despisement when failing to make a timely comment on my girlfriends new hairstyle.
Next time be sure to immediately notice as you may be burned at the stake. I actually had a girl dump me years ago because of this exact situation.
#1 by Georganna Hancock at May 28th, 2007
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What a Whitman Sampler for wordies!
#2 by Bobby Revell at May 28th, 2007
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Hi Georganna, A very,very small sampler. However, it does come with a pamphlet insert describing the five tasty treats!
#3 by Randy Maness at May 28th, 2007
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Mnmm New words
#4 by Bobby Revell at May 28th, 2007
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Guten Tag Herr Randy,
Be careful, some of these tasty treats might contain unwholesome liquid centers!
#5 by Wonder at May 28th, 2007
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Hey there Bobby, thanks for adding me as a contact on MyBlogLog
I knew the Spanish word “tenebroso”, didn’t know there was an exact translation, “tenebrous”, sounds awesome ^^.
W.
#6 by Bobby Revell at May 28th, 2007
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Of course, I knew that! (Ms.Wonder que embroma justo) I did not use a translator!
#7 by Anastasia at June 6th, 2007
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I admit, I’m lazy where new words are concerned, so I love coming across new words, words I don’t look up in a dictionary or thesaurus (I recently bought a new Roget’s, and didn’t like its setup/format).
Extravasate, has a nice sound
#8 by Bobby Revell at June 6th, 2007
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Hi Anastasia!
I actually missed publishing this weeks episode because of illness. I’m all better now and next week I’ll have a fresh post. I find learning new words boring but I do try very hard to find humorous ways to remember them:)