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Old 04-22-2008, 12:49 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Some other words I have looked up (I wrote them down): obnubilate, mendacious, opossum, akimbo, slovely, inchoate, confabulation, pulchritude, persiflage, parturient, sycophancy, deciduous, phatic, marigold, felching, vicarious, cuckold...

I have not the faintest idea if these are word every native speaker know or not.
That's an interesting collection of words! English is my native language, but I am familiar with only about half of them, but have you mistyped one of them? (slovely...should this be slovenly?)
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