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I i like interesting words, the only problem is i try to use them later but then forget the pronunciation and sound like an idiot... but thats not related

any interesting words?

Onomatopoeia
Expediency
Deflagration
Tobacconist
Scratched
Hovercraft
Eels
Badger
Cheesemakers
Creosote

Thank you!

Defenestration

Prague

I am gonnna love this thread

Does the title contain one that isn't in my dictionary?

Isthmus
Ephemeris
Antinomy (note: not the element Antimony)
cnidaria
Patagium
"nutation in obliquity" (ok, it's a phrase, but just say it aloud like you know what it means)
Desquamation
dirndl (this is a great one for image search)

Captain Ned wrote:

Prague

Ok, if we're going to do place names:
Gdansk
Samarkand
Shakhrisabz
Antananarivo
Bella Coola
Sooke
Puyallup
Saanich
Squamish
Skykomish
Snohomish
Tsawwassen
Skookumchuck

(I'll keep adding more as I think of them)

Just a few that came to mind because I like either the concept or the pronunciation:
Pleonasm
Froward
Synecdoche
Imbroglio
Milquetoast
Peccadillo
Ichthyology
Prolix
Lapidary
Tintinnabulation

and I'm always amused by the ones that people confuse for other, "bad" words:
Masticate
Niggardly
... I'm sure there are some others in this category that don't come to mind which other people will point out

Good ones!

bitvector wrote:

Synecdoche

Oh, yeah, and the related:
metonymy

How about "irony"....to reflect the spelling of "interesting" in the thread title.

Degenerate
Derro
Poofter

octogenarian
evince
delineate
But always remember to eschew obfuscation.

jackanape
antidisestablishmentarianism (for kicks and giggles).

Yinzer.

No se nunca palabras que es interesante, excepto "absotively" y "posolutely".

Idempotent and omnipotent

bitvector wrote:

...

and I'm always amused by the ones that people confuse for other, "bad" words:
Masticate
Niggardly
... I'm sure there are some others in this category that don't come to mind which other people will point out

How about:
thespian
pedagogical (scroll down to #13)

Words used in england that americans have no idea what they mean but they use them anyway.

Bloody
Bugger - As in "You're a cute little bugger" when talking to or about a child. lol

Bloody - reference to a woman's menstrual cycle
Bugger - umm well look it up under "slang"

Facetious(ly) is my favorite word. It has all of the vowels, in the correct order, including sometimes "y".

lugubrious
triskadecaphobia
bodacious
lackadaisical
lachrymose
locusts
exalted

Bonus word: Friggatriskadecaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th

SpotTheCat wrote:

Facetious(ly) is my favorite word. It has all of the vowels, in the correct order, including sometimes "y".

obsessive
compulsive
disorder

j/k

myrrh

Ultradispensationalism
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
tangential
zootic
pernicious
didactic
effervescent
columnar
nebulous
pillory
glomular
succor
zootrope
invaginate
pudenda

poop

Food.

No, really, think about it: This is our word for sustenance.

Food.

Fooooooooood.

Say it a bunch.

Perspicacity.

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

The Indian name for Lake Webster in MA

Seeker wrote:

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

The Indian name for Lake Webster in MA

Also what my college roommate said over the toilet after drinking a case of Top Hat beer.

pittance
hubrice

pithy (Bill O'Reilly's favorite word)
obsequious (often used to describe George Bush's cabinet)
sycophant (sometimes used to describe anyone with a SBR pass)
platitude (not to be confused with platypus)
idiomatic (not to be confused with idiotic)
proselityze (something I used to have to do on Saturday mornings)
sententious (something I wish I was more so)
capricious (because I just felt like it)

and finally, a 2nd for
antidisestablishmentarianism (just because I'm hot for Hot For Words )