What's the best random word you've ever come across?

[Pokeyonekenobie]

Ooh, I love words, the more random the better!
My all-time favourite is floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning a disregard for or a belief that something is worthless. It could be said I have a floccinaucinihilipilification of flummadiddle.
Other favourites include agroof, magniloquence, ultracrepidarian, kafuffle, insapphirine, defenestration, fantod and flabbergasted. A lot of fun can be had trying to get them into conversation.

Defenestration is one of my favorites as well!  Back in high school during AP European History my class got collectively obsessed with this word and we'd all use it literally as much as possible once we learned what it meant.  It was constant and we were very creative at thinking up ways to fit it into conversation, or even answers on tests.  I think our teacher was ready to defenestrate us during that phase hahahaha

In college a friend and I started writing a musical called "Defenestration."  We did not get far on it.  I wonder if I could find the notes for it anywhere...

[northstar3184]

Oxymoronic, which is one of my favorite words

[Skeen]

Clowder, the term for a group of housecats.  Personally, I'd call a group of housecats a "threat" or a "plot" because any time 3 or more of mine get together, they make plans to break something. 

[Tulips]

Clowder, the term for a group of housecats.  Personally, I'd call a group of housecats a "threat" or a "plot" because any time 3 or more of mine get together, they make plans to break something. 

I've been reading this thread for naming ideas for cats, that really cracked me up!

[Leave a Whisper]

Clowder, the term for a group of housecats.  Personally, I'd call a group of housecats a "threat" or a "plot" because any time 3 or more of mine get together, they make plans to break something.

That sounds more accurate.


flabbergasted, its such a good, silly word.