Post # 1
Member5147 posts
Bee Keeper
- abbyful
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2011
Here’s a few of mine:
- Wonky
- Dollop
- Belabor
I’ll add more as I think of them…
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MemberPost # 3
Member2495 posts
Buzzing bee
- piglet_625
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: January 1991
@abbyful: I say wonky!!
I like befuddled when it fits the correct situation. I think it’s a hilarious word.
Post # 4
Member1212 posts
Bumble bee
- Lemma
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
Sometimes I don’t use contractions in situations when apparently most people do. For example, I might say “Do you not like peas?” instead of “Don’t you like peas?”.
Post # 5
Member2144 posts
Buzzing bee
- HeatherMM
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2013
I say defunct and yessum a lot, but I rarely hear other people say it. I make up a lot of words though, like l always say “I’m coldie” instead of cold. Now my fiancé says coldie all the time too lol.
Post # 6
Member408 posts
Helper bee
- SparklyBride2011
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
Oh I know I have some, but I can’t think of them right now! I’ll ask Fiance, he makes fun of me all the time haha.
Post # 7
Member5836 posts
Bee Keeper
- LGenz
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: May 2011
Nor
Prob some finance things, I’m pretty sure most people don’t talk about things “footing”
Post # 8
Member4824 posts
Honey bee
- lefeymw
- 8 years ago
I have a tendency to tell Darling Husband to stop being obstreperous. I think I got it from my mom and have never heard anyone use it. A few other random words like that too.
Post # 9
Member2584 posts
Sugar bee
- galloway111
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
I add -ing to a lot of nouns to make them verbs… for example, when we go to a restaurant, instead of “We’re going to Pizza Ranch” I’ll say “We’re Pizza Ranching.” Now all my friends do it too, haha.
I also love the (non)word “confuzzled.”
Post # 10
Bee1466 posts
Bumble bee
- Mrs. Doily
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: March 2012 - Father\'s Vineyard Church/ A Touch of Class Banquet Center
I use “alas” and “twas” a lot for some weird reason. And other big words. Mr. D teases me all the time and calls me Miss Dictionary! Oops!
Post # 11
Member5147 posts
Bee Keeper
- abbyful
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2011
One I picked up from my boss, when referring to what’s wrong with people, “dysfunction”. Instead of “what’s his problem?”, it’s “what’s his dysfunction?”
Oh, and I use “sans” a lot. Example: I’d like my salad sans peas.
And “half-again”. Example: Add half-again as much vanilla extract to the recipe.
Post # 12
Member2747 posts
Sugar bee
- mrsbruff2b
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
“Love” as a term of endearment. I am Asian-American but I picked it up from my FI’s late grandmother who was English. =)
Post # 13
Member1212 posts
Bumble bee
- Lemma
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
That’s a good point.
My Fiance and are having a friendly competition each week to see who works out the most. I recently told him that we need to change the incentive structure of our game to make it more like an infinite game than a finite game. I’m pretty sure those aren’t things that a normal person would say.
I probably also talk about utility and marginal benefit more than any sane person should do.
Post # 14
Member1229 posts
Bumble bee
- Carolyn72
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: August 2011
I have a lot, but one that I know my kids always get on me about is when I say are you being facetious????
Post # 15
Member1297 posts
Bumble bee
- OhBeeHive84
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2011
@galloway111: haha I’m a user of the non-word ‘confuzzled’ ..drives my co-workers crazy.
I also use the word ‘odiferous’ =)
Post # 16
Member3482 posts
Sugar bee
- linguo42
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: February 2011
@Carolyn72: I use “facetious” all the time. Love that word.
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