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Vocabulate 

The act of expressing an abstract idea in words and sentences. This pins it down into manageable terms for further use and analysis.
It can be difficult to vocabulate complex emotional ideas.
Vocabulate by kZard June 30, 2017

vocabulism 

n. The process of making up words from parts of other words.
Sarah Palin's creation of the word "refudiate" shows that her while her skill in vocabulism is adept, her attempt at tweeting in actual English is lacking.
vocabulism by GiraffeBoy March 13, 2011

vocabulous 

a person with an excellent command of the urban lexicon.
damn, that vocabulous lady rocks the slang
vocabulous by kc March 18, 2004

vocabulist

a person that makes frequent, meaningful submissions to the Urban Dictionary, that usually exclude profanity.
Ever since Urban Dictionary published his first submission, Holden became a major vocabulist, defining many new ideas on an almost constant basis.
vocabulist by holdenn September 3, 2007

Vocabulate 

(V) To use the SAT vocabulary you learn in school in everyday speech
Example of a vocabulation:
Number 5 on the test was very ambiguous.

Instead of:
Number 5 on the test had two answers that looked right.
Vocabulate by Marianne October 4, 2003

Vocabulistics

The study of vocabulary. The one who studies vocabulary is referred to as a vocabulist.
Groot: “I am Groot”
Peter Quill: “wow. That’s just as fascinating as the first 89 times you told me that. What is wrong with Giving Tree here?”
Rocket: “well, he don’t know talking good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to ‘I’ and ‘am’ and ‘Groot,’ specifically in that order.
Vocabulistics by Bonehead September 7, 2021