Vocabulatory

the place where new words and engineered and tested

i was doctorin up some new words in my vocabulatory.

by dblagent April 10, 2010

tiktok vocabulary

Cringe words and phrases that stemmed from the TikTok app such as "no❤️", it's the _______ for me, these comments did not pass the vibe check, and words surrounded by an "✨" emoji on both sides to signify emphasis. Phrases like this

Reading Karen's rant on her Facebook page reminded me of TikTok vocabulary

by jp447 October 15, 2020

vocabulary hijacking

Choosing a word because it evokes a specific emotion rather than because it is accurate.

After 9/11 the word "terrorism" became a much more emotional term for Americans than before, when it was equally deplorable yet much more theoretical in most people's minds (i.e. something that happens elsewhere). Consequently, politically active people engaged in vocabulary hijacking by applying the term "terrorist" to their opponent's activities (e.g. environmental "terrorists", government-sponsored "terrorists", anti-choice "terrorists").

by FigurinOutLife April 9, 2006

prison vocabulary

A vocabulary that includes obscure polysyllabic words that are often used incorrectly and/or out of their proper context. Specifically with people who don’t have the elloquence or articulate speech to match it.
Named so, because it was first observed with Mike Tyson after he finished a prison sentence for rape. One could imagine him sitting in his jail cell with nothing to do but read his dictionary.

From Tv: Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!"

Martha: Did he just use the words impetuous and Impregnable
Lucius: Thats his prison vocabulary

by Ben faulding May 11, 2006

Vocabulous

The attribute of a large vocabulary, To have an extensive knowledge of words and their definitions.

"I hate it when people Jargonify"
"Ya! Why can't they be more Vocabulous?"

by Dave Swartz October 8, 2005

vocabularista

Someone who knows all of the words, never play against them in Scrabble, a word nerd. LIkely they know their grammar, too.

She's a total vocabularista, I swear I have to go to the dictionary every time I talk to her, but she's not making them up, they're in there, every last weird sounding word that I've never hear of before.

by crystal.vision January 17, 2016

Vocabularious

Adjective.

1. Having an impressively thorough vocabulary or knowledge of a language, but feeling the need to illustrate that to all persons with which one comes into contact.
2. Showing sesquipedalianism.

Person 1: "How was your date last night?"
Person 2: "Good, though he was a bit vocabularious."

Person 1: "I find gregarious pedantism unnecessary in the utilization of Socartic didacticism."
Person 2: "I find your vocabularious way of speaking irritating."

by Dan041984 February 10, 2010