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plongitude

A platitude made for the express purpose of moving the conversation away from an uncomfortable topic.
"Tanya was bitching to me about her romantic problems, so I threw out a plongitude to get her to stop."
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Plongitude

A plongitude is at right angles to any common platitude … viz. “the cat’s meow”, a platitude for something quite nice, turns into “the cat’s dogbite” to mean something very “not nice.”
The writer surprises her readers with frequent plongitudes eliciting knowing grins more than lohengrins.
Plongitude by Collect47 March 27, 2023

longitude 

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
"at a longitude of 2° W"
The city of greenwich is located 0 longitude
longitude by Geography potter November 30, 2017

Labial Longitude 

The female equivalent to Testicular Fortitude. A woman who has "guts" or who is brave in the face of adversity.
Despite the fact that there were no other women at the job interview, Lisa had the Labial Longitude to stay and apply for the position.
Labial Longitude by hecklndecalr September 6, 2010

plenitude 

Large in quantity, a great number, plenty, abundance.
There is a plenitude of rain in the delta area of Nigeria.
plenitude by danket January 12, 2016

lank longitude

Adjective.
meagerly slim, lean, or gaunt
The malnurished boy was a lank longitude.
lank longitude by Brian T. October 20, 2005

phonitude 

1. Having a serious or demanding attitude in text messages or phone conversation.
2. Droll text messages
3. Lacking any energy in text conversations
Rich "Shes stuck at the Dunkies again and has been sending me phonitude all night! WTH!"
Paige "If I only knew her through phonitudal text messages Id swear she was an old man."
phonitude by Feartehcat May 31, 2015
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