Sesquipedalianism

The action or practice of using long, complex words in speech or writing, often to appear more intelligent or to obscure the meaning. This can make communication harder to understand and is sometimes seen as pretentious.

His blog posts were criticized for their sesquipedalianism, as he seemed more interested in showcasing his vocabulary than in making his ideas accessible to readers.

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Sesquipedalianist

A person who uses long, unusual, sometimes obscure words in speech or writing.

You can be quite the sesquipedalianist.

Sesquipedalianist by Aneles March 13, 2010

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sesquipedalianist

A person who uses unnecessarily large or obscure words.

Example: Will Stocksdale is a sesquipedalianist

sesquipedalianist by ryangrace101 July 25, 2016

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church hurt

church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.

Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.

church hurt by PrincesaLatina21 May 1, 2022

Word of the Day on May 27, 2026

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honkin

Huge. Surpassing normal expectations.

I was fishing with a Spinner Bait and a HONKIN pike came after it and hit it . Felt like a lawnmower running over a brick.

honkin by R. LaJoy December 26, 2005

Word of the Day on May 26, 2026

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Stealthie

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.

FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"

Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016

Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

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Summer Teeth

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.

Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...

Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012

Word of the Day on May 24, 2026

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