Here are just a few words (from a long list) that I'd like to incorporate into my vocabulary and begin using with relative ease and/or wild abandon in my speech (without sounding too highfalutin to my sistahs and brutthahs in da 'hood):
Pundit
Braggadocio
Loquacious
Hubris
Pontificate
Irascible
Salubrious
Of course, I'll always use my many made-up words and phrases: yonky, skizzy over, yoi, snortling, etc.
But increasing one's vocab is always a good thing, wouldn't you agree?
[P.S. I do so luv quite a few of those BeeGees songs...]
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a favorite of mine,learned in printmaking:
Ret·rous·sage noun Fr. Pronunciation[re-truh-sahzh]
Etching technique - wiping ink from the incised lines with a soft cloth. [Origin: 1955–60;]
'Retroussage'
Hmmmmmm - I LIKE it!
Thank you for sharing.
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