I've decided to combat the "like,um, ya know" grind with a weekly dose of splendiferous syllables. Here is my personal all-time favorite adjective (besides splendiferous, of course):
1. SIDEREAL, meaning "of or pertaining to the stars."
*Check out this article by Jess Sheidlower to get some interesting statistics on word count/origin of the English language.
http://www.slate.com/id/2139611
Please, feel free to send me your favorite words. The more, the merrier!
Work cited
Dictionary.com. Retrieved August 15, 2010 from:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sidereal
Oooh, what a lovely word! I'd never heard of it before. Now my brain is blanking on cool words, but I'll be sure to comment with them later if I remember. :)
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