Persnickety, caucus, indicative, telephony .....................................
By laglen
@laglen (19759)
United States
July 17, 2008 9:38pm CST
These are a few of my favorite words......
I was just responding to a different discussion and in it was a word that he said he likes to say. This made me think of all of the words I like to say. These are just a few:
Persnickety, caucus, indicative, telephony, topography, dictophone.
Some words I hate:
no, shut up, sucks, and some terrible words used to portray a female body part.
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@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
18 Jul 08
wow these are certainly big words to me. to be truthful, i only know four out of the six of them. the first two really had me stuck. care to share what they actually mean?
i have different favourite words at different times. sometimes when i'm talking a word will struck me as interesting. i'll keep using that word in every sentence possible until i get tired of saying it. then another word will become my favourite word of the moment. fickle ain't I? 
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
20 Jul 08
You bet!
per·snick·et·y Audio Help /p?r'sn?k?ti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[per-snik-i-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective Informal.
1. overparticular; fussy.
2. snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
3. requiring painstaking care.
cau·cus Audio Help /'k?k?s/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kaw-kuhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -cus·es, verb
–noun
1. U.S. Politics.
a. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
b. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
c. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
Essentially, a caucus is how we decide who will be on the republican ticket and the democrat ticket.
Persnickety means fussy
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
20 Jul 08
thanks so much, now i'll know what these words mean. at least i won't be stumped when someone uses it in a conversation. i sure can find ways to use the word persnickety. i'm surrounded by people like this. in fact, i myself am persnickety in certain things.
as for caucus,i'm not too sure if that's what's used here where i am. i know they have party meetings but i'm too disinterested to find out what they call it. ;p
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