A plethora of fodder to use whilst speaking or writing

We all have words that enjoy using. Here are mine:

• bamboozle
• behoove
• canoodle (yep, that’s three straight words with double “o”s)
• cull
• fodder
• hobgoblin (ok, I just encountered this word in a book I was reading a few days ago, but I’m looking to up my usage)
• plethora
• rectify
• satchel
• whilst
• yonder

Originally I forced myself to use those words, but now they’ve worked their way into my natural speech and writing. That is, except for “yonder.” A Massachusetts native can’t sound normal dropping that one.

I’m sure more words will come to me later, so expect a follow-up post.

Are there any words with which you try to pepper your speech? And if you have any suggestions for how I can squeeze in “hobgoblin,” please let me know!

2 Comments

Dan  on August 31st, 2006

You are forgetting the most important word of all (one that will apply after this post): touche

Zach Everson  on August 31st, 2006

Touché.

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